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Number of places rising, says Ofsted

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  • Wednesday, May 17, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The number of childcare places in England is continuing to rise, quarterly figures from Ofsted show. At the end of March there were 107,600 providers offering 1,537,800 places, an increase of 15,300 since December.

Pooled funding benefits families

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  • Wednesday, November 7, 2001
    • | Nursery World
A new 1.2m purpose-built centre in Ruchazie, Glasgow, is providing a wealth of services for families and young children, including a project to help men to be better dads. The charity Quarriers, which provides family support services to people who have chronic drug or alcohol problems or who have suffered neglect or abuse, moved its Glasgow family support unit from temporary premises into the new centre last month. A funding package for the Quarriers Family Resource Project was devised last year following negotiations between the charity, Greater Glasgow Health Board, Glasgow Council education and social work departments, two of Glasgow's social inclusion partnerships and Scottish Homes. Their efforts were praised last week in a report on integrated children's services, which cited the project as an example of what can be achieved by pooling budgets.

Families split by learning difficulties

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  • Wednesday, May 17, 2006
    • | Nursery World
More than half of parents with learning difficulties have their children removed from them and put into care, a new study said last week. The report, carried out by Bristol University's Norah Fry Research Centre and funded by the Baring Foundation, highlights the problems faced by such parents, who often meet prejudice from services and professionals which prevents them from accessing the right support that would help them keep their family together.

Gyimah and Timpson secure return to DfE

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  • Monday, May 18, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Sam Gyimah is to retain his position as childcare and education minister, while Edward Timpson has been promoted to minister for children and families, in the new Conservative government.

Why we must register all carers

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  • Wednesday, January 30, 2002
    • | Nursery World
When I lived in Lytham St Annes in Lancashire before emigrating to Australia three years ago, I employed a mother's help to assist with housework and looking after my three little boys. Once I actually saw her hit my three-year-old son across the head, thinking that he would see it as a joke, but she actually hurt him. What concerned me was that if she was that casual about the way she treated the children when I was there, I couldn't rely on her caring for them while I was not there.

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