Only two per cent of people who currently work in early years are male. Do you think there should be more effort to increase the numbers of men working in childcare and early years?
Children's Plan: one year on
8 December 2008 - Daycare Trust respond to DCSF report - ‘Children's Plan: one year on'.
The Government must meet lone parents half way
8 December 2008 - Daycare Trusts's response to the publication of the DWP White Paper ‘Raising Expectations'.
Unicef report highlights the need for more funding for childcare
8 December 2008 - Daycare Trust's repsonse to the publication today of Unicef Report Card 8: ‘The child care transition'.
Rt Hon Ed Balls MP: Childcare is the ‘new frontier of the welfare state'
25 November 2008 - In Daycare Trust's report ‘Childhood futures' which is published today to mark the annual conference of Daycare Trust, the national childcare campaign, Ed Balls, Maria Miller and Nick Clegg outline their parties' plans for childcare.
Daycare Trust & Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on childcare & child poverty
21 November 2008 - Daycare Trust joint chief executive Alison Garnham and Jane Waldfogel, Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs at Columbia University and research associate at CASE, London School of Economics, have contributed a chapter to the new Joseph Rowntree Foundation publication: ‘What is needed to end child poverty in 2020?'
Daycare Trust voice support for Sir Richard Tilt over lone parent benefit change
21 November 2008 - Daycare Trust have voiced agreement with recent comments from Sir Richard Tilt, head of the Social Security Advisory Committee that changes to the benefits system, including lone parent benefits, should be delayed because new measures may "push people into poverty"
TUC/Daycare Trust report: Childcare workforce need improved pay and conditions
11 November 2008 - Daycare Trust and the TUC will today launch a landmark report which has found that the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) workforce are still blighted by poor pay and conditions, jeopardising further efforts to improve staff qualification levels and the overall quality of services.
London: Sufficiency and beyond
14 November 2008 - Daycare Trust and Firstcare Consultancy Ltd are delighted to announce they have been commissioned by the Government Office for London (GOL) to assist them in supporting local authorities in London to secure sufficient childcare.
Daycare Trust win National Lottery funding
17 October 2008 - Daycare Trust have been awarded the maximum possible grant of £10,000 by Awards for All, a funding stream of the National Lottery. The grant will fund a pilot project working with refugee families in Sheffield. The project will be delivered in co-operation with the Refugee Council and will begin in December 2008
Free childcare extended to two year olds
21 September 2008 - Daycare Trust have welcomed the Prime Minister's announcement in a national newspaper interview published today that the Government are to extend the free childcare entitlement currently available for 3 and 4 year old children to 2 year olds.
Childcare Challenge fringe events
12 September 2008 - The Childcare Coalition announces a series of party conference fringe events, bringing childcare to the forefront of the policitcal agenda.
Holiday childcare costs survey
16 July 2008 - Daycare Trust today published the findings of the seventh annual holiday childcare costs survey which was sponsored by Imagine Co-operative Childcare.
Holiday childcare costs still rising
Wednesday 16 July 2008 - Daycare Trust publish the findings of the seventh annual holiday childcare costs survey, sponsored by Imagine Co-operative Childcare.
Young people speak out about childcare - New research by Daycare Trust showcases children's opinions of childcare
4 July 2008 - The Daycare Trust will today launch 'Listening to Children', part of a series of reports in our 'Listening to Families about Childcare' project, a wide ranging workstream funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Daycare Trust responds to the Government's new child poverty initiatives
23 June 2008 - Responding to today's announcements of new initiatives to help in the Government's aim to end child poverty, Emma Knights, Joint Chief Executive of Daycare Trust said...
Daycare Trust welcome the hold on Ofsted registration fee hike
19 June 2008 - Daycare Trust, the national Childcare Charity have welcomed today's announcement that the Government are to put on hold proposed increases to the registrationfees paid by early years settings to Ofsted.
John Hutton addresses Childcare Seminar at the Treasury - More action needed to tackle child poverty
13 June 2008 - The needs of parents and children have never been higher up the political agenda, with all Parties competing to show they are championing families.
More action needed to tackle child poverty
10 June 2008 - Responding to the publication of the latest government figures on child poverty which show that 100,000 more children are in poverty, bringing the total number of children living in poverty to 3.9 million, Alison Garnham, Joint Chief Executive of Daycare Trust, the national childcare charity, said: "It is disappointing that progress in reducing child poverty seems to have stalled for the second consecutive year, although we are aware that significant investment was pledged in the last Budget and the Pre Budget Report, which will begin to have an impact next year.
Circus celebrating childcare comes to Salford
9 June 2008 - Event takes place in Buile Hill Park, Salford on Monday 9 June.
Prime Minister launches National Childcare Week
2 June 2008 - The Prime Minister Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP today launched Daycare Trust's 11th annual National Childcare Week at an event at No10 Downing Street.
Daycare Trust to release findings on childcare and BME families
16 May 2008 - The findings of Daycare Trust's Ensuring Equality project, sponsored by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, will be launched at the British Academy, London, at 9.30am on Wednesday 21 May . To find out more please email: jcaluori@daycaretrust.org.uk.
Flexible working reforms welcomed
15 May 2008 - Daycare Trust have welcomed the Prime Minister's announcement in the Draft Queens Speech that the Government will be implementing the proposals of the Walsh Report, extending the right to flexible working to the parents of older children.
Daycare Trust response to Policy Exchange report
21 April 2008 - Daycare Trust welcomes the principle of a Parental Care Allowance, the keynote feature of Little Britons: financing childcare choice, published today by the Policy Exchange think-tank. But the national childcare charity is opposed to the proposal that the large some of money involved - at least £4 billion - would be raised by cuts in other vital services for children and families.
Put childcare at the heart of London campaign, Daycare Trust urges
15 April 2008 - On 1 May, Londoners will elect their new Assembly members. Daycare Trust is calling on candidates from all parties to address London's childcare affordability crisis and make it a central theme in their campaigns.
Pens and paintbrushes at the ready -Daycare Trust launches children’s art and creative writing competition
4 April 2008 - Daycare Trust has just announced this year's art and writing competition for children to celebrate National childcare week (2-9 June 2008) and the National Year of Reading.
Paying for childcare - new online resource launched by Daycare Trust
26 March 2008 - Daycare Trust has launched a new website, www.payingforchildcare.org.uk, a one-stop guide through the maze of finding help with childcare costs.
Reaching BME children – childcare workers speak out
17 March 2008 - Daycare Trust today calls for a childcare workforce that better represents the ethnic diversity of the children being cared for, and for better communication with parents whose first language is not English.
Pre-budget comment from Daycare Trust
12 March 2008 - Daycare Trust is looking forward to Alistair Darling's first budget providing a real step forward in making childcare more affordable. The national childcare campaign wrote to the Chancellor earlier this year asking for radical steps forward in providing high-quality and affordable childcare.
Daycare Trust comments on Whistleblower programme
5 March 2008 - Daycare Trust, the national childcare campaign, has commented on tonight's Whistleblower programme on BBC1, following extensive publicity in today's press.
Daycare Trust welcomes Sure Start evaluation
4 March 2008 - Daycare Trust, the national childcare charity, today gave a warm welcome to the latest National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS) report.
Childcare costs still soaring, says Daycare Trust
29 January 2008 - A week on the slopes in the French Alps, plus two sunny weeks in Tuscany – how many families can afford that this year? But while most people find it hard to find over £7,000 for a holiday, working parents with young children may be expected to find at least that amount for nursery fees.
Daycare Trust needs parents' views.
Daycare Trust introduces the Family Information Directory.
Survey results revealed.
New guide helps you with your childcare options.
Will you back our campaign to make childcare a priority issue in the new parliament?
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