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A new national strategy for youth services is being drafted in Wales. The strategy will be developed in conjunction with the Youth Service before a wider consultation early in 2007,...

The first-ever review of the quality of childminding in Scotland paints a picture of a dedicated workforce, providing high-quality services to satisfied parents. Research undertaken by the Care Commission, the...

Concerns about how local authorities will work in partnership with private and voluntary providers to improve early years services were underlined by the Pre-school Learning Alliance last week. Speaking at...

(Photograph) - Charlotte Middleton, age four, struts her stuff on the MIDI Creator music machine at Fir Trees Nursery in Beverley. Six nurseries in the Humber Region took part in...

A project that places 14- to 16-year-olds as mentors in day nurseries to discourage them from getting pregnant is expanding rapidly and may go nationwide. Teens and Toddlers pairs teenagers...

A group of private, voluntary and independent childcare organisations is behind plans to create an innovative specialist childcare centre in Aberdeen. Silverburn Lodge in Aber- deeen Science and Energy Park...

(Photograph) - Busy Bees nursery staff and friends enjoyed celebratory champagne and a perfect view at the top of Ben Nevis when they scaled Britain's highest peak for charity. Among...

A service to help mainstream childcare settings accommodate disabled children has been launched in Edinburgh to tackle the shortage of provision for local families. Edinburgh Childcare 4 All is the...

Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell says the Prime Minister has misused Sure Start to excuse his other failings Dear Readers, our weekly rendezvous, via this column, is drawing to a...

* An 18-year-old nursery nurse who was born profoundly deaf and partially blind has been named as a regional heat winner in the National Apprenticeship Awards 2006. Donna Trezona works...