There are 22 LECS across Scotland, set up to encourage business development. Children in Scotland says there are many examples of good practice where childcare partnerships and LECs have worked closely, but 'the lack of defined budgets and associated targets creates difficulties for some LECs, leading to differing approaches across Scotland'. The charity's report, The Role of Local Enterprise Companies in Rural Childcare, calls for a national LEC childcare policy.
Carolyn Martin, chair of Children in Scotland's Rural Advisory Group and childcare strategy manager with Scottish Borders Childcare Partnership, has written to ministers at the Scottish Executive inviting their comments on the charity's recommendations. They are based on its own research and two seminars -one for childcare partnerships in August, the other for LECs in September.
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