Childcare co-operatives could become a UK-wide movement with the launch of a national project set for January. Co-operatives UK has received almost 200,000 funding from Co-operative Action to promote...
The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has published future plans that would see it leading the field in nursery management training and business support. The organisation's Strategic Plan...
A membership organisation is to be set up for forest schools following a consultation carried out by the Institute for Outdoor Learning (IOL) Special Interest Group for Forest Schools and supported by...
Further education colleges offer lone parent students more support with childcare than universities, according to a survey carried out by One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS). The charity found that in...
Children in Edinburgh are being encouraged to draw, paint and photograph aspects of their communities which they like and dislike in a project to combat social exclusion and understand their rights....
Hectic lifestyles have taken their toll on family mealtimes. Leisurely eating as a family around a table 'sed to be the norm, but that's changed in the past 20 years, according to research. In fact, a...
The National Day Nurseries Association has been awarded a grant by the Welsh Assembly government to fund an early years development officer working with private, voluntary and independent sector...
Unions representing school support staff are celebrating after education secretary Alan Johnson gave the green light for creating a national pay structure under a new negotiating body.
By Ann Russell, supervisor at the St Barnabas Pre-school in Worcester We went for it in a big way, then we went for it again, and the seed of an idea is germinating for yet another go.