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Elyssa Campbell-Barr
Wednesday, July 31, 2002
* Ofsted helpline, 0845 601 4771. * NCMA (tel: 020 8461 6100) has various publications on aspects of childminding.
* NCMA (tel: 020 8461 6100) has various publications on aspects of childminding.
* DfES, call 0845 602 2260 and quote reference DfES/0486/2001 for your copy of the National Standards for Under Eights Day Care and Childminding and Childminding: Guidance to the National Standards. Childcare start-up guides and the Special Needs Code of Practice are also available through the department.
* Department of Environment, Transport and Regions (tel: 020 7944 3000) provides information on the legal requirements for vehicles, including seatbelts and child restraints.
* From cradle to grave, a practical guide to race equality and childcare available from the Commission for Racial Equality, tel: 020 7828 7022.
* A guide to food hygiene, available from the Department of Health, tel: 020 7873 0011.
* Home Safety, available from Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), tel: 0121 200 2461.
* Five steps to risk assessment, Essentials of Health and Safety at Work and A Basic guide to the COSSH regulations 1999 are available from the Health and Safety Executive, tel: 01787 881 165.
