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'Five-a-day' parenting tips proposed

Monday, August 8, 2011

| Nursery World

An independent liberal think-tank is calling for a national parenting campaign that applies the 'five-a-day' concept to advice on pre-school development.

Breakfast club wins award from Number Ten

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Charity-run breakfast club programme Magic Breakfast has won a Prime Minister's Big Society Award in recognition of its innovative work in supporting schools to provide a free healthy breakfast.

Family and friends give each other hundreds of pounds a year in financial help

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

| Nursery World

Families are increasingly providing financial and practical support such as childminding to help friends make ends meet, according to a new report.

Autumn statement 2011: sector reaction to rise in two-year-old places and tax credit freezes

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given a largely positive response to the Chancellor's announcement to extend the free entitlement to 40 per cent of two-year-olds by 2015.

Married with 2.4 children no longer 'typical family'

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

| Nursery World

Eight out of ten people would describe their family as not 'traditional', according to new research which suggests the family of two married parents with 2.4 children is no longer the norm.

Boris axes London childcare team

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

| Nursery World

London mayor Boris Johnson has scrapped the London Development Agency's dedicated childcare team to focus on youth and volunteering.

Government launches consultation on EYFS review

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Monday, August 2, 2010

| Nursery World

The early years workforce is being urged to submit evidence towards the independent review of the EYFS, with a consultation launched online today.

Signs of autism in children highlighted in new guidance from NICE

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners could learn to recognise autism in children with the help of new guidance developed by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Enormous shortfall in two-year-old places predicted

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Some of the largest nursery groups in the country are concerned that a shortfall in the number of nursery places for disadvantaged two-year-olds could hamper Government plans to expand free nursery education, Nursery World has learned.

Number Ten makes Allen wait for early intervention cash

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

| Nursery World

The Government has not yet made a decision as to whether to provide joint funding to establish an Early Intervention Foundation.

UNICEF urges Governments to invest in early childhood

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Friday, September 22, 2017

| Nursery World

A new report calls for Governments worldwide to prioritise early childhood development.

Local authorities urged to tackle child poverty in the early years

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Monday, July 20, 2015

| Nursery World

England's children’s commissioner is calling for a focus on early intervention and investment to cut poverty for pre-school children.

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.

Savings from Tax-Free Childcare delay should be used to expand provision

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Friday, October 2, 2015

| Nursery World

The Family and Childcare Trust is calling on the Government to invest the £535 million savings from delayed Tax-Free Childcare as capital funding, so that local authorities and providers can offer more flexible places.

Campaign calls for volunteers to help boost outdoor play in the community

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Friday, January 20, 2012

| Nursery World

A consortium of voluntary organisations led by Play England has been awarded 2m through the Government's Big Society Fund to re-launch a campaign to increase children's opportunities to play outside.

Serious conflict at home affects four million UK families

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Monday, March 26, 2012

| Nursery World

More than five out of ten families with children experience serious or frequent conflict in the home, according to new research.

Parents fight to save children's centre nurseries

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Monday, April 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Two children's centre nurseries in the London borough of Southwark are set to close because the council says there is no longer a need for places.

Joint effort from doctors and health professionals to tackle childhood obesity

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Monday, April 16, 2012

| Nursery World

The medical profession has launched a new campaign to tackle childhood obesity, which doctors say is the 'single greatest public health threat' in Britain.

Families with disabled children missing meals to make ends meet

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Friday, May 25, 2012

| Nursery World

Families with disabled children are going without essentials and getting into debt to pay for food, heating and clothes, finds a new report.

Law change to speed up adoption process for babies

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Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Babies taken into care will be placed with prospective adoptive parents, rather than with temporary foster parents, in plans set out by the Prime Minister.

Two-thirds of single parents in lower-skilled jobs because of unavailable childcare

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Friday, September 7, 2012

| Nursery World

Single parents are being forced to take on junior roles that offer more flexible hours and are closer to home, a new report has found.

Pupil premium should be extended to disadvantaged nursery children

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Friday, September 7, 2012

| Nursery World

The pupil premium should be stretched to include disadvantaged three-and four-year-olds, a new report by Barnardo's proposes.

Would-be adopters put off by 'arduous' and lengthy process, report suggests

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Friday, November 2, 2012

| Nursery World

One in three prospective adoptive parents are put off because they wrongly anticipate the length of time it takes to go through the process, research suggests.

New report questions whether work pays for parents in Northern Ireland

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

| Nursery World

The cost of childcare in Northern Ireland is leaving parents 'pay neutral', with a single parent spending on average 44 per cent of their weekly income on daycare for one child, according to a new report.

'More Great Childcare': Interview with Elizabeth Truss

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Nursery World was invited to Durand Academy in south London to meet education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss in advance of the publication of the 'More great childcare' report.

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'Five-a-day' parenting tips proposed

Breakfast club wins award from Number Ten

Family and friends give each other hundreds of pounds a year in financial help

Autumn statement 2011: sector reaction to rise in two-year-old places and tax credit freezes

Married with 2.4 children no longer 'typical family'

Boris axes London childcare team

Government launches consultation on EYFS review

Signs of autism in children highlighted in new guidance from NICE

Enormous shortfall in two-year-old places predicted

Number Ten makes Allen wait for early intervention cash

UNICEF urges Governments to invest in early childhood

Local authorities urged to tackle child poverty in the early years

Government launches child protection review

Savings from Tax-Free Childcare delay should be used to expand provision

Campaign calls for volunteers to help boost outdoor play in the community

Serious conflict at home affects four million UK families

Parents fight to save children's centre nurseries

Joint effort from doctors and health professionals to tackle childhood obesity

Families with disabled children missing meals to make ends meet

Law change to speed up adoption process for babies

Two-thirds of single parents in lower-skilled jobs because of unavailable childcare

Pupil premium should be extended to disadvantaged nursery children

Would-be adopters put off by 'arduous' and lengthy process, report suggests

New report questions whether work pays for parents in Northern Ireland

'More Great Childcare': Interview with Elizabeth Truss

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