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Childcare help given qualified welcome

18 December 2003, Nursery World

The Government's decision to give tax relief of Pounds 50 a week for all employer-supported registered childcare has been warmly welcomed by early years organisations. The childcare tax relief, which...

Clarke replies to Sure Start issues

18 December 2003, Nursery World

The Government is committed to delivering and expanding its Sure Start programme in England in the long term, says education secretary Charles Clarke. He told delegates at a conference in...

Barnardo's withdraws its most recent advertising campaign

18 December 2003, Nursery World

The charity Barnardo's has had to withdraw its most recent advertising campaign, 'There are no silver spoons for children born into poverty', after a record 466 complaints were made to...

The Good Practice Guide for Parent and Toddler Groups

18 December 2003, Nursery World

A resource for leaders and teams working in parent and toddler groups has been produced jointly by the Salvation Army, Care for the Family and the Mothers' Union. The Good...

Quote of the week

18 December 2003, Nursery World

'The idea had been that a child is like a miniature adult who learns in the same way as an adult - if I want to know something, I find...

Mentoring help is award winner

18 December 2003, Nursery World

A scheme that is boosting the retention and recruitment rates of early years and childcare professionals by providing one-to-one mentoring support during training is among 17 local authority and Sure...

£10m subsidy for childcare support

18 December 2003, Nursery World

Disadvantaged parents across Scotland are to receive £10m of funding to help them with their childcare costs so they can access training and employment. The Scottish Executive said it hoped...

Nursery nurses wary of new offer

18 December 2003, Nursery World

More than 2,000 nursery nurses, parents and children took to the streets of Dundee last week demanding a Scotland-wide settlement to Unison's dispute over better pay and career structure for...

Gender bias linked to poverty

18 December 2003, Nursery World

Targets to reduce world poverty will not be met without a concerted effort to ensure that girls have access to education, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has warned. Unicef's...

Hi-tech Christmas 'stifles imagination'

18 December 2003, Nursery World

Parents who splash out on expensive hi-tech Christmas gifts such as DVD players for pre-school children are stifling their imagination and creativity, a children's charity has warned. NCH Cymru said...