Year: 2024

Information sessions for early years setting staff and parents to support the play, communication and emotional development of children with complex needs.

It’s Funding Friday and this week we have funding streams from: ‘Wooden Spoon’ and ‘The Village Halls Small Grants Fund’.

Do you need to update your paediatric first aid training? New dates now available to book.

An update on supply costs for practitioners undertaking the Professional Development Programme.

This half day event will offer the opportunity to learn more about the Best Start in Life research reviews, what an effective curriculum for communication and language, PSED and physical development looks like in the early years, and how the prime areas of learning are looked at during an inspection.

We are inviting families, professionals and community organisations to help shape services that support young families. Please could we ask for your support in responding to this questionnaire and/ or in sharing this link to your families and other professionals you are connected with to invite as many responses as possible. Survey closes on 23 March.

The new Early Years Educator criteria will come into effect from September 2024. New learners enrolling on a qualification from September 2024 should check whether it is listed on the early years qualifications list.

Eligible families in Devon can now book a wide range of activities for their children to take part in over the upcoming Easter holidays as part of the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.

We would like to thank those of you who have completed the Provider Self Update. However there remain a number of you who have yet to complete the PSU and/or have only partially completed it. We would ask that you complete this as soon as possible.

This fully funded webinar, run by the UK Health Security Agency South West Health Protection Team, will provide attendees with the opportunity to learn about childhood infections in early years and educational settings. Date: Tuesday 5th March 2024 at 16:00 – 17:00.