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      <title>Bolton Start Well | Early Years Education and Childcare Update</title>
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      <description>This early years update is distributed by email on Fridays, currently biweekly.  </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Bolton Safeguarding Children Partnership (BSCP) Call to Action: Tackling Child Neglect</title>
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      <description>Tackling child neglect in Bolton by strengthening our responses. Every interaction matters. Every practitioner has a role. Every child deserves better.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:56:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Resource to Share with Families: Share Stories with Me</title>
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      <description>Free online resource: Share stories with me booklet. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:22:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Summer Sufficiency Statement</title>
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      <description>Sufficiency information for early years and childcare providers.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Claim an Early Years Teacher Recognition Payment</title>
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      <description>The early years teacher recognition payment is a payment of £4,500 after tax for eligible early years teachers working in group-based settings that offer early education entitlements.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Bolton Council Mental Health Training Programme 2026-2027</title>
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      <description>Available to anyone who works or volunteers in Bolton. These sessions are free to attend.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Job Vacancy - Teaching Assistant Level 2</title>
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      <description>Teaching Assistant Level 2&#13;
Moorgate Primary School</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Job Vacancy - Teaching Assistant Level 3 (Early Years)</title>
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      <description>Teaching Assistant Level 3 (Early Years)&#13;
Moorgate Primary School</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:24:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) &amp; Measles Mumps, Rubella and Varicella (MMRV)</title>
      <link>https://www.boltonstartwell.org.uk/news/article/832/measles-mumps-and-rubella-mmr-measles-mumps-rubella-and-varicella-mmrv-</link>
      <description>Information for School Headteachers, Manager of Early Years and Private Nursery Settings.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Enrolment Now Open! Talk with Tales for Children (TWiTCH) Book Sharing Programme</title>
      <link>https://www.boltonstartwell.org.uk/news/article/831/enrolment-now-open-talk-with-tales-for-children-twitch-book-sharing-programme</link>
      <description>The TWiTCH programme is a free CPD opportunity for practitioners in early years settings to support children's language and communication skills through book sharing.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Inclusive Early Years Fund (IEYF) 26-27</title>
      <link>https://www.boltonstartwell.org.uk/news/article/830/inclusive-early-years-fund-ieyf-26-27</link>
      <description>This funding is intended to help providers adopt setting-wide inclusive practices, reduce reliance on individual child-based funding applications, and enable early intervention for children with SEND.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:24:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>18-Month Developmental Check for Children in Bolton</title>
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      <description>Information for Early Years Providers.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Transition to Reception</title>
      <link>https://www.boltonstartwell.org.uk/news/article/827/transition-to-reception</link>
      <description>Covering the Starting Reception Website, Support available to providers, free groups for parents and free resources.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Mobile Drop-in Service by Job Centre Plus Bolton | Advice, Work, Skills and Careers Support</title>
      <link>https://www.boltonstartwell.org.uk/news/article/814/mobile-drop-in-service-by-job-centre-plus-bolton-advice-work-skills-and-careers-support</link>
      <description>Get free advice and support with work skills, careers opportunities and support with the JCP. Service available across the borough in multiple locations. </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:37:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Department for Education (DfE): Create and Maintain Safer Sleep Environments for Babies and Young Children</title>
      <link>https://www.boltonstartwell.org.uk/news/article/826/department-for-education-dfe-create-and-maintain-safer-sleep-environments-for-babies-and-young-children</link>
      <description>New DfE guidance for early years providers.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:27:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>New Publication: Centre of Expertise on Sexual Abuse</title>
      <link>https://www.boltonstartwell.org.uk/news/article/828/new-publication-centre-of-expertise-on-sexual-abuse</link>
      <description>The Centre of Expertise on Sexual Abuse has published a new step by step guide for early years provision to help improve the response to child sexual abuse.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Recreate-U: Supporting Your Child to Be School Ready</title>
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      <description>Information about a stay, play, and learn session for families with 3 and 4 year olds in Bolton. Helping to support those with children going into Reception in September.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:13:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Gain your Early Years Teachers Status (EYTS) with Bright Futures SCITT - Fully funded!</title>
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      <description>The opportunity is fully funded by the Department for Education. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:31:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Screentime</title>
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      <description>Download the new Best Start in Life (BSiL) Screentime poster in A4 for display in communal areas and to share with families in your usual communications.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Autism Parent Courses - Waiting List (Families Can Self-Refer)</title>
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      <description>Courses are for Bolton parents and carers with children who have received a diagnosis of autism. Families can self refer. Please note, there is a waiting list. Delivered by Woodbridge SEND Service.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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