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Analysis: Early years settings step up support for families as cost of living crisis hits

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

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Vitamin Angels UK extends partnership with NDNA as nurseries increase food donations and other support to struggling families and members of staff. Catherine Gaunt reports

Nurseries flock to food share scheme

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Monday, June 12, 2017

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A growing number of nurseries are signing up to receive free surplus food under a scheme to fight hunger and waste in the UK.

One in five teachers has given food to hungry pupils, a survey suggests

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

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Large numbers of pupils in London are starting the day without breakfast, a survey claims.

Tops Day Nurseries features game meat on the menu

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

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Tops nursery group has introduced wild meat to their menus to extend children’s taste buds and help protect diverse species in their natural environment.

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

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Monday, April 3, 2023

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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.

Study shows young children looked after in daycare are more likely to be obese

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Friday, November 23, 2012

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Young children who go to nursery on a regular basis are 65 per cent more likely to be overweight or obese compared to those cared for by their parents, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Montreal.

DfE to pilot £2m scheme to fight 'holiday hunger'

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

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The Department for Education has launched a £2m pilot to look at ways to support disadvantaged children during the school holidays by providing meals and activities.

Nurseries left in the lurch by free milk supplier

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

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Some nurseries have been left without their free milk entitlement after a leading supplier stopped milk deliveries, because health chiefs allegedly found apparent discrepancies in its claims.

Campaign calls for EYFS to include sensory food play

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Friday, October 21, 2022

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Baby food brand Ella’s Kitchen has launched a national campaign calling on the Government to improve childhood nutrition by introducing sensory food play in all early years settings.

Call for settings to take part in early years nutrition survey

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

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The Early Years Alliance and nursery group the London Early Years Foundation have joined forces to launch a survey about food provision and nutrition in early years settings.

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Nursery group launches free family meal scheme

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Monday, June 22, 2020

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A free family meal scheme, which aims to give each funded family a hot meal three times a week, is being rolled out by Kidzrus Nursery Group in Manchester.

Zayn Malik adds name to growing list calling on PM to expand free school meals

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022

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Singer Zayn Malik has written to the prime minister calling for free school meals for all children in families on Universal credit, ahead of next week’s budget.

Nursery group of 34 settings awarded Silver status from Soil Association

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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

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ICP Nurseries is celebrating after receiving the early years Food for Life Served Here Silver award from the Soil Association in all 34 of its London-based settings.

Annabel Karmel re-designs nursery menus

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Friday, January 8, 2016

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Nutrition expert Annabel Karmel has been recruited by Fennies Day Nurseries to create new nursery menus.

Cambridgeshire nursery first to win children's food award

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Friday, June 7, 2013

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A Cambridgeshire nursery has become the first in the country to receive the Children's Food Trust's new national award for excellence in children's food.

NDNA supports campaign to explore a ‘colourful rainbow of fruit and vegetables’

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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More than half of children under the age of four eat two or less portions of fruit and vegetables a day, a survey by children’s food brand, Organix, has found.

Labour plan for breakfast clubs 'first step on the road to a modern childcare system’

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

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Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson will pledge to roll out free breakfast clubs to all primary school children, invest in the childcare workforce, and oppose the Government's plan to change staff to child ratios in early years settings.

Nursery group calls for funding to improve access to high-quality nursery food for vulnerable children

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Thursday, June 23, 2022

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The London Early Years Foundation is calling on the Government to invest in nursery food provision to support families living in poverty and improve young children's health.

Nursery group offers free plant-based meals to staff

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Friday, March 13, 2020

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Tops Day Nurseries is providing staff with vegan or vegetarian snacks and lunches as part of efforts to protect the environment.

Nursery World Awards 2013 - the shortlists revealed

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

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The waiting is over - it's time to unveil the shortlists for each category in the Nursery World Awards 2013

Children missing out on free nursery and school milk

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

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Children are missing out on free milk as many early years settings and schools stopped claiming for the subsidy during the Covid pandemic, reveals new research.

Action plan sets out ways to tackle low take-up of school meals

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Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

A plan of action commissioned by the Government last year to improve the quality and take-up of school meals has been published today.

The big picture: Healthy habits

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Monday, August 24, 2015

| Nursery World

Stationhouse Nursery in Portishead and its sister nursery Lakehouse are among some of the first nurseries in the South West to receive a Children's Food Trust Award.

Government maps out changes to Nursery Milk scheme

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

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From next year, all early years settings will receive free nursery milk through a direct supplier, under changes to the way the scheme is run.

Parent co-op nurseries may be the answer to low-cost quality childcare

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Thursday, January 26, 2017

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Parent-led co-operative nurseries could be an alternative to conventional settings for families in poor areas, according to the New Economics Foundation, which is setting up a pilot project to look at how this childcare model works.

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Analysis: Early years settings step up support for families as cost of living crisis hits

Nurseries flock to food share scheme

One in five teachers has given food to hungry pupils, a survey suggests

Tops Day Nurseries features game meat on the menu

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

Study shows young children looked after in daycare are more likely to be obese

DfE to pilot £2m scheme to fight 'holiday hunger'

Nurseries left in the lurch by free milk supplier

Campaign calls for EYFS to include sensory food play

Call for settings to take part in early years nutrition survey

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Nursery group launches free family meal scheme

Zayn Malik adds name to growing list calling on PM to expand free school meals

Nursery group of 34 settings awarded Silver status from Soil Association

Annabel Karmel re-designs nursery menus

Cambridgeshire nursery first to win children's food award

NDNA supports campaign to explore a ‘colourful rainbow of fruit and vegetables’

Labour plan for breakfast clubs 'first step on the road to a modern childcare system’

Nursery group calls for funding to improve access to high-quality nursery food for vulnerable children

Nursery group offers free plant-based meals to staff

Nursery World Awards 2013 - the shortlists revealed

Children missing out on free nursery and school milk

Action plan sets out ways to tackle low take-up of school meals

The big picture: Healthy habits

Government maps out changes to Nursery Milk scheme

Parent co-op nurseries may be the answer to low-cost quality childcare

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