1-30 June: National Sure Start Month - Contact: www.surestart.gov.uk - www.nationalsurestartmonth.com
6-12 June: National Childcare Week - Contact: 020 7840 3350
14 June: Parenting education material showcase, Birmingham - Contact: 020 7833 3319 www.ncvcco.org
15 June: Employers and childcare: implementing the new childcare tax exemptions, London - A major conference to help employers implement the Inland Revenue's new tax exemptions for employer-funded childcare - Contact: 020 7403 3990 www.symposium-events.co.uk
29-30 June: Children Now extended schools conference, London - An authoritative event on integrating and managing financially sustainable extended schools - Contact: 020 8267 4318 - louise.mcadam@haynet.com - www.haymarketevents.com/conferences
- TRAINING
8 June: Playing together, London - A one-day course that aims to provide a more joined-up and forward-thinking approach to the play needs of children and young people - Contact: 020 7512 2100 www.4children.org.uk/events/show/ref/61
8 June: Supporting the language development of pupils with specific learning difficulties, Somerset - A programme that helps children with learning difficulties make sense of the things others take for granted - Contact: 01278 684 060 www.bibc.org.uk
9 June: Composing the adult, London - A practical workshop giving delegates the opportunity to develop powerful strategies for working with disturbed and difficult adolescent behaviour - Contact: 01323 811 440 www.mindfields.org.uk
9 June: Children out of school, London - A one-day training course for local education authority officers and other education professionals - Contact: 020 7704 3375 www.ace-ed.org.uk
11 June: Supporting parents when their child dies, Buckinghamshire - A workshop to provide an opportunity for participants to explore the impact that the death of a baby or child has on the family - Contact: 01494 446 648 www.childbereavement.org.uk
13-15 June: It's the business, Wakefield - Comprehensive business training for professionals working with and supporting childcare development - Contact: 01492 642 462 www.melynconsulting.co.uk/training.htm
14 June: Play policy and strategy development: why the need? London - A one-day workshop discussing what is meant by play policy - Contact: 020 7720 2452 www.playlink.co.uk
15 June: How to deal with bullying, London - This workshop gives delegates a range of strategies for successful interventions and proven ways to prevent bullying from starting - or to stop it once it has - Contact: 01323 811 440 www.mindfields.org.uk
15-16 June: Child care law and practice, London - Two-day advanced course on childcare law and practice for solicitors, advocates and social workers - Contact: 020 7923 2628 www.frg.org.uk
16 June: Sexually transmitted infections, London - One-day course designed for those who know little or nothing about sexually transmitted infections - Contact: 020 7923 5232 trainingengland@fpa.org.uk.
