This question is not as difficult as it first looks. Think about the things your setting may do to encourage the parent/carers who do not participate. You need to build relationships by inviting them in through coffee mornings, breakfast meetings; soup lunches or maybe have a cheese and wine evening as an opportunity for staff to meet parents and vice versa. Make them feel welcome and show them how important and easy it is for them to get involved. Overcome barriers such as 'transport issues' by offering to pick them up or maybe organising for them to go along with a more confident parent who can help introduce the new ones to the other parents. This makes it less daunting for a new parent by not having to walk into a room full of strangers. Working parents who cannot come to the setting in day time hours benefit greatly from evening events.
The keen parent/carer can be further encouraged by being given the opportunity to join the school's committee. Do you have a 'parent helper' rota for them to be more actively involved in their child's setting. Also asking them to get involved with fund raising events, selling raffle tickets, perhaps helping with teas and coffees pre-school events. Some settings encourage parent/carers to come in and read a story or do a craft activity with the children. They might agree to come in and talk about their profession I.e. Firefighter/police officer. Hope this helps?
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