1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (746+ words) "When you walking, you're talking and what's been very lonely becomes a shared experience. It really is the only thing in the week we do that's actually for me, rather than my little girl," says Daisy Mac Dermott. When her…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (633+ words) A Reform candidate has claimed "abuse in nurseries will skyrocket" if parents are offered more hours of free childcare in Wales. Plaid Cymru has promised to extend free childcare to babies aged nine-months. In an online post Martin Roberts said…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1493+ words) Dena Tickner feels guilty sometimes. When she gets home from work, she worries she can be too short-tempered with her children. "I'll be snappy with them when it absolutely isn't their fault." Tickner is a teacher, as well as a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (444+ words) A youth club for children with special educational needs and learning disabilities (SEND) has closed after nearly 50 years due to council budget cuts. Gateway Youth Club, at the Orangebox in Halifax, held its final session at the end of March....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (650+ words) Care leavers who were given a one-off, no strings attached "2, 000 grant were less likely to become homeless or spend time in hospital or prison, according to a new study. Researchers from King's College London found the participants also reported higher…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (288+ words) Jersey parents are now able to apply for a new childcare funding scheme worth thousands of pounds for two to three year olds. The government said parents of a child eligible from January to August 2026 could apply for up to…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (548+ words) The Scottish Greens have promised the "biggest expansion to childcare in a generation" and free bus travel for all ahead of the Holyrood election. The party's co-leaders announced the policies at their spring conference in Glasgow. Gillian Mackay said the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (605+ words) When the school bell rings for half-term it signals a break for teens and children, however, for many working parents it can mark the start of an all too familiar scramble to organise childcare. For some, that means using annual…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (559+ words) A woman who spent her teenage years in foster care is starting a business to support other young people in the care system. Shannon Budd was placed in foster care when she was of 15, right in the middle of her…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (610+ words) Playgroup volunteer Anne Scothern has watched parenthood change so much in 25 years. She took her own children to the playgroup at St Leonard's Community Centre in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, and found comfort being around other parents having sleepless nights and sharing…...