Early Years – the organisation for young children, and one of Northern Ireland’s longest running community and voluntary organisations, marked sixty years of supporting children and families at its annual conference today at Stranmillis University College.
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Read MoreEducation Minister, Paul Givan, has published administrative data from the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme (NICSS) for the period 1 September 2024 to 31 March 2025, highlighting its impact in reducing childcare costs for working families.
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Read MoreThe Chair gave a summary of developments including recent announcements of a £55 million package of measures for early learning and childcare which included the extension of the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme to cover school-age children.
Read MoreEarly Years welcomes the Minister's announcement on extending the NICSS to include school aged childcare provision for families who are registered with Tax Free Childcare.
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Read MoreThe community and voluntary early years sector plays a vital role in supporting children and families, but it is facing unprecedented challenges. Over the past year, we have conducted research to: Understand the current situation, Identify key challenges and Provide recommendations for sustainable support.
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Read MoreWe are delighted to announce that the Early Years 60th Anniversary Conference will be taking place on Friday 6th June 2025.
Read MoreThe Chair updated on a number of announcements from the Education Minister including; the increased funding for part-time non-statutory pre-school education providers participating in the Department’s Pre-School Education Programme…
Read MoreThe All Party Group on Early Education & Childcare held its AGM on Thursday 27 February 2025 via Teams. Nicola Brogan MLA, outgoing APG Chair, welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked all APG members, in particular the office bearers, for their contributions over the last year.
Read MoreThe project aims to improve the capacity of the education sector by providing high quality environmental education and teaching algorithmic thinking through educational robotics at preschool level in all partner countries.
Read MoreWhile Councils have secured additional funding to support people affected, NICVA has stressed the vital role we can all play in identifying those most in need and accessing this additional support.
Read MoreThe final meeting of 2024 for the All Party Group on Early Education and Childcare was held on the 12th December, with Early Years Organisation taking over the reins as Secretariat to the Group for the first time.
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Read MoreThe Pathway Fund is delighted to announce the opening of three funding streams.
Read MoreThe GREENCODE project partners met in Rijeka (Croatia) to discuss the first developed project results in a two-day working meeting - Higher Education Curriculum for Pre-primary Education Units and Digital Handbook on Inquiry-based learning) as an eco-friendly learning practice using simple coding and educational robotics activities in pre-primary education.
Read MoreASPIRE application deadline has been extended to 27th November 5pm
Read MoreEarly Years is delighted that the Pathway Fund will open for applications on Monday 25th November for 2025/2026 and provisionally 2026/2027.
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