Organisations that specialise in child mental health will share £4.9m from the Department for Education’s Voluntary and Community Sector grants programme for 2015-16.
Funding of around £25m will be shared among 94 projects, with the early years sector receiving £5.3m.
Sector organisations including the National Day Nurseries Association, the Pre-school Learning Alliance, PACEY and 4Children have received funding for various early years projects.
Pen Green has been awarded £461,470 to run peer-to-peer training on working with two-year-olds in the PVI sector, building on its 'Being 2' programme.
The Communication Trust and I CAN have been funded to run accredited online Level 3 qualifications in speech, language and communication for childminders.
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