The Government is aiming to improve the quality of life for families with disabled children who are struggling to find appropriate childcare. More than half of all families with a disabled child are estimated to live, or have lived, in poverty, while around 17,000 families in the UK have more than one disabled child.
Local authorities currently receive funding through the General Sure Start Grant to enable them to support settings in meeting the cost of any adjustments made for the disabled, but money is short for equipment, staff training, minor building adaptions, additional staff or therapy.
The Daycare Trust welcomed the additional funding, but said that its own research into the difficulties of finding childcare suggests that the Government 'may be trying to squeeze a lot out of a very small pot of money'.
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