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Marketing your early years business

Marketing helps you better understand and anticipate your customer needs. It gives you expertise and the right tools...

British values

The government has set out the need for ‘British values’ to help everyone live in safe and welcoming...

SEND

The Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice states that a child has special educational needs (SEND)...

Online safety

From birth, children are immersed in a world rich with digital media. The range of technology they encounter...

Responding to emergencies

These guidelines help you plan how to ensure the safety of children, parents, and staff during a local...

Enabling environments

An enabling environment is a rich and varied space where risk benefit is prioritised and risks are minimised...

Early years practice

Business management

Health and wellbeing

Nutrition Support Programme

Baby and toddler groups

Info for parents and carers

Early years practice

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British values

British values

The government has set out the need for ‘British values’ to help everyone live in safe and welcoming...
SEND

SEND

The Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice states that a child has special educational needs (SEND)...
Online safety

Online safety

From birth, children are immersed in a world rich with digital media. The range of technology they encounter...
Responding to emergencies

Responding to emergencies

These guidelines help you plan how to ensure the safety of children, parents, and staff during a local...
Enabling environments

Enabling environments

An enabling environment is a rich and varied space where risk benefit is prioritised and risks are minimised...
Information sharing and data protection

Information sharing and data protection

All early years staff must know the circumstances under which they may share personal data with other agencies...

Business management

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Marketing your early years business

Marketing your early years business

Marketing helps you better understand and anticipate your customer needs. It gives you expertise and the right tools...
Charitable settings

Charitable settings

Charitable early years settings are usually managed by a committee of volunteers nominated by the parents, who together...
Employing and managing early years staff

Employing and managing early years staff

Supporting the skills and wellbeing of the staff in an early years provision is an important part of...
Starting an early years business

Starting an early years business

Providing high-quality care and education for young children is enormously rewarding. It provides a much-needed service for local...
Financial management and funding

Financial management and funding

For an early years provision to function well, it is vital its finances are appropriately planned and managed....
Law-Call

Law-Call

Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, Law-Call provides Alliance members with telephone access to free...

Health and wellbeing

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Covid-19

Covid-19

Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Most people infected with the virus will experience...
Scarlet fever/Strep A

Scarlet fever/Strep A

Scarlet fever is caused by bacteria called Group A streptococci (Strep A). The bacteria usually cause a mild...
Prevention of back pain

Prevention of back pain

Back pain and associated conditions are a common problem in the early years. 82% of UK early and...
Mental health and wellbeing

Mental health and wellbeing

Early years educators play a vital role in supporting children’s positive mental health and wellbeing, through the creation...
Infection control

Infection control

Ensuring the health and safety of children, staff, and families is a top priority for all early years...
Health and wellbeing

Health and wellbeing

Information and guidance on how to ensure your setting or organisation supports the physical and mental health of...
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Happy little boy excitedly holding up his fork while eating at nursery
Baby at a high chair eating fruit from a sectioned wooden bowl
Little boy outside happily eating an apple

Nutrition support programme

The Alliance’s Nutrition Support Programme works to improve the future health outcomes of young children by setting a standard for nutrition practice in early years settings.

We provide bespoke and tailored support for early years settings, delivered by a network of registered nutritionists and dietitians with experience in the early years.

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Baby and toddler groups

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Baby and toddler membership and insurance

Baby and toddler membership and insurance

The Alliance offers membership packages and insurance specifically for baby and toddler and stay and play groups.
How to start a baby and toddler or stay and play group

How to start a baby and toddler or stay and play group

Both baby and toddler groups and stay and play groups are an essential part of the community. They...
Baby and toddler groups

Baby and toddler groups

Baby and toddler groups are an essential part of the community. They offer the opportunity for young children...

Information for parents and carers

For advice and guidance on how to support your child’s learning at home, visit Family Corner, the family arm of the Early Years Alliance. The Family Corner website contains free information, advice and online sessions to help you understand your child’s development.

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