Last week the New Opportunities Fund announced that 24m would go to a total of 393 schemes, of which 338 will provide childcare. This will create just under 33,000 new childcare places.
Projects in England are to receive nearly 19m. One of them is for Pounds 20,674 for a holiday childcare project for shiftworkers at Belmarsh prison in London's Thamesmead. Janice Allaway, secretary of the Belmarsh Holiday Play Scheme and a prison officer and parent, said, 'There's no real childcare provision in this country for parents who work shifts. It's impossible even to get childminders in this area, so we're delighted with the grant.'
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