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How to support babies and young children with their mental health.

A plan to “make play normal” again, including a call for play to become a statutory duty, has been launched in Westminster.

Helping early years providers offer healthy, balanced and nutritious food. From September 2025, providers must take this guidance into account and follow it unless there is good reason not to.

View the latest jobs in early years and childcare.

It’s Funding Friday and this week we have funding information from ‘Devon County Council: Locality Budgets 2025/26’.

There will be no Digest next week (w/c 26 May 2025). The Digest will resume after the half term break!

Early years and childcare managers can now use the new check an early years qualification digital service to quickly verify whether staff qualifications meet the requirements for staff:child ratios in England.

Bookings for the HAF Summer programme will go live on Monday 9th June 2025 at 8am.

Get ready to embrace nature like never before! 30 Days Wild is The Wildlife Trusts’ annual challenge event, where we ask you to take on wild activities throughout June.

Bumblebees Day Nursery have been awarded a Top 20 Nursery award for South West at the recent Nursery Awards 2025. Congratulations!