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<item><title>Early Years meets Environment Minister to resolve Day Care Transport Issues</title><description>Early Years - the organisation for young children has welcomed the outcome of a recent meeting with the Minister for the Environment, Sammy Wilson to develop an exemption scheme for courtesy transport in registered childcare providers which will be introduced from September 2008 by the DVA.</description><link>http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=15</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:43:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fermanagh and South Tyrone Early Years Groups Highlight Financial Struggle</title><description>Early Years - the organisation for young children members in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone have made an urgent appeal for funding to help bring members up to graduate level as part of their Transformation Fund.</description><link>http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=14</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Too Formal Too Soon - Formal Education leaves small children less Eager and Able to Learn - Early Years Conference told</title><description>A series of internationally renowned speakers have told the Early Years - the organisation for young children's international AGM and annual conference in Derry that introducing young children to formal education too soon leaves them less eager and able to learn.</description><link>http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=13</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Children's services improving but still a long way to go - Early Years</title><description>The Chief Executive of Early Years, the organisation for Young Children has said there needs to be increased investment in services for young children especially those with special needs.</description><link>http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=12</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 12:29:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Early Years Initiative helps tackle exclusion of Traveller children</title><description>A cartoon and educational initiative aimed at pre-school children is being launched today to help tackle the exclusion of Traveller children.</description><link>http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=11</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:13:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>International Fund for Ireland announces 1.1M Pounds for 'Respecting Difference' Pre-School Programme</title><description>The International Fund for Ireland is to provide just over 1.1m Pounds/1.6m Euro for an innovative new pre-school project aimed at helping young children to develop positive attitudes to diversity.</description><link>http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=10</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Early Years group highlight financial struggle to achieve third level qualifications </title><description>The South Down branch of Early Years, the organisation for young children told local MLAs how they often had to work two jobs to pay for their third level qualifications, and how many had to simply drop out of their drive for a degree because of financial hardship. </description><link>http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=09</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=09</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Early Years welcome Assembly moves to support Young Children</title><description>Early Years - the organisation for young children - has welcomed today's all party motion calling on the Executive to maintain and further develop its support for young children.</description><link>http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=06</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=06</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Start your own childcare business with Pathfinding Programme for women - new course in Ballymoney</title><description>Early Years - the organisation for young children has teamed up with economic development agency, Invest Northern Ireland, to provide free training for women thinking of starting their own childcare business.</description><link>http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=07</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=07</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Investment in Early Years can transform society</title><description>Nobel laureate economist Professor James Heckman will today tell the new Executive that investing in very young children can lead to lower divorce rates, less crime, a more competitive workforce, lower divorce and teen pregnancy rates and a healthier population when he gives a lecture in Belfast this week.</description><link>http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=05</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=05</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NIPPA relaunch as the Early Years Organisation</title><description>The Northern Ireland Pre-School Playgroup Association has relaunched as the Early Years Organisation - the organisation for young children with a new look logo and renewed focus.</description><link>http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=04</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=04</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pathfinding for Women!</title><description>NIPPA - the early years organisation has teamed up with economic development agency, Invest Northern Ireland, to provide free training for women thinking of starting their own childcare business.</description><link>http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=03</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>From Conflict to Peacebuilding - lessons from Northern Ireland bring hope to Iraqi children</title><description>A book on conflict resolution documenting lessons in peacebuilding learnt in Northern Ireland and elsewhere is being translated into arabic and used to help Iraqi children deal with the legacy of the war there.</description><link>http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=02</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=02</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NIPPA says stand up for Dads this Parent's Week!</title><description>As we celebrate Parent's Week in Northern Ireland (15th - 22rd October 2007) NIPPA - the early years organisation is keen that the role fathers play in the care and education of their children is both recognised and supported.</description><link>http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=01</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.early-years.org/news/press_release_info.php?pressid=01</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item> 
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