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Nurseries encouraged to join in healthy eating week online cook-a-longs

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

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Healthy eating, wellbeing and the benefits of physical activity and cooking are the focus of a new virtual event organised by the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF).

Coronavirus: Concern that children on free school meals are missing out on on healthy food

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Monday, June 8, 2020

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Children on free school meals are eating 'significantly' less fruit and vegetables since the lockdown and are missing meals, a study has found.

Call to make the youngest a priority in Government response to Covid-19

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Monday, June 8, 2020

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More than 70 children’s and mental health charities and organisations have written to the prime minister calling for the Government to invest in the well-being of babies and toddlers in Covid-19 recovery plans.

Coronavirus: Children more at risk of secondhand smoke in lockdown

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Thursday, May 14, 2020

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Health campaigners are warning that lockdown has led to more secondhand smoke exposure in families with children.

Survey reveals impact of lockdown on children

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Friday, May 1, 2020

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The impact that the lockdown is having on children’s mental well-being is worrying 60 per cent of parents, according to a poll of families with primary-aged children.

Refugee families hit by funding exclusions in coronavirus crisis

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

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Refugee support groups are losing out on funding during the coronavirus pandemic, at a time when vulnerable families are particularly hard hit.

All the latest on the coronavirus crisis and the early years sector

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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

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Keep up to date with news, opinion and advice on how coronavirus is affecting the early years sector, children and families with Nursery World's Big Issue.

Playgrounds and parks face closure, as people ignore social distancing

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Monday, March 23, 2020

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Some local authorities are starting to close down play areas in parks, amid concerns that they are becoming too crowded, despite Government advice on social distancing.

Coronavirus: Plea for nurseries and schools to limit places as settings close

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Monday, March 23, 2020

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Early years settings and schools have closed today and are only open for the families of key workers and vulnerable children.

Coronavirus: Families on free school meals will be sent vouchers during school closures

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Thursday, March 19, 2020

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Children eligible for free school meals will be offered vouchers, food or meals if they are no longer going to school during the coronavirus outbreak.

A third of UK baby deaths 'avoidable'

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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

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There are too many avoidable stillbirths, deaths and brain injuries in babies born in the UK, according to a new report by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Settings seeking coronavirus advice

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Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

As the Covid-19 outbreak is a developing situation, this story reflects the position as of midday, 12 March.

Contents - On Your Bike!

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Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has introduced a bicycle scheme across all its 39 nurseries.

More evidence needed on adverse childhood experiences approach

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Monday, March 2, 2020

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A charity has warned that using the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) framework is ‘no quick fix’ for identifying and supporting children at risk from the effects of abuse and neglect – and those using the framework may be overlooking vulnerable children.

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

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

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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.

Supermarkets should play a leading role in solving obesity crisis

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Monday, February 24, 2020

| Nursery World

A new report by MPs says that it's time for supermarkets to 'drive the solution to the obesity epidemic'.

Study finds moisturiser does not prevent eczema in newborns

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Friday, February 21, 2020

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Childhood eczema cannot be prevented by daily moisturiser use, according to new research.

Parents under greater pressure to work in the evenings

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Monday, January 13, 2020

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More than half of parents are working extra, unpaid hours, which is overwhelming them and threatening to sabotage work-life balance improvements, finds new research.

New mothers given less than three minutes to discuss their mental health

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Thursday, September 5, 2019

| Nursery World

New research reveals that new mother checks are being 'squeezed in' by GPs.

Mayor to consider plans to tackle child obesity

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Thursday, September 5, 2019

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London’s Child Obesity Taskforce has announced its 10 ambitions to improve child health across the capital.

1.3m children in overcrowded homes

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Sunday, September 1, 2019

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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.

Parents blame lack of playgrounds for child health problems

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Friday, August 30, 2019

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of parents say that a lack of play areas is affecting their child's health, figures suggest.

More 'robust intervention' needed from Government to increase healthy voucher take-up

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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

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The Government has been accused of failing to invest in its Healthy Start scheme, as new figures show almost half of eligible London families are missing out on the vouchers.

Association for play calls for urgent investment in playgrounds

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Monday, August 5, 2019

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A new campaign is calling for ‘urgent and sustained’ investment in public play provision to get children spending more time outside.

Parents not receiving new baby health visits

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Friday, July 26, 2019

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One in four families in England are missing out on vital baby health visits, increasing the risk of parental mental health problems going undetected, warns the NSPCC.

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Nurseries encouraged to join in healthy eating week online cook-a-longs

Coronavirus: Concern that children on free school meals are missing out on on healthy food

Call to make the youngest a priority in Government response to Covid-19

Coronavirus: Children more at risk of secondhand smoke in lockdown

Survey reveals impact of lockdown on children

Refugee families hit by funding exclusions in coronavirus crisis

All the latest on the coronavirus crisis and the early years sector

Playgrounds and parks face closure, as people ignore social distancing

Coronavirus: Plea for nurseries and schools to limit places as settings close

Coronavirus: Families on free school meals will be sent vouchers during school closures

A third of UK baby deaths 'avoidable'

Settings seeking coronavirus advice

Contents - On Your Bike!

More evidence needed on adverse childhood experiences approach

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

Supermarkets should play a leading role in solving obesity crisis

Study finds moisturiser does not prevent eczema in newborns

Parents under greater pressure to work in the evenings

New mothers given less than three minutes to discuss their mental health

Mayor to consider plans to tackle child obesity

1.3m children in overcrowded homes

Parents blame lack of playgrounds for child health problems

More 'robust intervention' needed from Government to increase healthy voucher take-up

Association for play calls for urgent investment in playgrounds

Parents not receiving new baby health visits

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