Nursery World - PACEY awarded £400k to support childminders to deliver 30 hours

A new project to support childminders considering offering the 30 hours free entitlement is to launch with DfE funding.

The EYE Childminding project is being launched by PACEY in the summer with almost £400k from the Department for Education.

On Monday (10 April), the DfE announced the award of grants to Action for Children and PACEY, which it said is to help 'up-skill' childminders and 'empower them' to deliver the extended free entitlement, as well as make sure their businesses are sustainable. It formed part of a larger announcement of an extra £50 million to facilitate a further 9,000 places for the 30 hours programme.

Through the EYE Childminding project, PACEY will enhance the support it offers to childminders to review their business sustainability and consider how delivering the funded places could work for their setting. This will be done through an online business sustainability toolkit and peer support, developed and delivered by childminders.

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