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Woodcraft Folk is an educational movement for children and young people, which aims to develop self confidence and activity in society, with the aim of building a world based on equality, friendship, peace and co‑operation: www.woodcraft.org.uk
Early Years Equality (eye) is a registered charity working to promote race equality in the field of early years provision: www.earlyyearsequality.org.
National Day Nurseries Association is a national charity, which aims to enhance the development and education of children in their early years: www.ndna.org.uk.
Safe Kids Walking is a co‑operative which promotes walking to school bus schemes and high viability clothing for kids: www.safekidswalking.org.uk.
Imagine Co‑operative Childcare is owned by the Midcounties Co‑operative and provides co‑operative children's services in the Oxford, Swindon and Gloucestershire areas and a national childcare voucher service: www.imagine.coop.
Uk.coop is the online directory of UK Co‑operative enterprises provided by Co‑operativesUK: www.uk.coop.
Daycare Trust is a national childcare charity, promoting high quality, affordable childcare for all: www.daycaretrust.org.uk.
4Children is a national charity dedicated to creating opportunities and building futures for children: www.4children.org.uk.
Gingerbread is a registered charity supporting over 2.5 million lone parents and their children in England and Wales: www.gingerbread.org.uk.
Co‑operative Action promotes co‑operative solutions to community challenges. Co‑operative Action is funded by Co‑operative Retail Societies and offers financial support to organisations promoting co‑operative solutions. They have funded this co‑operative childcare service until December 2006. www.co-operativeaction.coop.
The online directory of co‑operative enterprises in the UK, provided by Co‑operativesUK can be found at www.uk.coop.
Department for Education and Skills - DfES is the government authority that has overall responsibility for early years education and care, as well as social care policy for children in England. www.dfes.go.uk Tel 0870 000 2288.
Office for Standards in Education - Ofsted Early Years Directorate is the body responsible for the registration and inspection of daycare and childminding in England. www.ofsted.gov.uk Tel 0207 421 6800.
Sure Start - A government programme that aims to increase the availability for childcare for all children in England, and to improve health, education and emotional development of children and support parents. www.surestart.gov.uk Tel 0870 000 2288.
Childcarelink - A National service and central information resource providing contact details for local Children's Information Services (CIS). www.childcarelink.gov.uk Tel 08000 96 02 96.
Estyn - The body responsible for the registration and inspection of daycare and childminding in Wales. www.estyn.gov.uk Tel 0292 044 6446.
Children in Wales - The umbrella organisation for children's organisations in Wales. www.childreninwales.org.uk Tel 0292 034 2434.
Northern Ireland Social Care Council - The body responsible for the registration and inspection of daycare and childminding in Northern Ireland. www.niscc.info Tel 02890 417 600.
Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care - The body responsible for the registration and inspection of daycare and childminding in Scotland. www.carecommission.com Tel 0845 123 2303.
Criminal Records Bureau - CRB is an executive agency of the Home Office set up to help organisations make safer recruitment decisions. The CRB conducts background disclosure checks on individual's criminal records. www.crb.gov.uk Tel 0870 9090 811
Department of Health, Publications Centre - The body provides a wide range of information including helpful publications and circulars relating to nurseries. www.doh.gov.uk Tel 0207 210 4850
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