Parents on low incomes who employ nannies to look after their children may soon be eligible for the childcare tax credit element of Working Families Tax Credit, the Government said last week. However,...
The first wave of Every Child A Talker is already producing noticeable benefits for children and families, say Michael Jones and Sue Thomas.
* The Scottish Care Commission Forum on 24 June focused on how to better assess, regulate and investigate Scotland's 6,000 registered childminders. The Commission also celebrated its new Regulation of...
* Nursery chain Wind in the Willows has been sending nursery cooks on 'Safer Food, Better Business' courses run by the Environmental Health Department, in St Helens, holding healthy eating sessions in...
Almost half of all parents find it difficult to know which foods are healthy for their children, according to new research by the health education charity Developing Patient Partnerships. It has...
An area plagued by vandalism in Leyland, Lancashire, is about to see the completion of a 640,000 family support centre. Services will include early education and childcare, child and family health...
The Northern Ireland Executive has provided Pounds 10.1m from its Children's Fund for 14 new projects working with vulnerable children and young people, including an early intervention project to help...
The number of nursery and primary school pupils eligible for free meals has risen, according to the 2009 school census.
Chair of the working group from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood, and lead author of its report,'The Early Years'
'Impetus for change comes from the realisation that children appear to be born to fail. Health visitors report that they can tell headteachers and police officers, now, who among the newborns in the...