News articles tagged children and families
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It's A-level results day: What to do now?
14 August 2025
If you’ve received your A-level results, and not yet decided what you want to do, we’ve got some advice to help you on your way!
A champion week for children’s sport
13 August 2025
Derby’s second Festival of Sport proved a huge hit, with hundreds of children attending a week-long programme of sports and games.
New offer to create more affordable childcare in Derby
6 August 2025
From September 2025, working parents of children aged 9 months to 5 years will be entitled to 30 hours of funded childcare per week with the Take Off into Childcare offer.
School uniform support returns for Derby families in 2025
4 August 2025
Derby City Council is once again working in partnership with Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance and Derbion to provide school uniform to those most in need.
World Breastfeeding Week: Breastfeeding Welcome Here scheme signs up 70th Derby venue
1 August 2025
Seventy city public places have now signed up to a scheme to support breastfeeding families in Derby.
The need for specialist foster carers
31 July 2025
Specialist foster care supports vulnerable young people. Learn how you can help by becoming a carer with Foster for East Midlands Councils.
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More wraparound childcare available in Derby to support working families
31 July 2025
Derby City Council is expanding before and after-school childcare places across the city, supported by government investment to help working families access more flexible childcare options.
Councils unite to support foster carers in the workplace
25 July 2025
Four East Midlands councils celebrate Fostering Friendly status, encouraging local businesses to support foster carers.
Derby praised for work to keep children safe outside the school gates
22 July 2025
Children are enjoying safer journeys to and from school thanks to a pioneering Council scheme, which has now won a nationally recognised award for helping to keep children safe by the school gates
Work of Derby Youth Justice Board highlighted during visit
18 July 2025
Derby City Council recently welcomed Keith Fraser, Chief Executive of the Youth Justice Board, to see the work of the Derby Youth Justice Service (YJS) with young people and victims.