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Fair Play for Children News — Health Wellbeing and Education

68 min readJan 9, 2025

includes Early Years Child-Care and Disability issues

Fair Play for Children website: http://www.fairplay31.online/index.htm

Previous Stories to 30th December 2024 February 2025: 70 new stories worldwide

21st March 2025: 142 stories worldwide inc 4 video

MSP speaks out against forced prayer in schools

CMS Sounds Alarm on Risky Gender Treatments for Kids, Calls for Urgent Action to Protect Their Futures

Cash boost for development of Guernsey’s children’s services — BBC

Early Learning Program Quality Assessment & Accreditation — NAEYC

Children are increasingly starting primary school struggling to talk, teachers have warned

Withdrawal of the United States from the WHO — How President Trump Is Weakening Public Health

Gaza Ceasefire Must Remain in Place: Children Need Humanitarian Aid Now — unicef usa

Education for all as national development policy priority | The Guardian — IPPmedia

Major investment in Alder Hey to make Liverpool City Region a global leader in children’s

State Comptroller releases student ‘informal removal’ study | News | clevelandbanner.com

HMRC urges people earning less than £100,000 to claim perk worth £4,000

Nurseries across the UK ‘at risk of mass closures’ — Yahoo News UK

Survey Reveals Parents Prioritize Child Care Over Raises — Yahoo Finance

Children as a victim of deadly political violence — The Lancet Regional Health

Hidden Prejudice In Early Years: The Shocking Truth You Need To Know — LinkedIn

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) guide to the early years pupil premium

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) programme at Clifton College

Malnutrition Crisis: Reaching Children in Need in South Sudan | UNICEF USA

Protecting Syria’s Children From Deadly Remnants of War | UNICEF USA

Sounding the Alarm on the Global Education Crisis | UNICEF USA

What we stand to lose: the costs of children and youth not learning by 2030 | UNESCO

Preserve Water, Protect the Future: Youth Commit with UNESCO

Free School Meals (Automatic Registration of Eligible Children) Bill, Second Reading

Doctors Sound Alarm: Slushies Linked to Dangerous Illness in Children — SciTechDaily

Fresh funding announced to tackle tooth decay in children following NIHR research

‘Parents need to take the lead in the fight against childhood obesity’ — Yahoo News UK

Addressing the School-to-Guardianship Pipeline — American Bar Association

10th March 2025: 55 stories worldwide inc 2 video

It Takes a Ready Community to Help Young Children Thrive

Hudson High students go to UNESCO conference in Portugal — Community Advocate

Youth perspectives on transforming education during the 2024 Global Education Meeting

Addressing Undernutrition in Children May Improve Vaccine Efficacy, UP-US Study Finds

‘Schools Bill’ should auto-enrol children for free school meals — Education Committee report

Proposed Cuts to SSI Would Hurt Disabled Children and Their Families

20th February 2025: 78 new stories worldwide inc 1 video

WA Legislature weighs paying parents who care for children with disabilities

Parents of high-needs children push lawmakers to streamline payments for providing care

Early Years Strategy 2024–2034: An overview

UK Nursery Fees Set to Rise as Childcare Sector Faces Financial Strain

From Chalkboards to Smartboards: A Village Girl’s Journey into the Future | UNESCO

Nearly three in five students want more education on budgeting at school — poll

Providing opportunities for 2–5 year olds to be more physically active in Dorset

Half of councils warn of insolvency over special needs spending

‘Vital government sets out reform for SEND system in Spending Review’ — LGA on EPI report …

‘Growing children’s mental health crisis an urgent social concern’ — LGA on Future Minds …

Moving Toward the Finish Line in the Polio Fight | UNICEF USA

Thousands more children deprived of education as crisis in eastern DR Congo escalates

12th February 2025: 109 stories worldwide inc 4 video

Early Years Qualifications — Hansard — UK Parliament

With Young Children, Movement Matters — The Zebra Press

A 2024 Review of Child Care and Early Learning in the United States

Education to Heal Ukrainian Children’s Invisible War Scars — Morningstar

UNESCO Secures GPE System Capacity Grant to Strengthen Early Childhood and Primary …

Too Much Screen Time Is Rewiring Kids’ Brains. Can Forest Schools Fix It? | UNESCO

Thousands of Newham pupils could soon benefit from government funding

Institute of Health Visiting survey — LGA response — Local Government Association

UK HealthCare earns pediatric cancer care accreditation — Lane Report

Parents facing barriers and delays in getting mental health help for children

Children’’s wellbeing in schools — POST Parliament

‘Growing children’s mental health crisis an urgent social concern’ — LGA on Future Minds …

Report’s Recommendations for Disabled Kids are ‘Urgent,’ Advocate Says | The Tyee
Childcare
key part of Highland Council economic strategy — BBC

Dispatch From Haiti: What Children Need Most | UNICEF USA

Stepping Up the Pace to End Female Genital Mutilation | UNICEF USA

2nd February 2025

Unsdg | Viet Nam Closes Learning Gaps towards Education for All

Survivor Leader Advocate for a School for Children in his Village

California Continues to Prioritize Young Children — Carmichael Times

The burden of acute respiratory infection attributable to fine particulate matter brought by …

More than 3000 new school places on horizon for Hampshire over next three years

Restorative and inclusive schools in Gloucestershire | Local Government Association

Brighton and Hove’s integrated approach to supporting children and young people’s mental …

Children First? We need to rethink global governance to prioritise child health — The BMJ

Commission on Human Medicines report on proposed permanent order to restrict the sale …

Report into young health disparities | UK Healthcare News

Mom Shares Shocking Encounter While Out with Disabled Daughter | Watch — MSN

26th January 2025: 67 stories worldwide

Government’s education reforms could be ‘significant backward step’ for pupils

Academy schools: Government plans for change — House of Lords Library

Council set to give family of disabled child £30k to adapt south Essex home

UNICEF Delivers Wheelchairs for Gaza’s Children

Screen time: four ways it impacts children’s health — Sheffield Star

Britain urged to assist Gaza’s amputee children

Israel’s onslaught has created the largest number of child amputees in modern history, experts say

UKHSA issues new health advice to parents amid quad-demic — Yahoo News UK

Putting Students First: The lessons children teach us — Lake County News,California

UNICEF Distributes Supplementary Food for Young Children in Gaza

17th January 2025: 65 new stories worldwide inc 1 video

Early childhood infections may boost risk of illness in later life — Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

RELEASE: States Can Improve Early Childhood Outcomes by Consolidating Systems

Early Childhood Development Drives Economic Growth and Benefits Native Communities

A Step Ahead in Paediatric Care: Manipal Hospital Whitefield Launches Dedicated …

Construction of paediatric unit begins at University of Ghana Hospital — Yahoo Finance

Resilience Won’t Solve The Child Mental Health Crisis, But Here’s How It Can Help

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: call for evidence — UK Parliament

8th January 2025: 105 new stories worldwide

Ireland takes eight Palestinian children with urgent health needs for treatment

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill — Flexible & Affordable Education Support Services

How the children’s wellbeing and schools bill shifts power to local authorities

Hundreds of children’s care places are costing councils more than £10000 a week per child

Silent threats of lead-based paints in toys and households to children’s health and development

Early Childhood Education and Long-Term Success in Maryland — Morningstar

2024 IN REVIEW — One in three children in conflict and fragile countries out of school — new analysis

UNESCO Supports Mental Health and Well-Being of Palestinian University Students

AAR Hospital launches specialised paediatric clinics

Gaza Hospital Says Three Babies Die Of ‘Severe Temperature Drop’ | Barron’s

Glasgow mum fights ‘extortionate’ costs of raising disabled son — Yahoo News UK

Three moms allege an Ohio agency rule is ‘creating chaos’ for families of disabled kids — MSN

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024–25 — The House of Commons Library

States Seek To Improve Early Childhood Outcomes Through Consolidated Governance Structures

UNESCO: Albania has deterioration in education! Urgent need to increase funding

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, Second Reading, House of Commons, 8 January 2025

What happened to education, education, education, Bridget Phillipson? | The Independent

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Jan Cosgrove
Jan Cosgrove

Written by Jan Cosgrove

National Secretary of Fair Play for Children, Also runs Bognor Regis Herald online. Plus runs British Music Radio online

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