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Kids from lower income families in Waterford to benefit from subsidy scheme changes

Thousands of children in Waterford and across Ireland from lower income families are set to benefit from changes to the National Childcare Scheme (NCS). The changes - announced on Friday by the Minister for Children, Roderic O'Gorman - will ensure ...

08 Apr 2022 at 18:33

Kids from lower income families in Carlow to benefit from subsidy scheme changes

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Thousands of kids from lower income families to benefit from subsidy scheme changes

Thousands of children in Carlow and across Ireland from lower income families are set to benefit from changes to the National Childcare Scheme (NCS). The changes - announced on Friday by the Minister for Children, Roderic O'Gorman - will ensure ...

08 Apr 2022 at 15:33

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Thousands of kids from lower income families to benefit from subsidy scheme changes

Thousands of children from lower income families are set to benefit from changes to the National Childcare Scheme (NCS). The changes - announced today (Friday April 8) by the Minister for Children, Roderic O'Gorman - will ensure hours spent in ...

08 Apr 2022 at 16:33

Scotland

More families accessing funded childcare places amid cost-of-living crisis

Funded early learning and childcare (ELC) is being accessed by more families in Scotland as cost-of-living pressures mount. The latest figures show that 121,101 children were in funded ELC places at the end of April this year. That number ...

30 Jun 2022 at 16:13

Scotland

Review calls for improved approach to rate setting for funded childcare

The Scottish Government and Cosla have jointly published a review of how private nurseries, childminders and other providers are paid to deliver funded early learning and childcare (ELC). The review drew on evidence from funded ELC ...

20 Dec 2023 at 12:56

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Call for five-year plan to deal with issues facing Tipperary's 8,100 early learners

The ongoing issues facing Tipperary’s Early Years and School Age Care settings can only be addressed with a coherent five-year plan if Ireland is going to catch up with other countries, according to Early Childhood Ireland. While ...

11 Jan 2024 at 21:33

Ireland

Parenting programme that supports north Dublin families gets US approval

A parenting programme designed to help families in a north Dublin suburb has become the only Irish initiative of its kind endorsed by US authorities. Preparing for Life is a plan produced by Northside Partnership, a development ...

21 Jan 2024 at 11:00

Scotland

Ministers under fire over ‘decade of decline’ in childminding sector

The number of childminders working in Scotland has fallen by almost 50% over 10 years, with ministers accused of having let the sector “collapse”. Labour said the Scottish Government has “presided over a decade of decline in ...

12 Jan 2025 at 00:01

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Call for five-year plan to deal with issues facing Tipperary's 8,100 early learners

11 Jan 2024 at 21:33

Scotland

More children receive full early learning and care entitlement, figures show

The number of children receiving the full 1,140 hours of early learning and childcare (ELC) entitlement has continued to increase year-on-year, figures show. Figures published by the Scottish Government’s latest ELC ...

14 Nov 2023 at 13:26

City

British toy shop chain The Entertainer hands ownership to its 1,900 staff

One of the UK’s biggest toy chains is set to become employee-owned after the founders said they were handing over control to the group’s 1,900 staff. The Entertainer, whose parent firm also owns Early Learning ...

12 Aug 2025 at 12:23

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