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'Light touch' scheme extends tax credits

25 March 2004, Nursery World

Parents employing nannies may be able to claim some financial help with their childcare costs from the Government under a new 'light-touch' scheme to be launched next year. A Treasury...

Ten-month-old Caitlin Elms and 101-year-old Winifred Smith

25 March 2004, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Only a century separated ten-month-old Caitlin Elms and 101-year-old Winifred Smith when they met at the opening of the Nunu day nursery in Wigan. Born on 1 July...

Action call to meet child poverty goal

25 March 2004, Nursery World

Five years after its pledge to end child poverty in the UK, the Government has been praised for 'demonstrable improvements' with a warning that more policy efforts and greater redistribution...

A national minimum wage

25 March 2004, Nursery World

A national minimum wage of £3 an hour is to be introduced for from October for 16-and 17-year-olds, following recommendations from the Low Pay Commission. Wages for 18-to 21-year-olds will...

Children in five London boroughs

25 March 2004, Nursery World

Children in five London boroughs can enjoy free swimming this Easter, thanks to the Kids Swim Free scheme in Newham, Waltham Forest, Tower Hamlets, Greenwich and Hackney, giving them free...

The winner of the Community Playthings Multi-tables competition

25 March 2004, Nursery World

The winner of the Community Playthings Multi-tables competition held at the South West Regional Exhibition and Conference in Torquay in January is Victoria King, deputy head of the Rees Pre-school...

Quote of the week

25 March 2004, Nursery World

'Only one in ten women born in the 1940s was childless; a quarter of women born in the 1970s have no children by their forties. The hand which rocks the...

Sure Start minister Catherine Ashton

25 March 2004, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Sure Start minister Catherine Ashton met children, parents and staff when she officially opened the £520,000 extension at the Rebecca Cheetham Nursery Education Centre in Stratford, east London,...

Racism hinders disabled pupils

25 March 2004, Nursery World

Children from black and ethnic minority families who have disabilities face more problems at school and encounter greater prejudice in their lives than white disabled children, according to a report...

£4m grant aids rural childcare projects

25 March 2004, Nursery World

Childcare projects, outdoor play and out-of-school clubs are among the beneficiaries of nearly £4m of funding awarded to 100 community projects in rural areas announced by the Scottish Executive last...