October 2008 press releases

23 October 2008 – National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and the Local Government Association (LGA) today launched a new publication, ‘Making the Free Early Years Entitlement Work – good practice case studies to partnership working.’

National Day Nurseries Association, Head Office, 20 October 2008 – National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) today responded to a new report from Organix and the Soil Association ‘Georgie Porgie Pudding and Pie: Exposing the Truth about Nursery Food’, which says ‘foods served at nurseries can be unhealthy, highly processed and potentially dangerous.’ NDNA, the national charity and member association for day nurseries in the UK, questioned the report’s findings and said that in fact the majority

National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) Cymru today welcomed news of an additional £60m of funding over the next two years for the Foundation Phase but said it was important that these monies were available to the private, voluntary and independent sectors.

3 October 2008 – National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) today announced that it has produced a useful free electronic factsheet summarising new arrangements for Ofsted registration with the support of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).

1 October 2008 – National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) today announced that the campaign month for its new go for IT! campaign has commenced and urged nurseries to make sure they got involved by downloading the resources and entering the official competition.