The chain's survey of 200 out-of-school and holiday clubs found that many parents were unaware they could use childcare vouchers towards the cost of holiday childcare. While 90 per cent of the clubs surveyed accepted childcare vouchers, almost 20 per cent said they had no parents using the voucher system.
The clubs said there was a lack of knowledge about how vouchers work and many employers did not offer them.
Vicky McBride, who runs Out Of School Kids' Clubs, which runs breakfast, after-school and holiday clubs at nine schools across Liverpool, accepts vouchers as payment and offers them to her full-time employees as a benefit.
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