Save Sure Start!
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On Thursday 19 April, a colourful and noisy protest of 250 women, children and men, plus teddy bears and balloons took place in opposition to cuts in Sure Start nursery care provision in Liverpool.
Pre-school education
Save our Nurseries —A Fun Day in Hackney
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Date:
30 May, 2010 - 13:00 - 16:00
Location:
London Fields (find us near the children’s playground)
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Music, face-painting, food, games
+ solidarity with community nurseries in Hackney which are facing up to 60% cuts in funding.
More: FHN@live.co.uk
For more see friendsofhackneynurseries.wordpress.com
Higher Child Benefit for "better parents"?
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A report by a think tank linked to the Lib Dems has suggested that parents who pass a parenting test should be paid more in Child Benefit.
Stubbornness wins! How Springdale Nursery was saved
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Stubbornness wins
Introduction
Childcare battle in Hackney
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An activist from Friends of Hackney Nurseries spoke to Solidarity
Nurseries Make Children Feral - Allegedly
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Hot news today. Sending your kids to nursery turns them into yobs, yes it does.
SureStart swings the axe
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SureStart - the government’s project for children under 4 - has cut funding to some local facilities for young kids.
It is shifting its services to showpiece ‘Children’s Centres’, such as the Ann Tayler Centre on London Fields, but this seems to be at the expense of play sessions on estates and in the community: where they are needed most.
SureStart pulls the plug on our estate's toddler group
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Well, that's the post-election rest out of the window.
I got a phone call today from the Under-5s Project saying that SureStart has pulled the funding for the baby & toddler group on our estate with immediate effect.
SureStart pulls plug on Hackney Playbus
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A letter from me to Queensbridge & Dalston SureStart ...
Withdrawal of funding to Hackney Playbus
I was shocked and disappointed to discover recently that Queensbridge & Dalston SureStart has ceased its funding to the Hackney Playbus.
The Playbus is now no longer able to attend its sessions on Aspland estate, which my young son and his friends enjoyed greatly.
Over the last six years, all three of my kids have benefited from the services of the Playbus. When we have been able to attend it regularly, it has been something that they have looked forward to all week.
Not such a SureStart
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The National Evaluation of SureStart (NESS) has published some early reports. It seems that these contain both praise and criticism - in particular, that it is not reaching some of the most needy kids and families. This has prompted me to dig out an article I wrote three years ago on this subject. Not that I'm saying "I told you so", but, erm, I told you so.