We are delighted to announce that our research director Dr Maria Lyons has had her report published by independent think tank Civitas. Maria has reviewed 40 academic studies on universal childcare and finds a worrying lack of evidence on its supposed benefits. Universal childcare is frequently claimed to give every child the ‘best start in life’ but is this really the case?

The University of Edinburgh and the Butterfly Baby Clinic are investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on parent-infant wellbeing and early year’s professionals in the UK and piloting a new nature-based mindfulness meditation wellbeing tool as part of their study.