Nursery World - Childcare hubs to get Government funding

Family charity 4Children has been awarded a two-year Government-funded contract to pilot 'community childcare hubs'.

The new hubs aim to offer parents more flexibility with high-quality childcare by bringing together daycare providers and childminders.

Alongside consortium partners, including the Innovation Trust, OPM, and Contact A Family, 4Children will develop the Community Childcare Hubs so that parents can access nursery and childminder support from one co-ordinated source. The funding is worth £750,000 over two years.

There will be six named hubs spread throughout England in diverse areas, in rural Northumberland, Cambridge, Stroud, Lancashire, the North of England, London, and the outskirts of the capital.

The names of the settings are yet to be confirmed, but they will include an academy with a private provider; a free school with a voluntary provider; a private provider; a children's centre; and a nursery class and Reception class.

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