20 January 2005
Progress in tackling the problems faced by vulnerable
and disadvantaged children is highlighted in a report published last week by
children's charity Barnardo's to mark the centenary of the death...
20 January 2005
Childcare employers and voluntary organisations in
Scotland can now check job applicants' suitability to work with children under
the Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003 which came into force on...
20 January 2005
Young mothers in Scotland can find advice just for them
in a new book launched by One Parent Families Scotland and One Plus. The Young
Mum's Guide, aimed at mothers...
20 January 2005
The impact of formal education on three- to
five-year-olds is one of the General Teaching Council for Scotland's priority
research topics in its 2005-2006 Teacher Researcher Programme. To participate
in...
20 January 2005
A briefing paper that looks at parents, children and
young people as consumers of education has been produced by the Scottish
Consumer Council. The paper emphasises that many of the...
20 January 2005
Children under eight should not use mobile phones
because of the potential risk of adverse health effects, a leading expert
warned last week. Sir William Stewart, chair of the National...
20 January 2005
The innovative partnership of a primary school and a
Primary Care Trust is helping children from a deprived area of London have a
healthier start in life. Each week children...
20 January 2005
The official launch of the Child Trust Fund has sparked
a battle between banks to secure custom from parents. The Sunday Times reported
that Barclays is giving away a free...
20 January 2005
Labour's new saving and investment plan for children
was officially launched last week by Chancellor Gordon Brown. Over the next few
months, Britain's two million children born on or after...
20 January 2005
The withdrawal of the Children's Fund in Northern
Ireland in 2006 will jeopardise more than a hundred programmes aimed at
vulnerable children, leading children's charities warned last week. Barnardo's
Northern...
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