1 February 2007
Childcare staff and families marched through Glasgow
city centre on Saturday calling for government intervention after the Scottish
voluntary organisation One Plus went into liquidation last week, with more than...
1 February 2007
Plans to privatise council nurseries have been dropped
by Newcastle City Council as it apologised to parents following a bureaucratic
error. As Nursery World reported last week, the local authority...
1 February 2007
British children as young as five spend more than
£100 a year on fizzy drinks and sweets, and skip 90 breakfasts, according
to a study reported in The Independent that...
1 February 2007
(Photograph) - Tom Campbell, two, experiments in the
re-opened free public creche at the Scottish Parliament, under new ownership
less than a month after its sudden closure. Kelly Care, a...
1 February 2007
Childcare costs in England and Wales continue to rise
above the rate of inflation, according to the Daycare Trust's annual survey of
what parents are paying. The average cost for...
1 February 2007
A childcare recruitment agency has been ordered to
disclose the references it receives to candidates who request them, prompting
concerns that employers may be deterred from providing candid information and...
1 February 2007
(Photograph) - Scotland's health minister Andy Kerr
visited Ladywell Nursery in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, to launch the healthy
eating book When Sammy Met Sally, produced by vegetable suppliers Albert
Bartlett &...
1 February 2007
Estelle Morris has announced that she is stepping down
as chair of the Children's Workforce Development Council at the end of March.
Baroness Morris will take up a new post...
1 February 2007
The Children's Services Professionals' Network has
published a new charter aiming to prevent child tragedies such as the death of
abuse victim Victoria Climbie. United Minds, United Purpose: A charter...
1 February 2007
Free briefing sessions for parents and childcare
providers on claiming childcare tax credits are being held throughout Scotland
during February and March. Visit www.childcaretaxcredits.info for information
and call 0131 556...
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