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YoungMinds parents' helpline in funding crisis

News

Friday, October 10, 2014

| Nursery World

The charity YoungMinds is searching for funding to keep its parents' helpline running, after losing Government funding.

Childcare loan scheme could help businesses keep staff

News

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

| Nursery World

The British Chambers of Commerce is calling for a childcare loan scheme for parents to help businesses retain staff who start a family.

Gathering evidence on the impact of policy

Opinion

Monday, September 8, 2014

| Nursery World

Decisions about childcare affect thousands of families on a daily basis. We know from a whole range of surveys that parents struggle with decisions about childcare for reasons of affordability, availability and quality.

Tax-free childcare to be run by a single operator

News

Monday, August 11, 2014

| Nursery World

The contract for running the Tax-free childcare (TFC) scheme was awarded last week to National Savings and Investments (NS&I), which will be the sole operator to deliver the childcare accounts when the scheme is introduced in autumn 2015.

Survey reveals extent of budget cuts to children's centres

News

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| Nursery World

More than £82m has been cut from children’s centre budgets, according to figures from public sector union Unison.

Early years expert group's 12-point general election plan

News

Monday, July 14, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years experts are calling for a new dedicated early years framework for all children from birth to seven.

Children's organisations share £100,000 in lottery funding

News

Friday, July 11, 2014

| Nursery World

A forest school project run by the Scottish Wildlife Trust is one of the beneficiaries of the latest round of grants for children from the Big Lottery Fund.

Parliamentary inquiry highlights childcare crisis for disabled children

News

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| Nursery World

Four in ten parents of disabled three- and four-year-olds are unable to access their right to 15-hours of childcare, an investigation has found.

Peers to look at the affordability of childcare

News

Friday, July 4, 2014

| Nursery World

The House of Lords has set up an inquiry to examine how pre-school childcare in England is funded.

Early years sector calls for funding changes

News

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years organisations are calling for a complete overhaul to the way childcare is funded, in response to a report by the think tank IPPR, which calls for universal childcare to be made available for all parents of young children.

Tax-free childcare not the solution, argues new report

News

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| Nursery World

Today’s Queen’s Speech is expected to include the Tax-Free Childcare Bill, the coalition Government’s answer to making childcare more affordable and flexible for working parents.

Labour's childcare plans could help thousands of mothers back to work

News

Thursday, May 8, 2014

| Nursery World

New analysis shows that Labour's plans to extend free childcare to 25 hours a week could help 135,000 more mothers return to work.

Pupil premium extended to early years as tax-free childcare scheme expands

News

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government is to extend the Pupil Premium to disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds from 2015.

4Children launches manifesto for families

News

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

| Nursery World

Children’s charity 4Children is calling for a complete rethink on how the UK supports children and families.

Tax-free childcare 'will not cut childcare costs'

News

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Families will continue to spend more than a quarter of their household income on childcare, even after Tax-Free Childcare is introduced, a think-tank has warned.