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30 June 2005
Private sector nurseries have warned that Government
proposals to increase the hours of free nursery education for three-and
four-year-olds will not be viable without increased and ring-fenced funding,
following last...
30 June 2005
Nurseries and playgroups have been urged to pledge
their support to a dentist's campaign to combat tooth decay in pre-school
children. The Stop the Rot campaign encourages settings to sign...
30 June 2005
Specialised guidance developed to address
practitioners' concerns that two-year-olds have so far been overlooked has been
published by the Pre-School Learning Alliance. Making their day - Providing for
two-year-olds in...
30 June 2005
A London adventure playground has benefited from a
£150,000 makeover, thanks to the hard work of former football star Ian
Wright and his friends. The transformation of Hayward Adventure Playground...
30 June 2005
London Play launched a campaign last week calling for
more volunteers to help manage the capital's adventure playgrounds. For more
information visit www.londonplay.org.uk.
30 June 2005
Childcare has become a major political issue in Ireland
in recent weeks after the Fianna Fail-led government suffered two by-election
defeats in the greater Dublin area, where it emerged as...
30 June 2005
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell says partnership
is in danger if some of the best nursery providers are overlooked When minister
for children Beverly Hughes addressed the National Day Nurseries...
30 June 2005
Westminster Children's Society has received a Pounds
250,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fund to help develop the South Westminster
Children's Centre in London. The centre is scheduled to open...
30 June 2005
Toybox Day Nursery in Boughton, Nottinghamshire, has
secured a £10,000 development loan from Co-operative Action, an
organisation promoting the development of co-operative, mutual and social
enterprise ventures. Toybox started out...
30 June 2005
Co-operative Action has a £1m loan fund that
awards grants and loans of between £5,000 and £75,000 to projects
in a variety of sectors, including childcare. For information about the...