Nursery World - Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders call for more support to ensure survival of settings

Childcare providers and early years organisations are urgently calling on the Government to offer more support for settings affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Early years settings want clarification about what Government help will be available to them

National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) have joined together to call on the Chancellor to provide additional help for providers and for clarification on whether measures announced in the budget would be made available to ‘micro-businesses’, voluntary-run groups and childminders.

They say given the uncertainty about whether nurseries, pre-schools and childminders may have to close as a result of the spread of the virus and the need for people to self-isolate, means urgent clarification about emergency Government support for sustainability and continuity of early education funding is needed, as well as back-up support for the majority of settings that do not have loss of earnings included in their business insurance.

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