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Out of school carers celebrate success

20 September 2001, Nursery World

The soaring growth of out-of-school-care provision over the past decade was celebrated at the Scottish Out of School Care Network's (SOSCN) tenth anniversary conference last week. The number of out-of-school...

Training subsidies for capital childcare

20 September 2001, Nursery World

Childcarers in Edinburgh will have access to heavily subsidised training from this autumn as the city's programme to boost qualification levels swings into action. The local council has worked with...

Grants boost childminders

20 September 2001, Nursery World

Prospective childminders in Wales are to receive a start-up grant from 1 April 2002. Jane Hutt, minister for children, said the Welsh Assembly will consult on how much the grant...

Tax credits might include nannies

20 September 2001, Nursery World

Some parents employing nannies may soon be eligible to claim a tax credit towards their childcare costs, the Inland Revenue said last week. A consultation document, New Tax Credits -...

One-and-a-half million children in the UK suffer from asthma

20 September 2001, Nursery World

One-and-a-half million children in the UK suffer from asthma. The National Asthma Campaign's Junior Asthma Club aims to give four-to 12-year-olds the information they need to manage their asthma as...

Children left out of separation

20 September 2001, Nursery World

* Only a small minority of children whose parents have separated think they were given a full explanation for the breakdown in the relationship, according to research for the Joseph...

In brief...Child protection services exclude many fathers and stepfathers

20 September 2001, Nursery World

Child protection services are excluding many fathers and stepfathers from having a say about their children's future, delegates at a conference in London were told last week. The conference, 'My...

In brief...An iron overdose in young children can be fatal

20 September 2001, Nursery World

An iron overdose in young children could be fatal, the Committee on Safety of Medicines has warned. It said solid dose dietary iron supplements accounted for 2 to 3 per...

In brief...The National Foundation for Youth Music

20 September 2001, Nursery World

The National Foundation for Youth Music has announced a third round of grants to support its pioneering music scheme for under-fives. 'First Steps', the first national music programme of its...

Smacking put up for debate in Province

20 September 2001, Nursery World

A five-month consultation on the physical punishment of children in the home has begun in Northern Ireland. This latest consultation follows similar ones in England, Scotland and Wales. In Scotland...