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The Childcare Act 2006 gave local authorities duties to manage local childcare markets to ensure sufficient childcare is available to meet the needs of working parents or those training to enable them to work.
Childcare markets are varied and complex. They include nurseries, childminders, pre-schools, playgroups, after school clubs and holiday clubs. There are a number of grants available for organisations and individuals who wish to work with Kirklees Council to ensure there is sufficient, high quality and sustainable childcare.
Grants for childcare providers
Kirklees Early Years Service - February 2012martin.wilby@kirklees.gov.uk
The Childcare Act 2006 gave local authorities duties to manage local childcare markets to ensure sufficient childcare is available to meet the needs of working parents or those training to enable them to work.
Childcare markets are varied and complex. They include nurseries, childminders, pre-schools, playgroups, after school clubs and holiday clubs. There are a number of grants available for organisations and individuals who wish to work with Kirklees Council to ensure there is sufficient, high quality and sustainable childcare.
- Access fund
- Childcare quality and access improvement grants
- Childcare sustainability grants
- Graduate leader fund
- New childcare places grants
- Other funding opportunities
- Support for parent and toddler groups
Funding is available to support children
in settings with an additional need. For more information please contact
the Childcare Inclusion Team on 01924 324850.
This grant is no longer available.
Small quality improvement grants may also be available as part of the Quality Improvement Cycle.
Small quality improvement grants may also be available as part of the Quality Improvement Cycle.
Where the loss of existing childcare places
is likely to create a sufficiency of childcare gap, grant funding
may be available as one element of a sustainability support package.
Small invest to save grants may also be available for groups working on sustainability action plans in partnership with the Kirklees Early Years Service Business Support Team.
Group
based sustainability grant information and criteria (PDF)- Childminder
(home based) sustainability grant information and criteria (PDF)
Small invest to save grants may also be available for groups working on sustainability action plans in partnership with the Kirklees Early Years Service Business Support Team.
Government funding to support the delivery
of high quality early years education in the private, voluntary and
independent (PVI) sectors of the childcare market through funding
the workforce development of Early Years Professionals
Where there is clear evidence of unmet demand for childcare, grant
funding may be available to support the costs of expanding an existing
childcare service or the start up of a new childcare service.
- New
group based childcare places grant information and criteria (PDF)
- New
childminder (home based) start up grant information and criteria
(PDF)
Childcare providers may also be able to access
none specific childcare grants. Further information can be found below:
Parent and toddler groups are advised to
make strong links with their local Children's
Centre. New and existing parent and toddler groups may be able
to access grant funding from a variety of sources (see other funding
opportunities links above).