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Oct 27

Providing Childcare for All as part of tackling Child Poverty – Action for Children

At Action for Children, we are calling on the government to meaningfully invest in children’s services, tackle poverty and improve suppor...

Childcare for All

Aug 10

Thank you Anne, rest in peace

The members of Childcare for All were deeply saddened to hear of the death of one of our founding members, Anne Moore. As well as being a...

Childcare for All

Jun 18

Childcare for All Campaign – Childcare critical to families and economy

The co-convenors of the Childcare for All Campaign are calling for funding allocated to support the childcare sector in Northern Ireland ...

Childcare for All

May 20

Childcare for All Campaign – COVID-19 Statement

The co-convenors of the Childcare for All Campaign, WRDA and Employers For Childcare, welcome the publication of the Northern Ireland Exe...

Northern Ireland Childcare Survey – share your views to shape childcare policy

Childcare for All

Mar 16

Northern Ireland Childcare Survey – share your views to shape childcare policy

Employers For Childcare Northern Ireland Childcare Survey now open!

Findings from Big Parenting Survey NI call for more support

Childcare for All

Feb 25

Findings from Big Parenting Survey NI call for more support

This year’s “Big Parenting Survey” found that a significant number of parents continue to feel that not enough is done to help them. This...

Childcare for All

Jan 30

Making childcare child-centred

The needs of children should be a central tenet of childcare provision. However, too often the voice of the child can get lost in wider p...

'Childcare: a women’s issue' by Rachel Powell – Women’s Sector Lobbyist at WRDA

Childcare for All

Dec 9, 2019

'Childcare: a women’s issue' by Rachel Powell – Women’s Sector Lobbyist at WRDA

Childcare is a women’s issue. Unpaid domestic labour is a women’s issue. “Economic inactivity” is a women’s issue. The unequal distributi...

Childcare for All

Oct 29, 2019

So, what is Childcare For All all about?

Working towards childcare for all in Northern Ireland – an introduction to our campaign #childcareforall We have been working on the Chil...

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