Nursery World - Windfall for partnerships

An advocacy service which will be available to all private and voluntary sector providers to help them work within their childcare partnerships is to be set up by the Scottish Independent Nurseries Association (SINA), thanks to an award of nearly 35,000 from the Scottish Executive. The award made to SINA to establish the Childcare Partnership Liaison Service was one of six to organisations working with children and young people announced last week by deputy education minister Nicol Stephen.

The award made to SINA to establish the Childcare Partnership Liaison Service was one of six to organisations working with children and young people announced last week by deputy education minister Nicol Stephen.

The Scottish Childminding Association and Scottish Out of School Care Network were both also given awards for projects they will lead, but which will benefit all childcare providers, including the maintained sector. The organisations will work together closely on all three projects.

Patricia McGinty, one of SINA's directors, said, 'SINA is delighted that recognition has been given to its long-held vision of how achievable inclusive childcare can be when partners strive to work together. Through the Partnership Liaison Project SINA looks forward to promoting good models of partnership in practice and assisting childcare partnerships who may have had difficulty in encompassing all partners in the past.' The cash will be used to employ a childcare liaison officer who will support private and voluntary sector interests on partnerships, and work with the Scottish Executive's own childcare partnership national development officer.

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