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Firefighters battle childhood obesity and cot death

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Firefighters across England are working with councils to tackle childhood obesity and cut sudden infant deaths.

Parents uncomfortable with male practitioners changing their child's nappy

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

Male practitioners are frequently being stopped from providing intimate care to children as parents are uncomfortable with the idea, according to the Men in the Early Years (MITEY) campaign group.

Over half of parents of young children feel lonely

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Thursday, November 28, 2019

| Nursery World

More than half of parents with children under the age of five experience loneliness at least some of the time, with those on the lowest incomes twice as likely to be affected, according to new research.

Parents lack information on vitamin D for children

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

| Nursery World

More than a third of parents have never received information from healthcare professionals on vitamin D levels in their child, a new poll finds.

Women vital to boosting UK economy

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Extending childcare tax breaks and a business culture that 'embraces' flexible working for all are key recommendations from a report into maximising women's contribution to the economy.

Millions of mothers would quit work without grandparents' help

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

| Nursery World

A poll of 1,000 parents by Grandparents Plus has found that one in four parents would give up work without help from grandparents with childcare.

Interview - Dr Lynne McKenna and Dr Joan Goss

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Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Dr Lynne McKenna, principal lecturer and Dr Joan Goss, senior lecturer at Northumbria University.

Parents choose catching up on sleep over spending time with their children

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Friday, October 27, 2017

| Nursery World

Just one in four UK parents are planning to spend the extra hour they gain when the clocks go back this weekend with their children, finds new research.

Parents quitting jobs because of cost of childcare

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Friday, December 6, 2013

| Nursery World

More than 45 per cent of parents in Northern Ireland have reduced their working hours or left their job because of the high cost of childcare.

Lottery funding of £215 million awarded to early years projects

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Five areas in England will use the lottery money to pilot initiatives to improve children’s outcomes.

Early years settings celebrate Father's Story Week

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

| Nursery World

Nurseries and schools across the country are to celebrate Father’s Story Week, the annual celebration of fatherhood, this week.

Financial pressures causing families to feel the strain

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

| Nursery World

New research tracking families over a year in austerity shows that financial pressures are increasingly spilling into family life and putting relationships to the test.

Nursery workers would lose £1,800 in tax credit cuts

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Children’s charities have welcomed the move by the House of Lords to delay cuts to tax credits, as a new analysis shows nursery nurses would be among the hardest hit by the changes.

PACEY launches new project to improve school readiness

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years settings and schools will work together to help prepare disadvantaged and BME children for school.

Early years settings invited to celebrate National Children's Day

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Monday, May 11, 2015

| Nursery World

The importance of play to children’s health and well-being is the focus of this year’s National Children’s Day UK on Sunday 17 May.

Children's screen time up by two hours a day in lockdown

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

| Nursery World

Young children are spending an extra two hours a day in front of a screen since lockdown began, according to research from children’s reading charity BookTrust.

Government launches consultation on tax-free childcare

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Monday, August 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Around 2.5 million families will be able to claim up to 1,200 per child a year in tax-free childcare from 2015, under Government plans out for consultation.

Play spaces not accessible to disabled children

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Monday, August 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Parental concerns and a lack of accessible facilities continue to prevent disabled children from playing inclusively, according to a new survey by the charity Kids.

Charity to work with deprived areas to improve children's health

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

| Nursery World

The British Heart Foundation has committed 1.2m to help deprived areas in the UK cut children's risk of heart disease.

New Government quality mark recognises charities that help separated families

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Relate and Family Lives are among the first charities to be awarded a new Government mark for their work in supporting separated families.

Just half of three- and four-year-olds are read to every day

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Friday, February 23, 2018

| Nursery World

New research shows that the number of pre-school children being read to daily at home has fallen by a fifth since 2013.

Parents facing a 'postcode lottery' for 30-hour places

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Parents in England are facing a ‘postcode lottery’ for 30-hour places as new data shows huge variations in the number of codes validated per local authority, says the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

Flexible working should not be the 'preserve of those who work at a desk'

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Tuesday, May 17, 2022

| Nursery World

Employers in every sector are being encouraged to look at ways in which they can make flexible working a possibility.

Early Intervention Foundation to work with 20 best practice areas

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Intervention Foundation has named the 20 'pioneering places' it will work closely with to provide 'real-life', practical answers about how to deliver early intervention to the best effect.

Almost 40,000 children bereaved each year by loss of a parent

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Monday, November 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Never before published data suggests that last year an estimated 40,000 children and young people across the UK faced the death of a parent.

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Firefighters battle childhood obesity and cot death

Parents uncomfortable with male practitioners changing their child's nappy

Over half of parents of young children feel lonely

Parents lack information on vitamin D for children

Women vital to boosting UK economy

Millions of mothers would quit work without grandparents' help

Interview - Dr Lynne McKenna and Dr Joan Goss

Parents choose catching up on sleep over spending time with their children

Parents quitting jobs because of cost of childcare

Lottery funding of £215 million awarded to early years projects

Early years settings celebrate Father's Story Week

Financial pressures causing families to feel the strain

Nursery workers would lose £1,800 in tax credit cuts

PACEY launches new project to improve school readiness

Early years settings invited to celebrate National Children's Day

Children's screen time up by two hours a day in lockdown

Government launches consultation on tax-free childcare

Play spaces not accessible to disabled children

Charity to work with deprived areas to improve children's health

New Government quality mark recognises charities that help separated families

Just half of three- and four-year-olds are read to every day

Parents facing a 'postcode lottery' for 30-hour places

Flexible working should not be the 'preserve of those who work at a desk'

Early Intervention Foundation to work with 20 best practice areas

Almost 40,000 children bereaved each year by loss of a parent

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