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29/10/2024Another step forward for the business case in prioritising early childhood
The business case for prioritising early childhood took another step forward as the team from The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood met business leaders in Northern Ireland at an event hosted by PWC, on Thursday 24 October 2024.
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17/9/2024Royal Foundation and Co-op take business case to Manchester
The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood and Business Taskforce member, The Co-Operative Group, have co-hosted an event, bringing together businesses from across the North West to discuss the societal and economic case for investing in early childhood.
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29/10/2024Another step forward for the business case in prioritising early childhood
The business case for prioritising early childhood took another step forward as the team from The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood met business leaders in Northern Ireland at an event hosted by PWC, on Thursday 24 October 2024.
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17/9/2024Royal Foundation and Co-op take business case to Manchester
The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood and Business Taskforce member, The Co-Operative Group, have co-hosted an event, bringing together businesses from across the North West to discuss the societal and economic case for investing in early childhood.
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21/5/2024Major firms commit to action as taskforce report identifies £45.5billion opportunity for UK economy from investing in early childhood
The Royal Foundation Business Taskforce for Early Childhood has today, Tuesday 21 May 2024, published a report setting out the business case for prioritising early childhood and announced the first tranche of action to be taken as a result of its work.
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21/3/2024"Overwhelmingly positive” results for Royal Foundation-backed early years trial as report recommends expansion to more UK health visiting teams.
Health visitors involved in a trial, funded by The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, testing the feasibility of new baby observation tool have reported an increase in their knowledge and skills in interpreting baby behaviour, and subsequently supporting parent-child interactions, as a result of training in a new observational tool.
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24/11/2023The Princess of Wales visits Sebby’s Corner to kickstart initiative to support families
The Princess of Wales visited Sebby’s Corner in Barnet on Friday 24th November to kickstart an initiative from The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood to provide support to families with young children in the run up to Christmas.
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24/11/2023Help for families with babies and young children this Christmas
This Christmas, December 2023, The Centre for Early Childhood is working to support baby banks to get essential goods and basic necessities to families in the run up to Christmas.
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18/11/2023Royal Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey returns to ITV on Christmas Eve
The Princess of Wales will return to Westminster Abbey to host a special Christmas carol service on Friday 8th December.
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13/11/2023The Princess of Wales delivers keynote speech at Shaping Us National Symposium
On Wednesday 15th November, The Princess of Wales and The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood hosted The Shaping Us National Symposium at The Design Museum in London.
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1/11/2023The Princess of Wales joins ‘Dadvengers’ as part of her ‘Shaping Us’ campaign on early childhood
The Princess of Wales has today joined a meeting of ‘Dadvengers’ – a community for Dads and their children - in Arnos Grove, London, to highlight the important role that Dads play in their children’s earliest years.
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27/9/2023The Princess of Wales joins play session for families and children with special educational needs as part of ‘shaping us’ campaign on early childhood
Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales has today, Wednesday 27 September 2023, joined children with special educational needs and their families, at a play session in Sittingborne, Kent, to highlight the importance of support for neurodiversity in early childhood.
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16/8/2023We all have a role to play in shaping the next generation
Family friends, aunts, uncles and grandparents, neighbours and teachers have all played an impactful role on shaping the lives of adults in the UK today, according to research published by the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood today, 16 August 2023.
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16/6/2023The Princess of Wales spotlights vital role of health visitors
The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood has today, Friday 16 June 2023, published the second in a series of reports based on its annual Public Perceptions Survey, which looks at public understanding of the role of the early years sector in shaping our earliest years and, in particular, the role of health visitors.
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15/6/2023The Princess of Wales visits Nuneaton to meet health visitors taking part in study funded by The Centre for Early Childhood
The Princess of Wales met health visitors taking part in a new field study, funded by The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, which aims to support the profession to promote infant wellbeing and social and emotional development.
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7/6/2023First insights from 2023 Public Perception Survey released
The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood has today, Wednesday 7 June 2023, published the first in a series of reports based on its annual Public Perceptions Survey.
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25/5/2023The Princess of Wales highlights the importance of relationships in early childhood
The Princess of Wales visited the Foundling Museum in London to meet young people with lived experience of the care system, as well as with foster carers and adoptive parents. She also met kinship carers at a support group session facilitated by national charity Kinship to hear about their experiences of caring for the child of a relative or friend and the vital role they play in raising the next generation.
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16/5/2023The Princess of Wales visits Dame Kelly Holmes Trust
The Princess of Wales visited Bath on Tuesday 16th May to spend time with some of the young people who are being supported by youth development charity, Dame Kelly Holmes Trust.
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21/3/2023The Princess of Wales launches Business Taskforce for Early Childhood
The Taskforce will play an essential role in The Princess of Wales’ work to transform how society prioritises and supports children in their earliest years.
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1/2/2023The Princess of Wales takes Shaping Us campaign to Leeds
Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales visited Leeds on Tuesday 31 January as she launched Shaping Us, a major new awareness raising campaign to increase public understanding of the crucial importance of the first five years of a child’s life.
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31/1/2023The Princess of Wales launches “Shaping Us” campaign to raise awareness of the unique importance of early childhood
Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales has launched a major new awareness raising campaign to increase public understanding of the crucial importance of the first five years of a child’s life.
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28/1/2023An open letter from The Princess of Wales
Ahead of the launch of a new campaign to raise awareness on the vital importance of early childhood to lifelong outcomes launching next week, The Princess of Wales has written an open letter explaining why this issue is so important.
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25/1/2023Expert group to advise The Princess of Wales’ work on early childhood
A group of eight experts from across academia, science and the early years sector has been appointed to offer strategic advice to The Princess of Wales and provide oversight of the work of her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.
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25/1/2023The Royal Foundation announces appointment of Christian Guy as Director of Centre for Early Childhood
Christian Guy has been appointed as the Director for The Royal Foundation’s Centre for Early Childhood (the Centre).
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18/1/2023The Princess Of Wales visits Foxcubs Nursery to learn about their role in children's development
The Princess of Wales visits Foxcubs Nursery in Luton, as part of her ongoing work to elevate the importance of early childhood to lifelong outcomes.
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2/12/2022The Princess Of Wales meets Harvard academics to discuss new developments in early years science and research
The Princess of Wales visited The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University as part of her ongoing work to elevate awareness of the extraordinary impact the early years have on lifelong outcomes.
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5/10/2022The Princess of Wales visits Royal Surrey County Hospital Maternity Unit
The Princess of Wales spent time today meeting staff and patients at the maternity unit at Royal Surrey County Hospital.
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16/6/2022Centre unveils findings of new research into public perceptions of early childhood development
The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood has unveiled the findings of new research into early childhood development.
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11/5/2022The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge join a Roots of Empathy session at St. John’s Primary School
The Duke and Duchess today visited St John’s Primary School in Port Glasgow where they sat in on a Roots of Empathy session and engaged with co-ordinators and participants of the programme.
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23/3/2022The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Shortwood Teachers’ College
As part of their Caribbean tour, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today met with young students and early years professionals at Shortwood Teachers' College.
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23/2/2022The Duchess of Cambridge and the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood visit Denmark
The Duchess of Cambridge landed in Copenhagen today as part of a working visit with the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.
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8/2/2022The Duchess of Cambridge visits a community parental support project
The Duchess of Cambridge visited PACT in Southwark to learn more about how communities can support parents and their families with their mental wellbeing and improve the health and development outcomes for young children.
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24/11/2021The Duchess of Cambridge joins a science lesson teaching the importance of early childhood development
The Duchess of Cambridge has been to visit Nower Hill High School in Harrow where she joined a science lesson studying neuroscience and the importance of early childhood development.
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5/10/2021The Duchess Of Cambridge meets with leading researchers to discuss new holistic study into the early years
The Duchess of Cambridge visited University College London’s Centre for Longitudinal Studie where she met with leading early years researchers.
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18/6/2021The Duchess Of Cambridge launches The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood
The Duchess of Cambridge launches The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood which will drive awareness of and action on the impact of the early years.
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