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Childcare offer update
Published: 14/11/2017
天涯社区鈥檚 Social and Health Care Overview and Scrutiny
Committee will receive an updated report on the Council鈥檚 successful early
implementation of the Welsh Government鈥檚 Childcare Offer and be asked to agree
to an extension of the offer to other areas of the County when it meets later
this month.
天涯社区 was one of six Councils whose bid to become an early adopter was
successful and the offer is currently being piloted in 天涯社区, Gwynedd,
Anglesey, Swansea, Blaenau Gwent and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
The aim of the 30 hour childcare offer is to mitigate against the effects of
poverty and reduce inequalities. The focus of the pilot in 天涯社区 is to
test the offer in areas of low and high employment, across travel to work
routes, including travel outside Wales, and through a mixture of maintained and
non-maintained settings.
To date, 天涯社区 has received 215 applications and has been successful in
automating the application process enabling parents to register on line and
self-select registered childcare providers from the registered 134 providers.
天涯社区鈥檚 Cabinet Member for Social Services, Councillor
Christine Jones, said:
鈥淚f this rollout is approved, it will mean that the original target figure of
441 children will be increased to 748 children. The work done to date by the
Childcare Pilot Team has been outstanding and this will continue to ensure that
the scheme is a success. Further rollout of this offer means we can maximise
the take-up ensuring we help as many working families as possible. We will
continue to publicise and promote the offer in a variety of ways including
presentations to schools, town and community councils and childcare
providers.鈥�
天涯社区鈥檚 Cabinet Member for Education and Youth, Councillor
Ian Roberts, said:
鈥溙煅纳缜� works hard to support local families. Helping hard working parents
to balance raising children with work needs childcare to be more flexible as
well as more affordable. Our partnership with the Welsh Government in
supporting more families to access childcare than ever before is a key step in
delivering that commitment.鈥�