Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 27/03/26.
Event: ‘Exploring nutrition as a core part of modern mental health’ Lecture from our CPG member, The Waterloo Foundation
The event forms part of The Waterloo Foundation’s ongoing efforts to highlight emerging evidence in this field and to encourage wider public and professional engagement. The session will be led by Dr Jaffee who is a multi-award-winning NHS Doctor specialising in psychiatry, mental health speaker and advocate, transformational life coach, social media content creator, youth mental health charity trustee and Nutritank co-founder. Drawing on her lived experience of mental health challenges, clinical work across the NHS and emerging evidence from nutritional psychiatry and nutrigenomics, Dr Jaffee will make the case for why nutrition must become a core part of modern mental healthcare
Details:
- Thursday 30 April 2026
- Wine reception: 17.00
- Public lecture: 17.30
- Hadyn Ellis Building, Cardiff University, CF24 4HQ
To book a free ticket please register here:
Webinar: Considerations for Women and Girls in Active Travel Design and Guidance – for Authorities – Active Travel England
Thursday, April 23, 12.00pm – 1.30pm. How can active travel be safer and more inclusive for women and girls? Led by Susannah Walker from In Her Place, this webinar will introduce the concept of gender mainstreaming and how the principles can be incorporated into both design and guidance, as well as giving case studies of good practice from both the UK and abroad. The aim is to increase awareness of where gender most impacts active travel, provide understanding of how changes to both policy and design can create more equitable places, but also where more work can be done. The webinar will provide a list of questions and suggestions which can be used to bring these ideas into future policies and schemes. Active Travel England will provide an overview of how its tools can be used in practice to support practitioners within the planning and design of active travel schemes.
This webinar is aimed at authorities, public bodies and researchers. A second webinar on 29th April 2026 is aimed at architects and other practitioners with a more detailed focus on design. If you feel that session is more relevant to you, please sign up at ATE Webinar:
Link: ATE Webinar: Considerations for Women and Girls in Active Travel Design and Guidance – 29 April 2026
Article: Children’s screen use should be limited to no more than one hour a day, advises new Government guidance on screen time for under-fives – Nursery World
27 March 2026. New Government guidance on screen time for under-fives advises children under the age of two only use screens for shared activities, while two-to-five-year-olds should be limited to no more than one hour of screen time a day:
Survey: Coram Childcare Survey 2026
2026 marks 25 years since the first annual Childcare Survey, the definitive report on childcare costs and availability in Great Britain, published by Coram Family and Childcare
- 25-year analysis shows year-on-year rise in childcare costs for under-twos in England, until expansion of government funded entitlements in 2024-25 brought the cost of a part-time childcare place for eligible working parents back to what it was in 2005
- For families eligible for the entitlement, now fully expanded to 30 hours, a part-time place may now be free during term-time, and the cost of a full-time place is down by 39% on last year
- However, Scotland and Wales see price rises in 2026 of 5% and 8% respectively and childcare costs for three-to-four-year-olds are up across Great Britain:
Articles on FSD – Various
March 2026
FASD Related Articles:
Link: https://www.adoptionuk.org/pages/faqs/site/fasd-hub/category/about-fasd
Guide: Understanding the positive developmental impact of travel on kids – BPS
2026. This guide looks at the benefits of travel for children alongside travel advice. Spending time outdoors, learning new skills, experiencing different cultures, exploring the history of different places are some of the many benefits to family travel:
Press release: Centre for Young Lives report calls on MPs to reclaim childhood and break the stranglehold of big tech by voting to limit social media to over 16s – The Centre for Young Lives
9 March 2026. The Centre for Young Lives think tank, founded by former Children’s Commissioner for England Baroness Longfield, is urging MPs to take decisive action to protect children and reclaim childhood by backing measures to restrict access to harmful social media platforms to those aged 16 and over: