It's a win-win situation when children's centres work in partnership with their local registered childminders.
Children's centres can give valuable support to childminders' businesses and, in return, they can help increase the childcare choices on offer to parents, including disadvantaged and vulnerable families. This could be a valuable asset as children's centres prove their worth to the coalition Government and stave off funding cuts.
'Being strongly involved with childminders means that we can offer another dimension and another childcare option for parents,' says Joanne Smith, co-ordinator at Stoneycroft Children's Centre, Liverpool. 'We already offer on-site daycare, but childminders can help fill the gaps in provision, because they are able to offer more flexibility.
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