If our child safety quiz on page 6 shows that you're dangerously clueless in such matters, you could ask your employer to send you on a first aid course tailor-made for nannies and au pairs. Safe and...
Political party manifestos have been emerging left, right and centre over recent days. And as the NSPCC points out this week (see News, page 5), politicians of all persuasions have been quick to grab...
'The Childcare Revolution 2002' is the theme of this year's Kids' Clubs Network annual conference. The two-day meeting in London on 14 and 15 March will focus on a vision for making schools the centre...
Calls to the NSPCC's helpline have doubled since the launch of its latest drive against child abuse. Since the launch on 1 March of the charity's advertising campaign telling people that 'Real...
Nursery groups across the UK are continuing to acquire new settings, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nursery staff have feared for their physical and mental health while working through successive lockdowns – many of them without access to full sick pay, a study led by the University of Leeds...
The Government has admitted that an additional 200,000 children will fall into poverty because of the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill.
Parents will be able to carry over any unused hours from their free early years entitlement to use when they want later, in plans unveiled as part of the next stage of the Government's childcare...
Early years workers who belong to Unison Scotland are set to receive a 4 per cent pay rise from April 2003, in the final instalment of a four-year-pay deal with local authorities. This means that...
A joint report by leading children’s charities has found that councils have been forced to halve early intervention spending on vulnerable children over the last decade.