The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published a report that explores the impact that a son, daughter or sibling with a drug problem can have on a family. Drugs in the family, by Marina Barnard, draws...
Worthing Childminding Association re-launched its toddler group Magic Minders on 28 September. More than 200 parents and children attended an opening that included craft activities and a magic and...
The Dalgarno Neighbourhood in north Kensington, London, has increased access to childcare by 20 per cent as part of an 8m regeneration programme. The money has helped open a new day nursery providing...
(Photograph) - A new children's creative centre was launched at Morland Community Centre in Hackney, east London, with a family fun day on 8 August. The Tantrums project (www.tantrumsonline.co.uk)...
(Photograph) - Glasgow City Council's annual free day of fun and games for children of all ages took place yesterday (31 July). Playday 2002 was planned as partof the celebrations for the...
I was concerned at seeing that 72 per cent of respondents to the QCA consultation were happy with the proposal to alter the Early Learning Goal linking letters to sounds (News, 26 October). I can only...
Nannies and parents may have scarcely believed their ears when Chancellor Gordon Brown, delivering this month's Budget, said, 'Support for childcare costs should include help with approved childcare...
Our news item about the nanny filmed abusing children on a surveillance camera in last month's issue caught the eye of E Cruickshank of Bromley, Kent. She writes, 'If I found out that the family I...
Only settings which are deemed good or outstanding by Ofsted or local authorities will be able to offer the free entitlement to two-year-olds, the Government confirmed last week.
The ban on pre-employment health questionnaires came into effect in October 2010 with the introduction of the Equality Act. Jacqui Mann, managing director of HR4 Nurseries (www.hr4nurseries.co.uk),...