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Ofsted chief highlights ‘Covid pressure cooker’ on vulnerable families

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Friday, November 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman has issued a stark warning about the risks to vulnerable babies during Covid-19.

Childhood obesity reaches 'record high'

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Thursday, November 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Children living in deprived areas are more than twice as likely to be obese than those living in more affluent areas, findings from the Government’s National Child Measurement Programme for England reveal.

Parents still struggling to access 'essential' services

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

| Nursery World

According to new research from a group of charities, many routine health visitor checks continue to be over the phone, drop-in clinics are no longer operating in some areas and baby and toddler groups have either stopped running or are hard to access.

NHS launches food scanner to help families make healthier choices

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Monday, January 10, 2022

| Nursery World

A new feature on the NHS Food Scanner App has been launched to show families how to make healthier food and drink swaps in a bid to tackle childhood obesity.

Free school meals plan threatens to leave children hungry, warns union

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Monday, January 15, 2018

| Nursery World

According to new analysis by the GMB union, the Government’s proposal to bring in means-testing for free school meals under universal credit will leave thousands of deprived children hungry.

Child health and wellbeing in UK falling behind other OECD nations

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Thursday, March 15, 2018

| Nursery World

British child health is lagging behind other countries, according to a new analysis.

Post-Covid children's mental health services face rocketing rise in demand

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Saturday, July 30, 2022

| Nursery World

Children’s mental health services are ‘buckling under pressure’ in the wake of the pandemic, says Anne Longfield’s Commission on Young Lives, which calls on the two Conservative leadership candidates to pledge a £1 billion recovery package.

Coronavirus: Families on free school meals will be sent vouchers during school closures

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Thursday, March 19, 2020

| Nursery World

Children eligible for free school meals will be offered vouchers, food or meals if they are no longer going to school during the coronavirus outbreak.

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Nurseries 'do their bit' and join Marcus Rashford campaign against holiday hunger

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Thursday, October 29, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries and pre-schools have been providing lunch parcels to children and delivering meals to foodbanks during half term, as public pressure mounts on the Government over its decision not to extend free school meals during the holidays.

Coronavirus: London nurseries forced to close as staff hospitalised and the new variant spreads

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Monday, January 18, 2021

| Nursery World

Four members of staff have been hospitalised with Covid-19 from London's largest group of social enterprise nurseries, and more than a third of its settings have been forced to close.

A quarter of children using food banks over summer are under five

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

| Nursery World

Families with young children are increasingly relying on emergency food supplies during the summer holidays, analysis by the Trussell Trust reveals.

London Assembly calls for expansion of free school meals

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

| Nursery World

More funding is required for free school meals and breakfast clubs to help tackle high levels of child food poverty, recommends a report by the London Assembly.

Government mental health plans ‘failing a generation’ of children

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government has come under fire from both the education and health select committees of MPs, who say that its flawed plans risk leaving hundreds of thousands of children without the care they need.

'Alarming' increase in food insecurity as millions are forced to skip meals

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

| Nursery World

Within the past month, nearly one in five households, including those with children, have eaten less, skipped meals or gone without eating for an entire day, reveals new data.

Survey reveals impact of lockdown on children

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Friday, May 1, 2020

| Nursery World

The impact that the lockdown is having on children’s mental well-being is worrying 60 per cent of parents, according to a poll of families with primary-aged children.

Call to make the youngest a priority in Government response to Covid-19

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Monday, June 8, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 70 children’s and mental health charities and organisations have written to the prime minister calling for the Government to invest in the well-being of babies and toddlers in Covid-19 recovery plans.

Government performs u-turn over free school meals in holidays

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Monday, November 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged schoolchildren will receive free meals during the Christmas holidays, and under-fours will benefit from a top-up in vouchers for healthy food from April, the Government has announced.

Coronavirus: All women now entitled to have a partner at birth

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Friday, December 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Pregnant women should be able to have someone with them for all their maternity appointments, scans and for the entire labour and birth, NHS health trusts in England have been told.

Free school lunches on offer for all infant school children from next year

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| Nursery World

All infant school children in England will be eligible for free school meals from September 2014.

Many children living in poverty not eligible for free school meals

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Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Huge numbers of children living below the poverty line do not qualify for free school meals according to research by The Children's Society.

Positive couple relationships 'crucial' for children

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

| Nursery World

Parental conflict is damaging to children’s future life-chances and relationships and investment is needed, researchers have warned.

Parents under greater pressure to work in the evenings

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Monday, January 13, 2020

| Nursery World

More than half of parents are working extra, unpaid hours, which is overwhelming them and threatening to sabotage work-life balance improvements, finds new research.

Children in poverty will miss out on free school meals under universal credit

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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

| Nursery World

One million children living in poverty will miss out on free school meals under universal credit, according to an analysis by the Children’s Society.

DfE to extend school breakfast club scheme

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Monday, October 2, 2017

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has announced an expansion of its breakfast club programme to support disadvantaged children.

Help shape services for babies and new parents: consultation launched

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Friday, October 9, 2020

| Nursery World

New parents, health service professionals, charities and volunteer groups have until 16 October to respond to an online questionnaire that will help shape the outcome of the review into early years healthy development, led by Government advisor Andrea Leadsom MP.

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Ofsted chief highlights ‘Covid pressure cooker’ on vulnerable families

Childhood obesity reaches 'record high'

Parents still struggling to access 'essential' services

NHS launches food scanner to help families make healthier choices

Free school meals plan threatens to leave children hungry, warns union

Child health and wellbeing in UK falling behind other OECD nations

Post-Covid children's mental health services face rocketing rise in demand

Coronavirus: Families on free school meals will be sent vouchers during school closures

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Nurseries 'do their bit' and join Marcus Rashford campaign against holiday hunger

Coronavirus: London nurseries forced to close as staff hospitalised and the new variant spreads

A quarter of children using food banks over summer are under five

London Assembly calls for expansion of free school meals

Government mental health plans ‘failing a generation’ of children

'Alarming' increase in food insecurity as millions are forced to skip meals

Survey reveals impact of lockdown on children

Call to make the youngest a priority in Government response to Covid-19

Government performs u-turn over free school meals in holidays

Coronavirus: All women now entitled to have a partner at birth

Free school lunches on offer for all infant school children from next year

Many children living in poverty not eligible for free school meals

Positive couple relationships 'crucial' for children

Parents under greater pressure to work in the evenings

Children in poverty will miss out on free school meals under universal credit

DfE to extend school breakfast club scheme

Help shape services for babies and new parents: consultation launched

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