3 May 2007
Opportunity Links, a voluntary organisation helping
parents with issues such as childcare and flexible working, has appointed Paul
Bogen as its new managing director. Mr Bogen said, 'Providing quality
information...
3 May 2007
Twenty-five hours a week of an intensive home-tutoring
programme significantly boosts the IQ and skills of pre-school autistic
children, a study has found. The programme uses methods based on Applied...
3 May 2007
Brandon O'Grady, aged four, and classmates from the
Nicholas Varley Community School joined the St George's Day parade in
Manchester dressed up as knights and damsels. A green dragon made...
3 May 2007
The group begun in Kent to campaign against the new
code of practice for nursery education funding has been joined by another
branch set up by a nursery owner in...
3 May 2007
Glasgow City Council says it will ensure that childcare
is available at weekends for parents working unsocial hours if Labour is
returned at the local elections. Three pilot schemes will...
3 May 2007
Children at a Worcestershire nursery are learning all
about the Australian way of life now that their nursery has twinned with a
daycare centre in Western Australia. Staff and children...
3 May 2007
Low income groups have not been the main beneficiaries
of increased childcare provision, according to a new study. Figures collected
by research organisation NatCen for its national childcare survey show...
3 May 2007
How do leading representatives of the early education
and childcare world rate Labour's efforts - and what else would they like to
see done? Nationally, it has been a groundbreaking...
3 May 2007
It's easy to forget that the whole concept of
children's services is relatively new. The idea of bringing together health,
education and social care, responding to the needs of children...
3 May 2007
1997 2 May Labour promises to 'uphold family life' and
'tackle the division and inequality in our society', in part through a national
childcare strategy.