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Savings from Tax-Free Childcare delay should be used to expand provision

Friday, October 2, 2015

| Nursery World

The Family and Childcare Trust is calling on the Government to invest the £535 million savings from delayed Tax-Free Childcare as capital funding, so that local authorities and providers can offer more flexible places.

Thousands of children's centres hit with budget cuts

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Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

More than two-thirds of children’s centres have had their budgets cut this financial year and 130 are at risk of closure, new research shows.

Campaign calls for volunteers to help boost outdoor play in the community

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Friday, January 20, 2012

| Nursery World

A consortium of voluntary organisations led by Play England has been awarded 2m through the Government's Big Society Fund to re-launch a campaign to increase children's opportunities to play outside.

Early years charity opens new family visitor centre in prison

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Early Years Scotland has opened a new family visitor centre at HMP Low Moss.

Parents fight to save children's centre nurseries

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Monday, April 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Two children's centre nurseries in the London borough of Southwark are set to close because the council says there is no longer a need for places.

Tea party theme for Chatterbox Challenge

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Monday, October 1, 2012

| Nursery World

Nurseries, pre-schools and childminders are invited to register for the 2013 Chatterbox Challenge (1-8 March), which sees charity I CAN team with Nick Jr's character Humf.

'More Great Childcare': Interview with Elizabeth Truss

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Nursery World was invited to Durand Academy in south London to meet education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss in advance of the publication of the 'More great childcare' report.

Grants available for projects that boost vitamin D in children

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners can apply for a grant of up to 5,000 to fund projects that raise awareness of the importance of vitamin D and boost the intake in pre-school children.

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

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| Nursery World

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

Kids training empowers children with disabilities

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Monday, July 25, 2011

| Nursery World

Children's charity Kids is running a series of workshops designed to promote inclusive play opportunities.

Children's centres successfully targeting deprived families

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| Nursery World

Children’s centres reached more than nine in ten of the neediest families in a year, shows new Government research.

Council's funding cuts to children's centres face legal challenge

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

| Nursery World

A parent has threatened to take legal action against a local authority over its plans to re-organise its children's centres.

Lack of awareness hampers access to children's centres

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| Nursery World

Misconceptions and a lack of awareness about the services on offer are the main factors keeping more families from accessing their local children's centre, a research company has found.

Business development: Winning the fight to stay open

Features

Monday, April 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Parents and a local community association got together and used their combined business acumen to rescue a council-run nursery that was threatened with closure, as Karen Faux reports.