UK LINKS
National Organisations UK Centres Other Organisations Partnership Links Report broken links
Bristol Links WWW links Parents links Childrens Rights Quality
The 
are promoting a model information page for Information
Services. Check out the Cambridgeshire
model - due to be rolled out in first half of 1999. They have a Bulleting Board and a
"Searching for childcare" facility (currently only in Cambridgeshire). Check out
their guidance:
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Childcare: in Bristol APN in first point of contact.
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 | Childminders - try Childminding Association or APN |
| Day care & pre-school playgroups - try PSLA locally |
| Nannies & au-pairs |
| Paying for Childcare; Free early years education for 4 year olds. |
| Links and Map |
National Organisations:
| British Educational Communications & Technology Agency- BECTA (formerly NCET) | ||||||||||
| CHIC (not funded by DfEE!) Childrens Information Services, Sheffield | ||||||||||
| David Blunkett's Home page Includes speeches etc | ||||||||||
| Daycare Trust, 4 Wild Court, London WC2B 4AU T:0171-405 5617 F:0171-831 6632 or eMail. Produce various helpful newslterrs & briefings eg on on Childcare Tax Credit for £2 | ||||||||||
| & their press releases (Note DfEE
site is being reorganised so some links are temporarily not working - whether it is for
the better remains to be seen.) The old 97 Nursery Education News. | ||||||||||
| Ireland's Department of Education & Department of Health (well not quite UK!) | ||||||||||
| Dept of Health -
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| Early Years Co-ordinators Network (NCB) | ||||||||||
| Government Guidance
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| Government Organisations | ||||||||||
| Kids Club Network | ||||||||||
| Lone Parents Into Work |
| National Early Years Network, 77 Holloway Road, London N7 8JZ T: 0171-607 9573 F: 0171 700 1107 or email. Produce Network Post for DfEE. |
| National Campaign for Nursery Education BCM Box 6216, London WC1N 3XX |
| National Childrens Bureau
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| NFER site - including papers on
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| National Playing Fields Association
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| OFSTED | ||||||
| PLEIAD | ||||||
| QCA - QCA Links (formerly SCAA) | ||||||
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| Special Needs Information Exchange | ||||||
| TES, TES Primary, TES Links Page, TES Curriculum Links. Their model primary school web building site. |
UK CENTRES
| Bridgewater College -Centre of Excellence - press coverage |
| College of Care & Education, Bristol. |
| The Riverside Early Years Training Centre, North Tyneside |
| Kids Club Network, Darlington |
| Knowsley Educare Program |
| Out of School schemes in Richmond |
| St George Nursery School, Edinburgh |
OTHER ORGANISATIONS
| ACE - Advisory Centre for Education - includes database & publications | ||||||||||||||
| BBC Education | ||||||||||||||
| CASE - Campaign
for State Education
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| Early Years Easy Screen - Short form for undertaking QCA accredited baseline assessment. | ||||||||||||||
| Education Network | ||||||||||||||
| Kids&Co - a refreshing look at childcare | ||||||||||||||
| Local Government Websites - Index to all Council sites | ||||||||||||||
| National Autistic Society | ||||||||||||||
| NUS | ||||||||||||||
| NUT
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| Open University Booklist | ||||||||||||||
| PANN
(Professional Association of Nursery Nurses) (and PAT)
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