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News

Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

A recreation of the first-ever playground slide has been unveiled at the same park in which it was originally located.

Call for first national children's day

News

Friday, May 3, 2013

| Nursery World

The first National Children's Day UK on 15 May will to celebrate the rights and freedom of British children.

Fundraising appeal to develop care for all ages

News

Monday, September 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Think-tank United for All Ages has set up a crowdfunding campaign to support the development of 500 intergenerational centres over the next five years.

Welfare cuts force more than a million people in the UK to turn to food aid

News

Thursday, May 30, 2013

| Nursery World

A new report from Oxfam and Church Action on Poverty warns that Britain faces a hidden scandal where thousands of people cannot feed themselves or their families.

Childcare isn’t working

Opinion

Monday, January 7, 2019

| Nursery World

We need an affordable and much simpler childcare support system, backed by employers, that helps all parents and carers into work

Nursery children tackle dementia

News

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

| Nursery World

A new television programme investigates whether three- and four-year-olds can help elderly people with dementia.

New £50m fund to create extra places and facilities for children with SEND

News

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

| Nursery World

Local authorities will be able to access Government funding to improve facilities and create more school places for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities.

Don't blame early years providers for children arriving at school in nappies

Opinion

Friday, June 8, 2018

| Nursery World

Are more four-year-olds really starting Reception without being toilet trained, asks Alison Featherbe, and where does the fault lie?

New childcare website to champion affordable childcare

News

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

| Nursery World

Childcare Champions, a campaign website, has launched three weeks before the Budget when a major Government announcement is expected on childcare funding.

Millions of children missing out on support

News

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

| Nursery World

Half of the £8.6bn children’s services budget in England is currently being spent on just 73,000 children, meaning millions go without support, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.

Cross-party support for Early Intervention Foundation launch

News

Monday, April 15, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Intervention Foundation will be officially launched today by David Cameron.

Universal credit fuels rise in foodbank use

News

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

| Nursery World

New figures show the Trussell Trust, the UK's biggest operator of food banks, provided record levels of emergency food supplies last year, driven by benefits not covering the costs of essentials.

More than half of children living in poverty in parts of the UK

News

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

| Nursery World

A new poverty map reveals there are now constituencies where more than half of children are growing up in poverty.

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

News

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| Nursery World

Childminders in more than 100 local authority areas are being restricted or having funding for entitlement offers withheld after their agency's Ofsted inspection. By Katy Morton

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

News

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

| Nursery World

Findings from a survey of providers, reveal that 89 per cent are likely to increase fees this year, while more than a third believe they will have to close their setting within the next year due to rising costs.

Rebekah Jackson Reece: Extra Government funding to increase supply of wrap-around care 'will do nothing to support a sector already in crisis'

Opinion

Thursday, March 16, 2023

| Nursery World

The director of the Out-of-School Alliance (OOSA) has welcomed the additional Government investment in wrap-around care, announced within the Budget, with 'caution'.

Parents storing their old Barbies, Rubik's Cubes and Fisher Price Toys to pass on to their children

News

Friday, January 20, 2023

| Nursery World

Adults have an average of 20 childhood toys ‘stashed away’, including Fisher Price telephones, Hot Wheels and Rubik’s Cubes, reveals new research.

Princess of Wales visits Luton nursery to discuss the value of early education

News

Thursday, January 19, 2023

| Nursery World

The Princess of Wales paid a visit to a Luton nursery as part of her work to raise awareness of the importance of the early years.

Universal childcare up to 11 would save parents thousands and add billions to economy – report

News

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

| Nursery World

A universal childcare guarantee for children up until the end of primary school, would create an extra £13 billion for the economy and boost parents’ wages, according to a new report by the IPPR and Save the Children.

Early years action group to stage protest in March

News

Monday, January 16, 2023

| Nursery World

A protest has been organised for the early years sector in London in two months' time.

More pressure put on families as inflation returns to 40-year high

News

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

| Nursery World

Further concerns have been raised for families with the news that inflation has returned to a 40-year high of 10.1 per cent.

Wales launches ant-racist training and resources for practitioners working with babies and young children

News

Friday, May 12, 2023

| Nursery World

The Welsh government has launched anti-racist professional training for the childcare, playwork and early years sector.

Liberal Democrats party conference: Childcare and education priorities

News

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

| Nursery World

The Liberal Democrats have outlined their plans to provide families with ‘flexible, affordable and fair’ childcare, boost SEND support and give every child the best possible start in life.

Tributes paid to peer and anti-poverty campaigner Frank Field

News

Thursday, April 25, 2024

| Nursery World

Tributes have been paid by children’s charities to former Labour minister Frank Field, a veteran campaigner against poverty and social injustice.

Pilot childcare scheme to run in schools this summer

News

Friday, April 19, 2024

| Nursery World

Private, voluntary and independent nurseries will take part in a pilot of childcare in schools starting this summer.

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The Big Picture - History slides

Call for first national children's day

Fundraising appeal to develop care for all ages

Welfare cuts force more than a million people in the UK to turn to food aid

Childcare isn’t working

Nursery children tackle dementia

New £50m fund to create extra places and facilities for children with SEND

Don't blame early years providers for children arriving at school in nappies

New childcare website to champion affordable childcare

Millions of children missing out on support

Cross-party support for Early Intervention Foundation launch

Universal credit fuels rise in foodbank use

More than half of children living in poverty in parts of the UK

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

Rebekah Jackson Reece: Extra Government funding to increase supply of wrap-around care 'will do nothing to support a sector already in crisis'

Parents storing their old Barbies, Rubik's Cubes and Fisher Price Toys to pass on to their children

Princess of Wales visits Luton nursery to discuss the value of early education

Universal childcare up to 11 would save parents thousands and add billions to economy – report

Early years action group to stage protest in March

More pressure put on families as inflation returns to 40-year high

Wales launches ant-racist training and resources for practitioners working with babies and young children

Liberal Democrats party conference: Childcare and education priorities

Tributes paid to peer and anti-poverty campaigner Frank Field

Pilot childcare scheme to run in schools this summer

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