Childcare Strategy Funding

This is primarily awarded to childcare providers to sustain, expand and enhance provision throughout the city.

Financial assistance is available to registered childcare providers in relation to:

  • Health and Safety issues
  • Training & Qualifications
  • Support for mainstream Out of School Care providers to become more inclusive in supporting children affected by disability

The awards to the projects are for time limited intervention. Providers should have a detailed plan on how they will sustain their projects beyond Childcare Strategy Funding.
 

Sure Start Initiative

Education Services, Social Work Services and GGHB work in partnership within Glasgow to develop this programme of targeted intervention for very young children and their families.

The "Ensuring a Good Start in Life" group, a multi-disciplinary group chaired by Education Services, has implemented a programme that supports families to ensure their children have the best possible start in life, thereby enhancing the life chances and opportunities of the children.


The main objectives of the Sure Start Programme are:

  • Increase available services for families and young children
  • Expansion of  0-3 childcare provision across the city
  • Development of Family Learning Centres across the city
  • Promote social inclusion by working with vulnerable young families
  • Enhancing parents' ability to provide a positive start in the life for their children
  • Contribute to the regeneration of communities through training and employment opportunities

Family Learning Centres
These centres offer families a range of support including individual access to advice on a range of issues:

  • future employment
  • counselling
  • drug awareness
  • group based support or training

These services are offered through the joint working of Education Services, Health and Social Work Services. This work is further enhanced by the development of partnerships with voluntary services to ensure the provision and expansion of a more cohesive service for parents and children.

For further details on Family Learning Centres within Glasgow contact :-

Early Childhood & Extended Childcare Services
Wheatley House
25 Cochrane Street
Glasgow G1 1HL
Phone: 0141 287 7972 / 5223
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