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The organization I have chosen to learn more about is The British Association for Early Childhood Education. Early Education began its existence in 1923 and was formerly known as Nursery Schools Association. It is guided by a set of principles and code of ethics. They support families and early childhood practitioners across all early childhood education settings in order to deliver effective learning and care in the United Kingdom. The site can be found at: http://www.early-education.org.uk/.

One issue that caught my attention as I toured the website was the early years campaign group (more information can be found here: http://www.early-education.org.uk/policy-and-campaign/earlyyearspledge). The group was formed to promote the importance of early years provision throughout the 2014 local election campaigns in England. There was a letter that Early Education wrote to the Guardian Newspaper which can be found on http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/feb/21/early-years-provision-protected-children. In the letter, they called on candidates in the forthcoming local elections in England and Northern Ireland to stop cutting early years provision and pledge their support for the high-quality provision that will benefit young children and their families now, and for years to come (Early Education, para.2).