Year: 2017

CES Weekly Knowledge Exchange – News, Events, Policy, Research, Stats, Resources Download here 

News, Events, Policy, Research, Stats, Resources Monday December 4th – Friday December 8th Read here

Is your service doing great work in the area of child health and wellbeing? Would you like to nominate another service doing great work in this important area? The Irish Healthcare Centre Awards are now in their sixth year; they aim to recognise achievements in our healthcare services. For the first time the 2018 Awards...

Annual Report for the third year of implementation of Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: The National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014-2020.

A report has been published that examines the impact of the Early Years Education Policy on the working conditions of professionals in the early childhood care and education sector. The report looks at policy-related issues, working conditions, areas of concern as viewed by early years professionals, and investment in other EU countries. Some of the...

The Charities Regulator has launched the first in a series of guidance documents, aimed at encouraging and facilitating the better administration and management of charities. The documents address the issues of guidance for trustees and internal financial controls guidelines for charities….read on The Internal Financial Controls Guidelines for Charities can be read by clicking here To read...

The latest issue of Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures e-zine is now available to download here.

CYPSC learning and developing together There are now twenty-six local CYPSC Co-ordinators supporting the implementation of 27 CYPSC across Ireland. CYPSC are inter-connected through a national network of CYPSC Co-ordinators. The CYPSC Co-ordinators’ National Network role and purpose is to support the strategic and operational development of CYPSC by bringing CYPSC Co-ordinators together to share information...

Welcome to issue 3 of the Children’s Rights Alliance’s Early Years newsletter. As Government Departments begin to finalise Budget 2018, we are working hard to ensure that children are at the forefront of Ministers’ and civil servants’ minds. Budget 2017 sought to balance the high cost of childcare to parents through the Affordable Childcare Scheme: Budget...

Our Nurture Programme Manager, Francis Chance, Stella Owens of CES and Anne Pardy of HSE present on The Nurture Programme – Infant Health and Wellbeing at the Global Implementation Conference in Toronto. Almost 600 delegates from right around the world – great presentations and networking opportunities. The presentation is available here