Category: Funding

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“Catastrophic” NI changes force fee increases and nursery closures

The Early Years Alliance (EYA) is calling for the government to commit to funding National ...
2 weeks
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Childcare Works develops free tools to help providers

Childcare Works has developed a range of government-funded resources to help providers and schools deliver ...
3 weeks
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Registered two-year-olds for 15 hours drops while spaces increase

Ofsted have published figures today that reveal a decrease in early years providers but a ...
5 months
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ONS analysis: funded childcare less accessible in low income areas

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) analysis revealed that families in affluent areas have more ...
6 months
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Your Co-op Little Pioneers relaunches nursery following significant investment

Your Co-op Little Pioneers is relaunching one of its Bristol nursery settings after a £435k ...
6 months
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Spring Budget 2024: Chancellor commits to childcare funding rates

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt today pledged to “guarantee rates” for nurseries as part of the government’s ...
9 months
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Nursery relaunches following £355k investment

Local nursery and pre-school, Your Co-op Childcare Stonehouse has relaunched following a £355k investment. Located ...
9 months
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“Temporary fix” for parents unable to access funded entitlement

The Department for Education has created a temporary fix for parents who are unable to ...
10 months
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Councils’ concern over sector’s capacity to deliver funded hours

Local authorities do not believe there will be enough childcare spaces to meet the expansion ...
10 months
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Government urged to review early years funding rates in London

The London Mayor should lobby the government to review early years funding rates in the ...
10 months
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“Chaos” as only one in ten parents able to access funding code

Only 11% of parents eligible for the extended funding for two-year-olds have received the code ...
10 months
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Early years funding shortfall costing parents £1000 a year

According to figures published by the Liberal Democrats, parents of three- and four-year olds accessing ...
1 year
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Storal obtains investment for future growth

The group was founded by Varun Chanrai and Ashwin Grover in 2016 and has continue ...
1 year
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Rise in National Living Wage “likely to spell disaster” without funding increase

The Chancellor’s commitment to increase the National Living Wage to more than £11 an hour ...
1 year
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Workforce must grow by 8% to deliver funded hours expansion

The early years workforce needs to expand by 8% to meet demand linked to increased ...
1 year
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Nursery closures up by 50% says NDNA

Nursery closures increased by 50% this year, according to research by National Day Nurseries Association ...
1 year
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Poorest children will see little benefit from funding expansion

The poorest third of families will see almost no direct benefit from new funding entitlements, ...
1 year
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FOI investigation reveals only two local authorities are increasing funding

According to an investigation by National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) Scotland, only two local authorities ...
1 year
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Government reveals funding rates for childcare expansion

The government has revealed its proposed average funding rate for the expansion of funded childcare ...
1 year
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Early Years Alliance launches funding survey

The Early Years Alliance funding survey has launched for both providers and parents/carers on the ...
1 year
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Nine in ten councils concerned about nursery capacity

Almost nine in ten councils fear nursery closures will undermine the government’s proposed extension of ...
1 year
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Findel Foundation launches

Educational resources supplier Findel has launched a long-term initiative to provide ongoing support to a ...
2 years
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The Duke of Westminster’s Charitable Foundation funds five year partnership with LEYF Nurseries

As the cost of living crisis deepens and with over 600,000 of London’s children now living in ...
2 years
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LEYF secures £1.5m financing through Triodos Bank Charity Bond 

The financing will help deliver on LEYF’s first year of strategy and expansion of high quality ...
2 years
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Gymfinity Kids raises over £5m to support next stages of expansion

Gymfinity Kids, the UK’s first and only provider of clubs and nurseries has raised over ...
2 years
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Happy Days Nurseries completes on investment by Zetland Capital

TLT has acted for longstanding client Happy Days Nurseries – a South West based childcare ...
2 years
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New Flexible Childcare facility opens in Dundee

Following an asset transfer from Dundee City Council, and thanks to funding from the Social ...
2 years
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N Family Club closes £42.5 million investment round

Nursery group, N Family Club, today announced that Gresham House would join existing investor the ...
3 years
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Charitable Social Enterprise, LEYF, launches Charity Bond as first step in next phase of growth

One of the UK’s largest charitable social enterprises, London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), is launching ...
3 years
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OakNorth Bank provides loan to Strawberry Fields Nursery and Preschool to pursue buy and build strategy

OakNorth Bank has provided growth capital to Strawberry Fields Nursery and Preschool, to pursue a ...
3 years
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Findel secures £18m sustainability-linked loan facility from Santander UK

Educational resources supplier Findel has secured what is believed to be the UK education supplies ...
3 years
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Melrose Education secures loan to pursue a targeted buy and build

OakNorth Bank has provided growth capital to Innervation Capital Partners, to support the “buy and build” ...
3 years
Finance

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