NEWS: Funding Boost for Child Care.

[Ruthierhyme]

Government funding boost for Sure Start, early years and childcare ~ Please click to read the full news article

wonderfrul, more money for childrens centers, sure start centers and they ahve now included full day care...but another nail in the coffin for sessional, community groups who once again get nowt. will we survive....

[Ruthierhyme]

I know, that's what I initially thought as well, one sentence of their last paragraph allows for a small reprive,

As part of the grant, £175m has been earmarked to support private, voluntary and independent sector providers.

although how that will be allocated ..... ?

[Air]

Don't get me started
I'm all for change and investing in the early years....but I do believe that some community sessional settings will no longer be able to keep their heads above water....what happened to choice?...end of rant!:muted:
Air
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[cabin]

Just jumping in on this thread - not even read the orignal article yet, but I just want to add my 'two-pennarth'

I agree the Air.. I think they just want to do away with small sessional care....... afterall it's a lot of govenment expenditure for no return - meaning no taxation of working parents!!!

I used to work in full daycare until last year - I now work in a sessional pre-school. The difference is amazing- we have a full house every day ~3 hours max - the children come in happy and go home happy- I'd forgotten what a pleasure it is working with these children.
It's a far cry from the full daycare with children often there for 10 hours a day, 51weeks a year!!! we even had one poor child who still came while her parents had a "well earned rest" But the gouvenment prefer this because of the tax returned by the working parents.

I think it's the sessional that they should be promoting - encouraging parents to spend more- not less time with their children...
Sorry rant over.... suppose I should read OP now... might even find I've got hold of the wrong end of the stick completely!!!!

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