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Health & Wellbeing: Making hard times a little better

Monday, January 8, 2024

| Nursery World

A childcare group in Scotland is supporting families in financial crisis via hubs that offer essentials and advice. By Annette Rawstrone

Concern young children missing out on Healthy Start scheme, as figures show a quarter of households with under-fours skip meals

News

Monday, April 3, 2023

| Nursery World

The Food Foundation is calling on ministers to do more to raise awareness of the Healthy Start scheme and increase its value and eligibility, after it failed to meet the Government’s own target for take-up among low-income families.

Health & Nutrition: Counting the cost

Features

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| Nursery World

As the squeeze on income tightens, Meredith Jones Russell looks at the health impacts

Thousands of nursery children in poverty could be missing out on free school meals

News

Thursday, April 14, 2022

| Nursery World

Thousands of nursery children that are eligible for free school meals could be missing out on the benefit, according to an analysis by the Education Policy Institute.

Labour calls for free school meals in school holidays, as eligibility rises

News

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

| Nursery World

More than half a million children have become eligible for free school meals during the pandemic, Labour estimates.

Government performs u-turn over free school meals in holidays

News

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.

Call to increase value of Healthy Start Vouchers

News

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 50 public health experts have signed a letter to the Chancellor and health secretary, calling for an increase in the value of the Healthy Start vouchers for low-income families.

Coronavirus 'taking key NHS staff away from vulnerable children'

News

Thursday, April 9, 2020

| Nursery World

The focus on combating coronavirus is causing a ‘perfect storm’ for young children and their families as staff providing lifeline community services are being redeployed elsewhere in the NHS.

Austerity 'highly likely' to have caused 'shocking' damage to nation's health

News

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| Nursery World

Ten years after his landmark review on health inequalities in England, Professor Sir Michael Marmot’s update reveals a growing gap in health between the North and South, with life expectancy failing to rise for the first time in over 100 years.

1.3m children in overcrowded homes

News

Sunday, September 1, 2019

| Nursery World

New research which reveals that more than one in ten children in England are living in overcrowded homes, while hundreds of thousands are in temporary accommodation, highlights the impact of the housing crisis on families.

Damning report accuses Government of failing to ensure families' right to food

News

Monday, May 20, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government is breaching its human rights duty to ensure adequate food for families, a new report warns.

Child poverty the 'new normal', warn charities

News

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

| Nursery World

The End Child Poverty coalition is calling on the Government to develop effective child poverty reduction strategies, as research shows more than half of children in some constituencies are living in poverty.

Children in poverty suffer hunger and stigma, finds new research

News

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

| Nursery World

Children growing up in poverty are going hungry and experiencing feelings of shame and social exclusion due to lack of money and food, according to new research.

Hunger minister needed to address food insecurity, say MPs

News

Thursday, January 10, 2019

| Nursery World

A group of cross-party MPs have accused the Government of failing to address the growing problem of food insecurity in the UK, which they say is particularly affecting children.

Hundreds of school staff buying food for hungry children

News

Monday, October 1, 2018

| Nursery World

Almost one in 10 school staff brings in food from home to feed pupils who would otherwise go hungry, reveals survey.

Grandparents' over-indulgence is a risk to children's health

News

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

| Nursery World

Grandparents’ behaviour may inadvertently have a negative impact on the health of their grandchildren, according to a new study.??

Schools feeding and clothing pupils in poverty-hit families

News

Friday, May 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Schools are increasingly providing children with food, clothes and washing facilities, according to a survey of head teachers.

School survey reveals how poverty blights children's lives

News

Thursday, June 27, 2013

| Nursery World

Fifty-five per cent of school support staff have seen an increase this year in the number of children relying on breakfast clubs, finds new research.

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