Kate Middleton Shares Exciting Work Update as She Gradually Returns to Royal Duties After Cancer Remission

Mar. 15, 2025

Kate Middleton on a visit to The Royal Marsden Hospital on January 14, 2025 in London, England.Photo:Chris Jackson/Getty

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Kate Middletonis on a mission to transform early childhood care, bringing a groundbreaking initiative to more families across the U.K.

With the support of health workers, the Princess of Wales' Centre for Early Childhood, which was founded in 2021 and is part of Prince William and Kate’s Royal Foundation, is introducing a pilot project across additional areas in Britain to assess and enhance the wellbeing of young children and their caregivers.

Kate Middleton pictured in Nuneaton, U.K. when she launched the program in June 2023.PHIL NOBLE/POOL/AFP via Getty

PHIL NOBLE/POOL/AFP via Getty

Kate, who announced earlier this month that she isnow in remissionfrom cancer, has been gradually resuming her royal duties as part of her recovery. One area she has remained committed to is her work on early childhood development—a cornerstone of her public life over the past decade and a key focus for the future. Over the past year, her Royal Foundation hascontinued to roll outimpactful initiatives in this vital area.

Princess Kate on a visit for her early years campaign, in Arnos Grove, London in Nov. 2023.Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty

Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty

Kate’s Centre for Early Childhood is investing $260,000 into a second phase of the initiative, building on the insights from the first phase. This next step will focus on evaluating the tool’s impact and understanding parents' experiences with it.

During this phase two, health visitors will work in eight new areas across the U.K., widening the reach to thousands more infants and their families.

“Health visitors do such a vital job in our communities. I am delighted that we are now able to give more teams across the UK the support they need to help thousands of families to better understand their babies and build nurturing relationships, laying the strongest possible foundations for all that is to come in the years that follow.”

Princess Kate on a visit to Arnos Grove, London during promotion of another early years campaign Shaping Us, in Nov. 2023.Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty

The initiative also received praise from Alison Morton, Chief Executive of the Institute of Health Visiting, who expressed gratitude for the ongoing support from Kate’s Royal Foundation, saying in a statement that they were “delighted to have the continued support” from Kate’s Royal Foundation.

“As we know, babies can’t talk, but there is significant evidence that their early experiences influence their future outcomes,” she said.

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“The expansion of the use of the modified ADBB tool in a wider range of health visiting services will allow us to consider its future implementation and sustainability, and ensure more families get the right support and babies can thrive," she added.

The new regions, which volunteered to participate and will help expand the project through March 2026, include: Ayrshire and Arran Health Board, Scotland, Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board, Wales, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare, Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, England, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust -Doncaster, England, North Lincs, England and South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, England.

source: people.com