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Youngest children not active enough

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

| Nursery World

Just nine per cent of children aged between two and four are doing the right amount of physical activity, experts have claimed.

Exclusive: Charging top-up fees is ruled out by Government

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| Nursery World

The Government will not back down on top-up fees, even if it means providers will opt out of the free entitlement scheme, children's minister Sarah Teather has exclusively revealed this week.

Childcare 'is not open all hours', shiftworkers find

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents who work shifts or unsociable hours struggle to find the childcare they need, a survey by the Daycare Trust has found.

Childminders prevented from offering free places to parents

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Childminders are facing barriers to offering the free entitlement through a shortage of accredited networks and poor funding.

New NCMA chair is keeping an eye on cuts

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

| Nursery World

The National Childminding Association has announced that Sue Davis is to be its new chair.

'Parents lose' on new universal credit, says study

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

| Nursery World

The Government's funding of childcare under the Universal Credit will undermine its commitment to making work pay, according to a new report.

Inquiry calls for a family revolution

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

| Nursery World

A national inquiry into family life has called for a major overhaul of services, including Sure Start children's centres.

College nursery closure leaves parents with childcare dilemma

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

| Nursery World

Eighteen nursery staff at a college nursery, which provides childcare for students and working parents, will lose their jobs by Christmas.

Free books for Scottish children named

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| Nursery World

The Scottish Book Trust has announced the books that will be distributed to children under its early years book-gifting programme for 2014.

Vetting and barring scheme put on hold as Government orders review

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

| Nursery World

The Vetting and Barring Scheme for nine million people working with children and vulnerable adults has been halted so that a review can be carried out for a more measured approach, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced today.

Firefighters battle childhood obesity and cot death

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Firefighters across England are working with councils to tackle childhood obesity and cut sudden infant deaths.

Parents want grandparents close at hand

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

| Nursery World

Eight in ten parents rely on grandparents for childcare and want them to move closer, according to a survey of 1,550 parents and parents-to-be by property website findaproperty.com.

Training for engaging with men

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Monday, March 1, 2010

| Nursery World

Fathers Plus offers a range of training programmes designed to help those working in children's services engage more effectively with men.

DfE funds £6.5m plan to tackle early language gap

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

| Nursery World

Under-fives living in disadvantaged areas are to benefit from additional help with their early speech and communication skills, as part of a £6.5m investment from the DfE.

Almost half of meals served to young children are too big or too small

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Monday, August 19, 2019

| Nursery World

Analysis by the Infant & Toddler Forum (ITF) found 49 per cent of meals served to children aged between one and four were outside the recommended portion size range.

Parents uncomfortable with male practitioners changing their child's nappy

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

Male practitioners are frequently being stopped from providing intimate care to children as parents are uncomfortable with the idea, according to the Men in the Early Years (MITEY) campaign group.

Over half of parents of young children feel lonely

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Thursday, November 28, 2019

| Nursery World

More than half of parents with children under the age of five experience loneliness at least some of the time, with those on the lowest incomes twice as likely to be affected, according to new research.

Parents Quitting Work

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

| Nursery World

Lack of flexible working opportunities is forcing parents to leave their jobs, says pressure group Family Friendly Working.

Children wanted for research into new eczema treatment

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Monday, January 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Three hundred children are being recruited for a clinical trial to determine whether silk clothing can help in the treatment of eczema.

Children encouraged to swap 'screen time' for time outdoors

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Monday, March 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Three children’s organisations in the UK are urging children to get outdoors for National Children’s Day 2014.

Parents lack information on vitamin D for children

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

| Nursery World

More than a third of parents have never received information from healthcare professionals on vitamin D levels in their child, a new poll finds.

New early years development resource for parents of disabled children

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Monday, February 4, 2013

| Nursery World

The NCB has launched a new free early support resource to support families with disabled children and help them to track and record their child's early development.

Women vital to boosting UK economy

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Extending childcare tax breaks and a business culture that 'embraces' flexible working for all are key recommendations from a report into maximising women's contribution to the economy.

Engaging fathers

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

| Nursery World

Most fathers are 'good enough' but some still need more help, says a study by the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners.

Millions of mothers would quit work without grandparents' help

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

| Nursery World

A poll of 1,000 parents by Grandparents Plus has found that one in four parents would give up work without help from grandparents with childcare.

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Youngest children not active enough

Exclusive: Charging top-up fees is ruled out by Government

Childcare 'is not open all hours', shiftworkers find

Childminders prevented from offering free places to parents

New NCMA chair is keeping an eye on cuts

'Parents lose' on new universal credit, says study

Inquiry calls for a family revolution

College nursery closure leaves parents with childcare dilemma

Free books for Scottish children named

Vetting and barring scheme put on hold as Government orders review

Firefighters battle childhood obesity and cot death

Parents want grandparents close at hand

Training for engaging with men

DfE funds £6.5m plan to tackle early language gap

Almost half of meals served to young children are too big or too small

Parents uncomfortable with male practitioners changing their child's nappy

Over half of parents of young children feel lonely

Parents Quitting Work

Children wanted for research into new eczema treatment

Children encouraged to swap 'screen time' for time outdoors

Parents lack information on vitamin D for children

New early years development resource for parents of disabled children

Women vital to boosting UK economy

Engaging fathers

Millions of mothers would quit work without grandparents' help

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