Leading childcare organisations are voicing concerns about the Government's multi-million pound project to provide business training and support for up to 100,000 businesses within the sector.
The concerns centre round the speed with which the Departments for Education and Skills, and Work and Pensions launched the initiative. There are also worries that the programme could fail to meet the sector's specific needs because the company awarded the contract by the Sure Start Unit, while having undoubted expertise in training, lacks specialist knowledge of the childcare sector.
The major national childcare organisations submitted bids for the Childcare Business Support Development Programme, which is set to run until March 2004. The Pre-School Learning Alliance and a consortium including the Kids'
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