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New guidance on the role of directors of children's services muddies lines of accountability, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) said today.

Tory councils 'told to drag their heels on ContactPoint'

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Monday, July 13, 2009

| CYP Now

Children's secretary Ed Balls has accused Tory minister Tim Loughton of attempting to scupper the introduction of the controversial ContactPoint database.

Charity pilots fathers programme in children's centres

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Monday, July 20, 2009

| CYP Now

Charity Action for Children is to pilot a programme in children's centres across the South of England, to test how well its services are responding to the needs of fathers.

Degree courses for children's professionals launched

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

| CYP Now

New postgraduate degree programmes, designed to promote better communication between professionals working with children and young people, were launched at a Birmingham university today.

Government urged to scrap 'flawed' Child Poverty Bill

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Friday, October 30, 2009

| CYP Now

The government is being called on to scrap the Child Poverty Bill and radically overhaul its child poverty targets.

New play area for Sussex school

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Friday, August 15, 2008

| CYP Now

Volunteers from a collective including East Sussex County Council and energy company EDF have helped build a safe play area for children at a local primary school.

Mums go it alone in business to achieve work-life balance

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Thursday, October 7, 2010

| CYP Now

One in 10 working mothers has started their own business so they can achieve their career ambitions and raise a family, according to Netmums.com.

Free childcare for families to get back in to work

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Monday, September 8, 2008

| CYP Now

Low-income families are to be given free childcare so they can go to training courses and get back in to work.

EYFS results show girls still outperform boys before school

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

| CYP Now

Boys are continuing to do less well than girls before they start school, results for the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) for 2010 show.

Health and safety regulations to be changed to allow children to experience risk

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Friday, October 15, 2010

| CYP Now

The government is to overhaul health and safety rules to ensure children's play areas are more exciting.

Lack of childcare could harm asylum applications

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

| CYP Now

The cases put forward by asylum-seeking parents and their children may be suffering due to a lack of childcare facilities in UK Border Agency offices, it has been claimed.

Four-fifths of councils unprepared for holiday childcare

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

| CYP Now

Only one in five local authorities are confident they have sufficient childcare in place to meet parental need over the summer holidays, according to research by childcare charity Daycare Trust.

Daycare Trust's Alison Garnham to join Child Poverty Action Group

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Thursday, July 22, 2010

| CYP Now

Daycare Trust chief executive Alison Garnham is to quit to take up the same role with the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG).

Shake-up to early years funding welcomed by 4Children

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Monday, July 26, 2010

| CYP Now

The charity 4Children has welcomed the government's backing for a single funding formula for the early years sector.

School staff told not to do the work of colleagues on strike

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

| CYP Now

Education professionals who are not striking are being reminded not to take on extra work while their colleagues join the picket lines during tomorrow's mass strike action.

VAT cut little help to nurseries

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

| CYP Now

The cut in VAT announced by the Chancellor yesterday (24 November) will only lead to small savings for nurseries, says the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

Parents encouraged to oppose closure of Sure Start centres

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Monday, March 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents are being encouraged to form campaign groups to fight the closure of children's centres in their area.

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Lib Dem conference: Children need protection from 'commercial pressures'

Conservative conference: Sure Start centres to boost early intervention

NCB chief appointed chair of CWDC

ADCS Conference: Guidance blurs lines of accountability for DCSs

Tory councils 'told to drag their heels on ContactPoint'

Charity pilots fathers programme in children's centres

Degree courses for children's professionals launched

Government urged to scrap 'flawed' Child Poverty Bill

New play area for Sussex school

Mums go it alone in business to achieve work-life balance

Free childcare for families to get back in to work

EYFS results show girls still outperform boys before school

Health and safety regulations to be changed to allow children to experience risk

Lack of childcare could harm asylum applications

Four-fifths of councils unprepared for holiday childcare

Daycare Trust's Alison Garnham to join Child Poverty Action Group

Shake-up to early years funding welcomed by 4Children

School staff told not to do the work of colleagues on strike

VAT cut little help to nurseries

Parents encouraged to oppose closure of Sure Start centres

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