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On a roll

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  • Wednesday, September 6, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Our new series looking at the work of local authorities in providing children's services around the country starts with a visit to Bradford, West Yorkshire by Simon Vevers The process of integrating children's services in Bradford is gathering pace, with the recent appointment of a children's services director and a rapid expansion of both the extended schools and children's centres programmes.

Vandalism in Leyland, Lancashire

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  • Wednesday, September 6, 2006
    • | Nursery World
An area plagued by vandalism in Leyland, Lancashire, is about to see the completion of a 640,000 family support centre. Services will include early education and childcare, child and family health support and links to Jobcentre Plus, childcare information services and local schools.

Seamless service

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  • Wednesday, September 6, 2006
    • | Nursery World
A support scheme for young disabled children and their families has transformed their lives, says Sue Learner Twenty years ago, Helen Norris, now head of pre-school services for the London borough of Bromley, gave birth to a baby with Down's Syndrome.

Time to reform child benefit

    News
  • Wednesday, September 6, 2006
    • | Nursery World
By Kate Green, chief executive of the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) Sixty years ago, the first universal benefits for families with children were introduced. Paid in most cases directly to the mother, from 6 August 1946 family allowances formed a key plank of the post-war welfare state. The CPAG are pleased to be celebrating 60 years of support for children, but we believe the time is right to increase child benefit and pay it at the same rate for all children.

Degrees of success

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  • Wednesday, September 6, 2006
    • | Nursery World
I have been reading the letters about the need for graduate managers in nurseries with interest. While I agree with the importance of experience and understand that in-depth study is not for everyone, I do object to the perception of a graduate manager being one who prioritises 'budgeting and number-crunching and is removed from the grassroots of why we provide childcare in the first place' (Letters, 24 August) I am a pre-school manager and have recently gained a BA (Hons). While managing financial resources was covered as part of my degree, this was a very small part of my qualification. I studied in great depth the foundation curriculum, managing people (very important when dealing with staff as well as children), child development, special educational needs, the importance of therapeutic play and also looking at stereotypical attitudes and assumptions. There may be some graduate managers who are as Nicola Dickinson describes, but there are also some like myself who have studied long and hard to achieve their degree and remain focused upon the children and families and use their qualification to support them as best they can.

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