August 2022 Parenta magazine

A round-up of some news stories that
have caught our eye over the month
Source and image credits to:
Day Nurseries, Nursery World, Mirror,
Inside Croydon, Craven Herald, Families Online
Care provider to open
integrated nursery in care
village
Dementia specialist provider, Belong, is
opening its first care village with a fully
integrated children’s day nursery on-site
in Chester.
Children’s behaviour is
exemplary’ at ‘outstanding’
Peterborough nursery
Ofsted inspectors say the children are
“kind and considerate” to each other
and actively look after & include special
educational needs/disabled children.
Nursery installs defibrillator in
memory of former student who
tragically died, aged 18
Busy Bees Rugby Nursery, where Jamie
“had some of his happiest memories”
installs defibrillator to save others.
Early childhood education system
“not fit for purpose”, says charity
There has been a 50 percent rise in the
proportion of households cutting back
on food or missing meals altogether in
just three months.
Appeal to raise funds for single
parents affected by cost of living
A charity that supports single parents
across Scotland has launched an appeal
in response to the cost-of-living crisis.
Mum wins battle to run crèche
from shed in garden after
neighbours complain
27-year-old mum has finally won a
heated dispute over her keeping her
£20,000 backyard cabin crèche running.
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Purley day nursery opening in
September to create 30 jobs
A new Bright Horizons nursery in Purley
will create more than 30 jobs and will
offer 101 places for children aged 3
months to five years.
Funding needed to keep preschool
open
A long-established pre-school and
playgroup, formed over 50 years ago,
is now at risk of closure due to low
attendance numbers.
Girl born with her spine outside
her body uses ‘Scotland’s
smallest wheelchair’
A toddler paralysed from the waist down
can now chase after her siblings in a
specially adapted wheelchair thought to
be the smallest in Scotland.
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