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Childcare Sessions in Maddiston for children aged 2-3 years.

Are you a lone parent? Want to return to work? Would a three day work preparation training combined with a two week work placement with M & S help you reach that goal?

One Parent Families Scotland's 'chill and chat' meets every Thursday in The Zone on Hamilton Road offering advice on everything from childcare to employment.

Training development coordinator Linda Pople said: "There is nothing like this available in North Lanarkshire so we initially set up the group as a sort of pilot to see if there was a need and clearly have found that there was.

The chill and chat's next meeting will be after the Easter break on Thursday, April 22.

If you would like to find out more call 0141 847 0444 or 0808 801 0323.

Now that the general election has been called, we will try to bring you relevant information about the policies of the main parties. On 30th March the Scottish Campaign on Welfare Reform (SCOWR) supported by OPFS launched its election manifesto calling for a more respectful and supportive approach towards welfare reform.

Members of staff from childcare@home and the 101 Project receiving their donations on 1st April

On Thursday 1st April 2010, members of staff from the101 Project were invited to the Invercarse Hotel as guests for a lunch, where the Dundee Rotary Club presented them with a cheque for £300.

This money will help to fund a six-week cooking course run by the 101 Project and will allow parents to gain a nationally recognised qualification in Health & Hygiene.

This qualification may help them towards gaining employment in the future.

Everyone at the 101 Project would like to express their gratitude to the Dundee Rotary Club for this generous donation.

Six parents and three staff from the 101 Project in Dundee attended EY2010 Scotland Launch in Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall on the 22nd March.

The event was hosted by Nicky Campbell and will be televised later this year.

The day was very interesting and gave the parents an opportunity to voice their opinions and be heard. There were 3 different sessions to the day which covered Myth Busting, Attitudes of Media and Public, Poverty issues and Lasting Legacy Solutions.

The Rotary Club of Dundee today presented childcare@home with a cheque which will be used to purchase additional children's activity materials. The Rotarians have also generously offered volunteer drivers to assist with toy and equipment deliver to our mobile creche venues throughout the Dundee area.

Today's donation from the Rotary membership is warmly welcomed by childcare@home and we hope this will lead to the start of a long and beneficial relationship between ourselves with the aim of assisting those parents and children who use our service.

Childcare@home staff in Dundee had fun on their final evening of Play Training, although den building in high winds was challenging!

On 31st March Shona Robison, Minister for Health and Sport presented workers from Childcare@home in Dundee with certificates to mark their completion of the first OPFS play training programme funded by Inspiring Scotland’s Go Play initiative.
The training programme has been devised to equip workers to facilitate free creative and outdoor play with the children they care for.