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21 November 2002, Nursery World

More reassuring noises came from the Government in the past week about its continuing commitment to expanding childcare, as trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt took to the stage at...

Childcare 'vital to UK economy'

21 November 2002, Nursery World

Childcare is now as important to the British economy as the transport system, the trade and industry secretary told delegates at the Daycare Trust annual conference in London last week....

Children play at a Unicef project

21 November 2002, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Children play at a Unicef project in Kasungo, Malawi, for people who have AIDS, in one of more than 120 images celebrating the United Nations Convention on the...

Quote of the week

21 November 2002, Nursery World

'I have lived in several other countries and seen that nowhere rushes to put its children into school so early. This is a result of our anti-children, anti-family culture. We...

Pre-schools stuck in limited facilities

21 November 2002, Nursery World

Most pre-schools and playgroups in England are having difficulties in expanding their provision due to a lack of facilities and limited funding, says the Pre-school Learning Alliance. A survey of...

A ten-year road safety strategy for Ulster

21 November 2002, Nursery World

A ten-year road safety strategy in Northern Ireland aims to halve the number of child road deaths and injuries by 2012. Measures include a pre-school children's traffic club, a pedestrian...

A new play amenity has been created at the Ashington Family Centre

21 November 2002, Nursery World

A new play amenity has been created at the Ashington Family Centre by trainees from Northumberland Training Agency and artist Alison Whalton from the Headway Theatre in Blyth, with the...

Total inclusion is the ideal

21 November 2002, Nursery World

Total inclusion was the ideal promoted at a reception held last week in the House of Commons by Phil Willis, Liberal Democrat shadow education secretary. He said every child had...

Warning form the Child Poverty Action Group

21 November 2002, Nursery World

The Child Poverty Action Group has warned the Government not to take away children's benefits as the answer to the problem of truancy from school. Speaking after the Queen's Speech...

MBE for Wilma Cumming

21 November 2002, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Wilma Cumming, manager of the University of Aberdeen's Rocking Horse Nursery, was presented with an MBE by Prince Charles at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace. She was...