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

Monday, April 3, 2023

| Nursery World

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.

Call for settings to take part in early years nutrition survey

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

| Nursery World

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.

Post-Covid children's mental health services face rocketing rise in demand

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Saturday, July 30, 2022

| Nursery World

Children’s mental health services are ‘buckling under pressure’ in the wake of the pandemic, says Anne Longfield’s Commission on Young Lives, which calls on the two Conservative leadership candidates to pledge a £1 billion recovery package.

Thousands of nursery children in poverty could be missing out on free school meals

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

| Nursery World

Thousands of nursery children that are eligible for free school meals could be missing out on the benefit, according to an analysis by the Education Policy Institute.

Concerns vulnerable children are being let down due to 'stretched' health visiting services

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Friday, December 3, 2021

| Nursery World

More than 40 per cent of health visitors are worried they ‘can’t do enough to safeguard babies and children’, according to new survey findings.

Parents still struggling to access 'essential' services

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

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According to new research from a group of charities, many routine health visitor checks continue to be over the phone, drop-in clinics are no longer operating in some areas and baby and toddler groups have either stopped running or are hard to access.

Charities call on health secretary to end ‘baby blindspot’

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

| Nursery World

More than 60 members of the First 1001 Days Movement have today jointly written to the new health secretary Sajid Javid to highlight the impact of the pandemic on babies and their families.

Boris Johnson's food tsar calls for sugar and salt tax to fund free school meal expansion

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Thursday, July 15, 2021

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Henry Dimbleby is urging ministers to introduce a new tax on sugar and salt to improve the nation's health, and fund the expansion of free school meals for an extra 1.1 million children.

Government performs u-turn over free school meals in holidays

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Monday, November 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged schoolchildren will receive free meals during the Christmas holidays, and under-fours will benefit from a top-up in vouchers for healthy food from April, the Government has announced.

Call to increase value of Healthy Start Vouchers

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Tuesday, November 3, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 50 public health experts have signed a letter to the Chancellor and health secretary, calling for an increase in the value of the Healthy Start vouchers for low-income families.

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

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Monday, June 8, 2020

| Nursery World

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.

Refugee families hit by funding exclusions in coronavirus crisis

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

| Nursery World

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

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

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| Nursery World

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.

Sure Start cut hospital visits for children in deprived areas

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Sure Start children’s centres significantly reduced hospitalisations for children in poorer neighbourhoods and saved the NHS millions of pounds, new research has found.

Mental health spending leaves children facing postcode lottery

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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

| Nursery World

Investment in children’s mental health services has fallen in over a third of local areas in England, with wide variation across the country, according to the Children’s Commissioner for England.

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

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Friday, February 15, 2019

| Nursery World

Children in the most deprived area of the country have seen a huge improvement in their outcomes at the end of the EYFS following a major programme of targeted Government investment.

Holiday hunger projects under way in pilot areas

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Friday, July 27, 2018

| Nursery World

Children from disadvantaged families will be able to access out-of-school activities and healthy meals for free this summer in a £2m pilot scheme funded by the Department for Education.

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

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

| Nursery World

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.

Government urged to prioritise 'neglected' early help services

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

| Nursery World

A new report calls for adequate Government investment in family support services, as parents across the country highlight a shortage of available and good quality provision.

School breakfast clubs 'in crisis' with 6,000 due to close

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Friday, September 15, 2017

| Nursery World

A new report suggests a ‘bleak future’ for school breakfast clubs as more than four in ten teachers say their club will close in the next three years.

Government funding to expand work of FGM centre

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

| Nursery World

A £30m Government grant will allow the National FGM Centre to continue its work to stop female genital mutilation (FGM).

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

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Monday, July 18, 2016

| Nursery World

A ‘gender gap crisis’ is seriously damaging prospects for boys in this country, according to a children’s charity.

Positive couple relationships 'crucial' for children

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

| Nursery World

Parental conflict is damaging to children’s future life-chances and relationships and investment is needed, researchers have warned.

Government funding to encourage more children to play in the street

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

| Nursery World

The Department of Health (DoH) has announced more than 5m of funding to encourage children and families to exercise more.

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

Call for settings to take part in early years nutrition survey

Post-Covid children's mental health services face rocketing rise in demand

Thousands of nursery children in poverty could be missing out on free school meals

Concerns vulnerable children are being let down due to 'stretched' health visiting services

Parents still struggling to access 'essential' services

Charities call on health secretary to end ‘baby blindspot’

Boris Johnson's food tsar calls for sugar and salt tax to fund free school meal expansion

Government performs u-turn over free school meals in holidays

Call to increase value of Healthy Start Vouchers

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

Refugee families hit by funding exclusions in coronavirus crisis

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

Sure Start cut hospital visits for children in deprived areas

Mental health spending leaves children facing postcode lottery

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

Holiday hunger projects under way in pilot areas

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

Government urged to prioritise 'neglected' early help services

School breakfast clubs 'in crisis' with 6,000 due to close

Government funding to expand work of FGM centre

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

Positive couple relationships 'crucial' for children

Government funding to encourage more children to play in the street

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