![]() ![]() 15 projects have been awarded funding to deliver a range of childcare models, with particular focus on demonstrating impacts for families from the six priority family types identified in the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan. ![]() In July 2020 we opened our £3 million Access to Childcare Fund which will test new models of school age childcare that will be more accessible, flexible and affordable for low income families. We believe those delivering services within communities know their families best and we want to support them to innovate, test and expand their services to create the models of childcare their families need. Supporting a range of community based projects is fundamental to better understanding the potential benefits that school age childcare can deliver for the children and families who access those services, whether that's in supporting them to access childcare, activities, food, or wider family support. Our engagement to date supports the position that there is no single approach to delivering successful school age childcare and that successful models will be different for different families and different communities. We have a good understanding of the wide range of services which some families currently access but testing how these services can be made more accessible, affordable and sustainable requires us to invest in a programme of innovative change projects. The Scottish Government is committed to developing a robust school age childcare policy and testing the change required to deliver our vision, even against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]()
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