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DfE backs new family friendly initiative

    News
  • Tuesday, February 1, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Nurseries and children's centres will be encouraged to pledge to make their services more family-friendly as part of a new project by the Family and Parenting Institute, backed by the Department for Education.

1m fund for early intervention on offer

    News
  • Tuesday, January 25, 2011
    • | Nursery World
A leading venture philanthropy organisation has launched an early intervention programme worth more than 1m to fund early years projects working with disadvantaged families.

All about the role of ... Family support outreach worker

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 30, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Family support outreach workers (FSOWs) are employed by children's services as part of the Sure Start Children's Centre initiative to improve the health, education and wellbeing of children and families through the integration of services.

Childminders want vouchers to reduce tax credit fraud

    News
  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
    • | Nursery World
The National Childminding Association is proposing that the Government pay parents the childcare element of the Working Tax Credit in vouchers, which are only accepted by registered childcarers, in a bid to reduce fraud.

Vanessa George Case Review - Lessons to be learned

    News
  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
    • | Nursery World
All nurseries would be wise to reflect on their policies and practice, as well as the culture within their settings, in light of the review of the Plymouth child abuse case, says Catherine Rushforth.

In My View - Providers and parents

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 28, 2010
    • | Nursery World
One of the biggest changes in the world of work has been the increase in women combining having a family and having a job. It is estimated that in the UK, two out of three families have both parents working, usually one full-time and the other part-time.

In My View - Mum's not the word

    Features
  • Tuesday, August 17, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Service providers, including childcare settings, that don't ask directly for fathers' details are communicating to the family that 'dads don't matter'.

To the point - Engaging with parents

    Features
  • Tuesday, August 17, 2010
    • | Nursery World
It's good news for the sector that early years work is one of the three priority areas for the Department for Education under the new coalition Government.

To the point - Who sets risk levels?

    Features
  • Tuesday, July 20, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Whatever your views on the Schonrocks - the parents who let their eightand five-year-olds cycle to school and were threatened with a referral to Southwark Social Services as a result - we can surely agree on one thing.

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