Nursery World - Call to give more importance to family learning

A group of organisations from across the early years and family support sectors is calling for family learning to be reformed so every child and parent in England are supported.

A new coalition has been formed to urge the Government to reform family learning, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

Co-ordinated by Campaign for Learning, the coalition is asking five things of Government to restore family learning, they include extending the eligibility of funded childcare hours to parents wanting to take part in family learning/training and who are not already eligible, along with creating a single national ring-fenced family learning budget.

The coalition includes Boromi - a group of non-profit play libraries, The Centre for Emotional Health, National Numeracy, Peeple - a charity that supports parents and children to learn together, School-Home support and WEA - a provider of adult learning courses.

Family learning involves both children and adult family members and where learning and development outcomes are intended for both the child and the adult. Courses are normally delivered in community settings such as schools and nurseries.

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