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Sure Start services across England are invited to highlight outstanding and innovative local work with children and families for the 2004 Sure Start Partners in Excellence awards. Categories in this...

A new personal development programme offered by Sure Start Broadway in the London borough of Hammersmith & Fulham has boosted job prospects for local parents. Moving On encourages parents and...

Young people and parents are to be involved in a cross-government consultation on youth leading to a green paper to be published in the autumn, the DfES has revealed in...

The National Childminding Association is extending its membership to include nannies with the launch next month of a specially designed service. From September, nannies and childminders who care for children...

Childcare policies that help lone parents return to work are having a significant impact on employment rates, the Government said last week. Figures released last week by the Office of...

(Photograph) - An exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery gives an insight into the workings of a much-loved illustrator. 'Quentin Blake: Fifty Years of Illustration' is free and ends on 11...

'I'm surprised no one thought about it before, but I'm sure it will take off' American designer Hank Miller talking about his invention - shoes designed to expand as a...

Childminders' growing professionalism has given them the green light to becoming more involved in delivering the Government's ambitious childcare initiatives. Mary Evans reports Once upon a time, childminders were sometimes...

Small resources can help children to develop some big ideas in their imaginative play, as Jane Drake explains Long-term planning

This series outlines how settings can 'build' effective long-, medium-and short-term plans around the areas of provision. The approach is not definitive, and practitioners can adapt it to suit their...