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Analysis: The hidden army of childcarers

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  • Tuesday, April 5, 2011
    • | Nursery World
'Friends and family' and other unregulated childcarers are an overlooked but vast part of the provision used, says Anand Shukla, acting chief executive of the Daycare Trust.

Pen Green goes into battle over children's centre cuts

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  • Tuesday, March 22, 2011
    • | Nursery World
The renowned Pen Green Centre for Children and Families has launched a nationwide campaign to save children's centres, after winning a temporary reprieve from funding cuts that would have seen the setting lose 1m over the next three years.

Hertfordshire puts free place applications online

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  • Tuesday, February 22, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Parents in Hertfordshire will be able to use a new online system to apply for the 15-hour free entitlement places, in a change to the way nursery admissions are managed in the county.

DfE backs new family friendly initiative

    News
  • Tuesday, February 1, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Nurseries and children's centres will be encouraged to pledge to make their services more family-friendly as part of a new project by the Family and Parenting Institute, backed by the Department for Education.

1m fund for early intervention on offer

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  • Tuesday, January 25, 2011
    • | Nursery World
A leading venture philanthropy organisation has launched an early intervention programme worth more than 1m to fund early years projects working with disadvantaged families.

Childminders want vouchers to reduce tax credit fraud

    News
  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
    • | Nursery World
The National Childminding Association is proposing that the Government pay parents the childcare element of the Working Tax Credit in vouchers, which are only accepted by registered childcarers, in a bid to reduce fraud.

Vanessa George Case Review - Lessons to be learned

    News
  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
    • | Nursery World
All nurseries would be wise to reflect on their policies and practice, as well as the culture within their settings, in light of the review of the Plymouth child abuse case, says Catherine Rushforth.

Government launches child protection review

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  • Tuesday, June 15, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Education secretary Michael Gove and children and families minister Tim Loughton last week invited Professor Eileen Munro from the London School of Economics to conduct an independent review of child protection and social work in England that will focus on how social workers can spend more time with vulnerable children.

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