22 February 2007
Next month, the Government begins a double advertising
and marketing drive about early years education and childcare. On the one hand,
it is renewing its efforts to persuade more people,...
22 February 2007
Plans to build three new children's centres at primary
schools in the London borough of Richmond are hanging in the balance because of
a £655,000 funding shortfall. Richmond has no...
22 February 2007
4Children is once again searching for exemplary
childcarers for its 11th annual Children's Stars awards, to be honoured in a
ceremony in London on 28 June hosted by radio and...
22 February 2007
Entrepreneur and Coffee Republic chain co-founder Saher
Hashemi spent a day working at her local nursery last week as part of a
month-long Government campaign that aims to show that...
22 February 2007
(Photograph) - Chinese New Year was the theme for a
drop-in event attended by three-year-old Ellis and others at Hindley Children's
Centre in Wigan. Organised by the local Bookstart team,...
22 February 2007
Two-year-old Ana Miele managed to sneak on to a flight
to Egypt after running away from her parents at a German airport, reported The
Metro. A stewardess said, 'She took...
22 February 2007
The BBC is saving more than £4m by closing down
its workplace nurseries and plans to spend the money on programming, Nursery
World has learned. Trade unions BECTU and the...
22 February 2007
Nursery fees in Scotland are increasing at almost
double the rate of those in England, and five times the rate of those in Wales,
according to a survey published by...
22 February 2007
Voluntary organisation Craigmillar Childcare Services
has been saved from liquidation following a dramatic U-turn by Edinburgh City
Council. Over 200 nursery and out-of-school places and 28 jobs were at risk...
22 February 2007
The Metropolitan Police Service has won the Working
Families and NSPCC Family Friendly award and Working Families Employer of the
Year award for 2006. The Met offers an emergency childcare...