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Early years practitioners in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland say what the important training issues are from their perspective Barbara Quinn, training manager of the Northern Ireland Childminding Association (NICMA):

Barbara Quinn, training manager of the Northern Ireland Childminding Association (NICMA):

'Here at NICMA we know the main barriers to learning and development for childminders are cost and time. We aim to address these issues within our training strategy.

'There has been increased demand from childminders for training and many in Northern Ireland are using the Training and Employment Agency's Bursary scheme to assist them to achieve an NVQ award. But the bursary only goes a small way towards the cost of an NVQ award and childminders who are on a low income already are struggling to find the balance.

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