More than 1.4m of new grants have been allocated to childcare projects across Scotland in the latest round of awards from the Big Lottery Fund.
Scottish disability organisation Capability Scotland, one of 17 projects to gain funding, was awarded 750,000 - the biggest grant to date from the fund's Quality Childcare Programme.
The cash will help the charity pilot four new services that will provide 84 places to families with a disabled child after school and during school holidays.
It follows research published last year by Capability Scotland revealing that local mainstream childcare providers struggled to offer places to disabled children, often because they lacked knowledge, confidence and resources.
Capability Scotland development manager Mark Bevan welcomed the cash award and the additional 95,000 being provided by Inverclyde Council to support the project.
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