The Welsh Assembly government published an action plan designed to encourage parents and carers to join in planning services for children. It set out a vision for the future development of parental support in Wales.
Source: Parenting Action Plan, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5101)
Links: Action plan
Date: 2005-Dec
The Welsh Assembly government published a childcare strategy. It said that it had a vision of childcare as part of the modern welfare state, available to all parents who needed it. Childcare would be delivered by qualified professionals, dedicated to serving the development needs of the children in their care.
Source: Childcare is for Children, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111)
Links: Strategy | WAG press release | Guardian report
Date: 2005-Nov
A report said that young people in Wales were falling further and further behind in their attempts to get on to the property ladder: for younger working households the average house price to income ratio had reached 4 to 1.
Source: Steve Wilcox, Young, Working and Homeless?: Younger working households in Wales and the affordability crisis, Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru (029 2076 5760)
Links: Report (pdf) | Report (pdf) (Welsh) | CIH press release
Date: 2005-Sep
The Welsh Assembly government published a National Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services.
Source: National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services in Wales, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111)
Links: Framework | WAG press release
Date: 2005-Sep
The Welsh Assembly government began consultation on a national plan to improve the health of children and young people by providing healthier food and more physical activity.
Source: Health Challenge Wales: Action on food and fitness for children and young people, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 6105)
Links: Consultation document (pdf) | WAG press release
Date: 2005-Jul
Researchers examined children?s advocacy services in Wales, focusing upon services whose core function was providing independent children?s advocacy, funded mainly by local authorities and health.
Source: Andrew Pithouse et al., A Study of Advocacy Services for Children & Young People in Wales, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111)
Links: Report (pdf)
Date: 2005-Jul
The Welsh Assembly government began consultation on proposals to improve youth services in Wales.
Source: Extending Entitlement: Supporting young people 11-25 in Wales - Working together to provide young people s entitlements, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111)
Links: Consultation document
Date: 2005-May
The Welsh Assembly government began consultation on a parenting action plan. The plan sought to raise the profile of parenting in Wales, and set out the government s proposals for future development of parent support services.
Source: Parenting Action Plan for Wales, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111)
Links: WAG press release | CIW press release (pdf)
Date: 2005-Mar
A report summarized research on childcare services in Wales. It looked at the experiences of parents in four contrasting communities, and made recommendations to achieve a step-change in provision in Wales.
Source: A Childcare Revolution in Wales, Bevan Foundation (01495 725214)
Links: Report (pdf) | Welsh version (pdf) | Children Now report
Date: 2005-Mar
A report by a working group of the Welsh Assembly government examined childcare provision in Wales, and made recommendations for improvements.
Source: A Flying Start: Childcare for children, parents and communities, Childcare Working Group/Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111)
Links: Report (pdf)
Date: 2005-Mar
A report provided an account of the circumstances of young asylum-seekers in Wales. A third of children seeking asylum in Wales said they experienced racial abuse.
Source: Uncertain Futures, Save the Children in Wales (029 2034 5224)
Links: Summary | WAG press release
Date: 2005-Feb
The Welsh Assembly government announced a wide-ranging strategy to cut child poverty by half by 2010 and eliminate it by 2020. The strategy set out how the Assembly government would play its part in ensuring that the United Kingdom government targets on child poverty were met.
Source: A Fair Future for Children, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111)
Links: Report (pdf) | Summary (pdf) | WAG press release | ECP Cymru press release (pdf)
Date: 2005-Feb
