A new campaign is calling for childminders in England to be granted funding for related children, as research shows tens of thousands are missing out on vital income because they can’t provide the 15 and 30 hours offers to family members.
Research by the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY), drawn from its annual Building Blocks survey, reveals that 38 per cent of the 2,009 childminders in England questioned have at least one child in their setting related to them.
For 40 per cent, it is likely that a related child will attend their setting in the future.
However, PACEY says these childminders could be at risk of losing related children to other settings once they become eligible for the 15 or 30 hours entitlements because childminders are not permitted to deliver funded places to family members, including nieces, nephews and grandchildren.
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