The New Opportunities Fund has extended the deadline for applications to its out-of-school hours childcare programme to enable it to allocate the full amount of 220m earmarked for the scheme by 2003.
Since the UK-wide programme was launched in March 1999 more than 160m has been invested in out-of-school childcare by the NOF, including the latest round of grants - totalling just under 29m - announced last week.
NOF funding has so far created new out-of-school childcare places for 370,000 children, including 50,000 created by last week's funding. The official target is 865,000 places by 2003.
Announcing the grants yesterday (Wednesday), Baroness Jill Pitkeathley, the NOF chair, said that the NOF was extending the deadline for applications for funding to enable it to allocate the full amount.
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