Closing the Communication Gap: Early Talk for York with Rachel Shearer and Martin Cumming

What does it look like when a whole city gets behind children's communication and language?Re-release: Originally aired on 17 Apr 2026Rachel Shearer and Martin Cumming join us to explore Early Talk for York — a citywide initiative aimed at closing the communication and language gap in young children, and what it takes to make that kind of joined-up approach work.Episode LinksExplore the Early Talk for York InitiativeRead about Developing Language in the Early YearsDiscover our Communication and Language CPD