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September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

| Nursery World

Local authorities will receive early years funding for the autumn term on the basis of how many children were attending settings before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

TUC calls for emergency bailout of childcare sector

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Friday, June 5, 2020

| Nursery World

The TUC is calling for an urgent ‘cash injection’ for the childcare sector, warning that without it there will not be enough places for working parents to return to their jobs, as the lockdown eases.

Childcare providers among hundreds of firms not eligible for Government help

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

| Nursery World

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has been inundated with emails from the self-employed and small companies, including childcare providers, that are missing out on Government support during the coronavirus crisis.

Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic

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Thursday, April 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Children 1st has secured a £1.6 million loan to support the business during the coronavirus crisis and keep nurseries open for key workers.

Coronavirus: Childminders will be covered under the scheme to support self-employed

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Friday, March 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Childminders are among the workers that could be eligible for the Government scheme to extend financial support to the self-employed affected by Covid-19.

DfE publishes guidance for early years settings on coronavirus

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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has this afternoon published guidance for the sector on early years and childcare closures due to Covid-19.

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

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Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 20 of the UK's leading nursery operators and early years organisations have formed a working group to co-ordinate responses and lobbying on the coronavirus crisis.

Childcare sector slams Government for 'ignoring' them in coronavirus crisis

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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries have called on the Government to set out dedicated measures to help them survive, saying they provide vital support to frontline workers and families.

Practitioners' views sought on SEND funding

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| Nursery World

A new survey into the impact of early years funding on SEND provision has been launched by the Early Years Alliance.

Ceeda debate: 'Until the sector collapses you won't get investment'

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Monday, January 27, 2020

| Nursery World

A legal challenge, a PR campaign and a working group were mooted as solutions to raise the profile of unsustainable childcare funding with the public, in crunch talks last week.

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

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Monday, January 13, 2020

| Nursery World

Have your say in our joint Nursery World and Ceeda survey

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

More nurseries are closing in the most deprived areas of the country than elsewhere, according to analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

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Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

Lancashire County Council has written to the Education Secretary with concerns it will not be able to provide sufficient childcare places if early years settings there continue to close.

SEND nursery may close after LA cutbacks

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Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

A charity that provides care and support for children with SEND and their families in Essex is at risk of closure due to withdrawal of local authority funding.

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

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Monday, November 26, 2018

| Nursery World

Nearly nine in ten providers offering the 30 hours in Wales agree that the rate is viable, according to findings from research into the early implementer phase of the scheme.

Nadhim Zahawi sets out next steps for £20m early years fund

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

| Nursery World

The DfE is looking for a national training partner to take on the next stage of the Early Years Professional Development Fund, the children’s minister told delegates at the Nursery World Business Summit.

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The cost to private and voluntary nurseries of last month’s budget is £437m according to an analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Group opens new nursery but closes another as underfunding hits

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Friday, September 21, 2018

| Nursery World

Sunhill Daycare has opened one new setting, but has been forced to close another because of cost pressures, blaming 30-hours underfunding.

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has closed 23 nurseries since January, as a direct result of the longstanding Government under-funding of 15- and 30-hour childcare entitlements, Nursery World can reveal.

30 hours: one year on

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Monday, August 6, 2018

| Nursery World

PACEY survey reveals LAs making requirements of settings contrary to Government guidance

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September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

TUC calls for emergency bailout of childcare sector

Childcare providers among hundreds of firms not eligible for Government help

Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic

Coronavirus: Childminders will be covered under the scheme to support self-employed

DfE publishes guidance for early years settings on coronavirus

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

Childcare sector slams Government for 'ignoring' them in coronavirus crisis

Practitioners' views sought on SEND funding

Ceeda debate: 'Until the sector collapses you won't get investment'

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

SEND nursery may close after LA cutbacks

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

Nadhim Zahawi sets out next steps for £20m early years fund

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

Group opens new nursery but closes another as underfunding hits

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

30 hours: one year on

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