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Charity campaign highlights 'invisible role' of kinship carers

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

| Nursery World

For every school or nursery in the UK, there are eight children being raised by grandparents, family or friends because their parents are unable to take care of them.

'We are family': Nurseries celebrate the diversity of family life

News

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

| Nursery World

A new week of free activities has been developed to encourage early years settings to celebrate families.

Parents being held back in their careers by lack of childcare

News

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

| Nursery World

Nine out of ten parents in Scotland who want to change their working situation say a lack of appropriate childcare is the main barrier.

Parents choose 'screen time' over reading to their child

News

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

| Nursery World

Parents spend nearly four times as much time looking at screens each day than they do reading with their children, according to a new survey.

Rise in number of children sent to children's homes outside their local area

News

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

The number of children being sent to live in children’s homes outside their borough has risen dramatically, according to Government figures, raising concerns over their safety.

Exclusive: 30 hours saves poorest parents least

News

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

The 30 hours policy will save some of the poorest households £5 per week, while the richest will gain ten times that, analysis finds.

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

News

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.

Society's technological drive at odds with child development

Opinion

Friday, September 8, 2017

| Nursery World

Cuts to services are not the only reason children are not 'ready' for school, says Sally Goddard-Blythe.

Childcare challenge for shift workers

News

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

| Nursery World

Low-paid young parents, especially those working shifts and zero-hours contracts, struggle to manage childcare, according to research by the TUC.

Bring back 'Nitty Nora', say parents tackling childhood 'nasties'

News

Friday, September 1, 2017

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of parents would welcome the return of the ‘nit nurse’, according to a new survey.

Benefits freeze adds to cost of raising children for low-income families

News

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

| Nursery World

The rising costs of raising a child are not being matched by increases in state support for families for the first time in post-war history, a study by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has found.

Home-Start set for major development with Lottery funding boost

News

Monday, August 21, 2017

| Nursery World

The Home-Start network has received funding of almost £900,000 from the National Lottery to expand its services.

UK below EU peers on parental leave

News

Monday, August 21, 2017

| Nursery World

A new international review of leave policies for parents shows the statutory offer in the UK is less generous than that of other European counties.

Positive Relationships: Working with Parents - REAL progress

Features

Monday, August 21, 2017

| Nursery World

A home learning early literacy project in Merseyside has improved communication and language development for those children and parents in need of extra support. By Laura Gregory

First minister’s ‘baby box’ generation

News

Friday, August 18, 2017

| Nursery World

All babies born in Scotland will receive a Baby Box of essential items and a box that can be used as a safe place to sleep, in a move designed to tackle inequality and promote health.

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Charity campaign highlights 'invisible role' of kinship carers

'We are family': Nurseries celebrate the diversity of family life

Parents being held back in their careers by lack of childcare

Parents choose 'screen time' over reading to their child

Rise in number of children sent to children's homes outside their local area

Exclusive: 30 hours saves poorest parents least

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

Society's technological drive at odds with child development

Childcare challenge for shift workers

Bring back 'Nitty Nora', say parents tackling childhood 'nasties'

Benefits freeze adds to cost of raising children for low-income families

Home-Start set for major development with Lottery funding boost

UK below EU peers on parental leave

Positive Relationships: Working with Parents - REAL progress

First minister’s ‘baby box’ generation

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