Early Childhood Unit

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The Early Childhood Unit (ECU) works to sustain and improve the quality of services for young children through direct work with children’s services and settings, and through its national networks.

ECU’s mission is to promote young children’s well-being, learning and development, and to remove barriers to these by providing support for the planning and provision of services for young children and their families.

 

ECU networks and projects:

LAEYN           
Local Authority Early Years Network
ECF
Early Childhood Forum
NBVN
National Black Voices Network

 

NQIN
National Quality Improvement Network
YCVN
Young Children’s Voices Network
PEAL
Parents, Early Years and Learning
REAL
Raising Early Achievement in Literacy

Download ECU's Annual Report for 2009-10

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