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Call for midwives to be based in children's centres

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| Nursery World

The charity 4Children is calling for midwives and health visitors be based at children’s centres, after a poll revealed that a quarter of mothers-to-be found out information about pregnancy from a children’s centre.

Millions of grandparents giving up work to care for grandchildren

News

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| Nursery World

Nearly two million grandparents have given up their jobs or taken time off work to look after their grandchildren, finds new research.

Children's centres should be used to help tackle family breakdown

News

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

| Nursery World

A new think tank report calls for children’s centres to be turned into 'family hubs' to improve child outcomes.

Low-income families on breadline as cost of raising a child increases

News

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

| Nursery World

Increases in the amount paid for childcare and the cost of living are leaving low-incomes families struggling financially.

Conservatives 'pose a real threat' to Sure Start, warns Labour

News

Thursday, April 2, 2015

| Nursery World

Over 1,000 Sure Start centres could close if the Conservatives win the general election, the Labour party has warned.

Working Mum - Staying power

Features

Monday, May 4, 2015

| Nursery World

High staff turnover is not only a concern for management - many parents see it as a warning sign, says Working Mum.

Unique Child: Health & Nutrition - In comfort

Features

Sunday, November 29, 2015

| Nursery World

Public Health England is stepping up its campaign to make breastfeeding in public more acceptable, with a collection of animated short films

Working Mum - Object of affection

Features

Monday, November 30, 2015

| Nursery World

Children often like to bring their own items into nursery, and how staff handle this is important, says Working Mum

MPs back sugar tax to fight obesity

News

Monday, November 30, 2015

| Nursery World

A 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks should be brought in to help fight childhood obesity, MPs say.

Homelessness risk to 300,000 children over benefits cap

News

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

| Nursery World

Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children could be left homeless as a result of the new benefits cap coming into force next week, warns new research.

Alan Milburn urges Government to tackle low pay

News

Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

A new report calls for a different approach to tackling in-work poverty as the number of families living below the breadline continues to rise.

Government ploughed millions into Kids Company despite concerns

News

Thursday, October 29, 2015

| Nursery World

Collapsed charity Kids Company received at least £42 million from the Government despite repeated concerns about the way it was being run, an official spending watchdog has found.

Peers urged not to 'sideline' child poverty measures

News

Thursday, November 12, 2015

| Nursery World

The End Child Poverty Coalition is calling on the House of Lords to ensure the Government continues to report on income-related child poverty measures.

Home learning - A parent's guide to ... Sleep

Features

Monday, January 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Sleep affects children's development and well-being in a number of ways. Penny Tassoni explains what these are and offers some advice to help make sure your child gets the hours they need.

Government scraps Child Poverty Act

News

Thursday, July 2, 2015

| Nursery World

The existing measures and targets in the Child Poverty Act will be replaced with a new duty to report on worklessness and educational attainment.

Charity launches play inquiry

News

Monday, September 14, 2015

| Nursery World

National deafblind charity Sense has launched a public inquiry into the provision of play opportunities for children from birth to five with multiple needs.