Nursery World - Grant cuts alarm services

Cuts to central funding could threaten the long-term sustainability of voluntary sector childcare organisations, Nursery World can reveal. The news came to light after the Department for Education and Skills announced last month that grants of up to 1.9m, with a total of Pounds 17m, had been awarded to 65 organisations under the newly-formed Children, Young People and Families (CYPF) grant programme.

The news came to light after the Department for Education and Skills announced last month that grants of up to 1.9m, with a total of 17m, had been awarded to 65 organisations under the newly-formed Children, Young People and Families (CYPF) grant programme.

Children's organisations in receipt of letters confirming their strategic grant allocation for the next three years told Nursery World that they welcomed the funding, but were concerned about the impact of reduced funds, lack of inflationary increases, and in some cases complete withdrawal of funds.

The National Association of Children's Information Services, which provides training and advice to 202 local Children's Information Services across the UK and Northern Ireland, was informed last month that its bid for 220,000 of funding under the CYPF grant was unsuccessful. For the past four years it has received an average of 100,000 from the programme.

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