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Arts organisation launches new strategy to support early years settings

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Earlyarts, the national network for people working creatively with children and families, has launched a new national strategy to help practitioners nurture young children's creativity.

The Earlyarts National Strategy for Effective Practice has been developed to meet new demands following recent policy reviews, including the revised EYFS, funding cuts and changing roles and responsibilities.

It aims to support a new way of working to enable children’s creativity, focusing on six key areas:

To help deliver the strategy, Earlyarts is launching a new affiliates’ programme which will enable members to apply to become recommended suppliers of creative early years training or resources for the sector.

The national network has also introduced new services including a quarterly e-bulletin and weekly newsflash highlighting the latest research and evidence of creative interventions, a director’s blog with news, opinion and commentary and an online map showing arts, cultural events and training.

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