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?
Wales cheapest place for holiday
childcare
14 July 2010 - Research published today by the
childcare charity Daycare Trust, ahead of the school holidays, shows Wales is
the cheapest place in Britain for holiday childcare - but uncovers a gaping
hole in provision.
Scotland tops list for holiday
childcare costs
14 July 2010 - Research published today by the
childcare charity Daycare Trust, ahead of the school holidays, shows Scotland
is now the most expensive nation in Britain for holiday childcare.
Woeful lack of childcare revealed in latest holiday costs survey
14 July 2010 - Research published today by the national childcare charity Daycare Trust, ahead of the school holidays has uncovered a postcode lottery and patchwork of childcare availability.
Survey shows strong support from childcare providers for Early Years Foundation Stage
6 July 2010 - Daycare Trust, the national childcare charity, today launches research showing the popularity of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). The London Childcare Providers Survey, which almost 300 childcare providers responded to, showed 70% of respondents believe that the EYFS has had a positive impact on the childcare sector.
Daycare Trust teams up with Netmums to answer parents' childcare questions
16 June 2010 - Daycare Trust, the national childcare campaign, has teamed up with Netmums, the UK's fastest-growing online parenting organisation, to provide expert childcare advice on their Coffee House forum in June 2010.
Daycare Trust welcomes free entitlement extension go-ahead
14 June 2010 - Daycare Trust, the national childcare charity has welcomed the government's announcement that the extension of the free entitlement for all three and four year olds to 15 hours a week from September will go ahead as planned.
Daycare Trust welcomes government commitment on free nursery places but warns over Sure Start
20 May 2010 - Daycare Trust, the national childcare charity welcomes the commitment to maintain the free nursery entitlement, outlined in today's government coalition document.
Daycare Trust call for guarantee to protect free nursery places for 3 &4 year olds
26 April 2010 - Daycare Trust, the national childcare charity has called for an assurance from politicians that the free entitlement of 12.5 hours childcare a week that all 3 &4 year olds receive will be protected - and that nurseries will not be allowed to charge supplementary top-up fees.
Daycare Trust launches National childcare week children's competition
19 April 2010 - Daycare Trust, the national childcare charity, has announced details of its annual children's art competition for this year's National Childcare Week, which takes place from 12-19 July 2010.
Daycare Trust's ‘Guide to childcare for disabled children' published
1 April 2010 - As new DCSF funding for local authorities comes into effect today, designed to help ensure disabled children can access childcare, Daycare Trust has brought out a new publication to advise parents on the issue.
Childcare policies will determine mothers' vote, new research shows
29 March 2010 - Daycare Trust, the national childcare charity, has today published research which shows that over two-thirds of mothers would be less likely to vote for a party that cut free childcare places or tax credits. The charity, along with Bounty Parenting Club, surveyed 2,500 mothers and asked how the political parties' childcare policies would affect their voting intention in the forthcoming General Election.
Daycare Trust welcomes new flexible childcare rights
17 March 2010 - Daycare Trust, the national childcare charity welcomed today's government announcement on new measures to support young families and children - which include the right of parents to ask for more flexible free childcare.
Daycare Trust welcomes ‘Protect, support, provide'
4 March 2010 - Daycare Trust, the national childcare campaign, today responded to a new report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and Grandparents Plus which looks at the part played by grandparents in providing support in low-income families, including providing childcare. ‘Protect, support, provide: examining the role of grandparents in families at risk of poverty', sets out a number of recommendations in order to better support and recognise the role of grandparents.
Childcare costs still on the up - despite recession
10 February 2010 - Findings of Daycare Trust's ninth annual childcare costs survey, sponsored by Imagine Co-operative Childcare published.
Daycare Trust's Childcare Costs Survey to be published on 10 February
27 January 2010 - Daycare Trust, the national childcare charity, will publish the findings of the ninth annual childcare costs survey on Wednesday 10 February 2010.
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