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Resources to support childcare providers through winter challenges

Saturday, October 8, 2022

| CYP Now

The Early Years Alliance (EYA) has launched a series of free resources to help childcare providers and families to navigate seasonal and financial challenges this winter.

Therapy for under-fives reduces wider mental health problems in families, study finds

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Thursday, October 6, 2022

| CYP Now

Mental health problems in families can be reduced by offering therapeutic interventions to babies and pre-school age children as well as their parents or care givers, a study has found.

Sector cautiously welcomes Labour pledge to provide free breakfast clubs

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

| CYP Now

Education providers and organisations have responded to the Labour Party's pledge to introduce free breakfast clubs for all English primary schools with cautious optimism.

Schemes to reduce holiday hunger

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Local authorities and organisations supporting vulnerable families are providing food and activities for children facing food poverty over the school holidays.

Call for specialist teams to prevent early childhood trauma

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Monday, June 13, 2022

| CYP Now

Specialist teams offering “vital” support to vulnerable babies and young children affected by trauma are needed to ease the pressure on health and education providers, a charity says.

MPs and charities back campaign to bolster health visiting services

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

| CYP Now

MPs and sector leaders are backing a campaign to strengthen health visiting services to ensure new parents are being effectively supported.

Family hubs: DfE reveals 75 councils eligible to run services

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Monday, April 4, 2022

| CYP Now

The 75 local authority areas to benefit from new family hubs have been announced by the government.

‘Frustrating’ spring statement fails to support vulnerable families, sector leaders say

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

| CYP Now

Announcements made in Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s spring statement do “relatively little” to support disadvantaged families facing soaring living costs, organisations supporting vulnerable children have said.

Early years leaders back MMR campaign

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Thursday, February 3, 2022

| CYP Now

Early years leaders are supporting a campaign to warn parents about the severe health risks of not vaccinating their children against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR).

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Investment in youth services and education in the UK’s most disadvantaged areas have been announced as part of the government’s “levelling-up” plan.

LEYF launches external training course for early years chefs

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Monday, January 17, 2022

| CYP Now

The London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has opened up its chef academy to non-LEYF staff interested in tackling childhood obesity.

Pandemic ‘worsening inequalities’ for children in the north of England

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

| CYP Now

The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated child health and education inequalities between children living in the north and south of England, according to a new report.

Under-fives adversely impacted by Covid-19 pandemic, study shows

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Sunday, November 28, 2021

| CYP Now

Children in the early years have experienced adverse impacts on their physical health and wellbeing as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report shows.

Spending Review: Key asks for children and young people

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| CYP Now

CYP Now breaks down key funding asks from across the sector.

Spending Review: Government urged to 'go further' to support vulnerable children and families

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Monday, October 25, 2021

| CYP Now

Children’s sector leaders have cautiously welcomed the government’s £500m package for families amid concerns the new measures will fall short of what is needed to support hundreds of thousands of vulnerable parents and children.

Spending Review: Charities urge investment in parenting support

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Monday, October 11, 2021

| CYP Now

Repairing the damage to children’s mental health and wellbeing caused by the pandemic requires significant investment in family support services, charity leaders say.

Sure Start: Major research reveals long-term health benefits of programme

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Monday, August 16, 2021

| CYP Now

The Sure Start programme had long-lasting health benefits for children including reducing hospitalisation later in life, new research on the early years scheme has found.

Health visitor cuts put ‘children at risk of harm’

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Thursday, July 1, 2021

| CYP Now

Health professionals have warned that cuts to health visiting and school nursing services in Hampshire risk harming children and could be replicated across England.

Support for children and young people top priority in new Marmot report

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

| CYP Now

Measures to support the mental health needs and employment prospects of young people need to be prioritised amid Covid-19 recovery plans, according to a report from health inequalities expert Professor Michael Marmot.

Early years support vital to end ‘years of neglect’ for poor white children, MPs say

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Tuesday, June 22, 2021

| CYP Now

A “tailor-made” approach to early years services is needed to mitigate “years of neglect” of education for disadvantaged white children, MPs have said.

More families get access to Healthy Start scheme after legal action

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Friday, June 4, 2021

| CYP Now

Migrant families will be given access to the government’s Healthy Start scheme after a mother launched legal action questioning eligibility criteria.

Maternal mental health services ‘struggling with increased demand’ amid pandemic

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

| CYP Now

Mental health services supporting pregnant women and new mothers are struggling under the strain of increased demand for services due to the pandemic, a new report finds.

World Hearing Day: Government urged to fund specialist therapy for deaf children

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

| CYP Now

A charity has called on the government to fund training for more specialist therapists to help deaf children learn to listen and speak.

School Milk Scheme funded until 2022

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Monday, February 22, 2021

| CYP Now

The School Milk Scheme will be funded until at least 2022 despite the UK’s departure from the European Union, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed.

Babies ‘overlooked’ during Covid-19 response, First 1,001 Days Movement says

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

| CYP Now

Babies' needs have been overlooked as part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic, a new report shows.

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Resources to support childcare providers through winter challenges

Therapy for under-fives reduces wider mental health problems in families, study finds

Sector cautiously welcomes Labour pledge to provide free breakfast clubs

Schemes to reduce holiday hunger

Call for specialist teams to prevent early childhood trauma

MPs and charities back campaign to bolster health visiting services

Family hubs: DfE reveals 75 councils eligible to run services

‘Frustrating’ spring statement fails to support vulnerable families, sector leaders say

Early years leaders back MMR campaign

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

LEYF launches external training course for early years chefs

Pandemic ‘worsening inequalities’ for children in the north of England

Under-fives adversely impacted by Covid-19 pandemic, study shows

Spending Review: Key asks for children and young people

Spending Review: Government urged to 'go further' to support vulnerable children and families

Spending Review: Charities urge investment in parenting support

Sure Start: Major research reveals long-term health benefits of programme

Health visitor cuts put ‘children at risk of harm’

Support for children and young people top priority in new Marmot report

Early years support vital to end ‘years of neglect’ for poor white children, MPs say

More families get access to Healthy Start scheme after legal action

Maternal mental health services ‘struggling with increased demand’ amid pandemic

World Hearing Day: Government urged to fund specialist therapy for deaf children

School Milk Scheme funded until 2022

Babies ‘overlooked’ during Covid-19 response, First 1,001 Days Movement says

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