CHILDCARE SUPPORT
Funding
You could be eligible for support with your child’s nursery fees and as a nursery we offer a number of different avenues of support to try and lessen the burdens on families.
If you are unsure if you qualify for any of the childcare funding below please contact us on 01554 744791 or email nurseryoffice@myrtlehouse.org.uk
FOR 2 YEAR-OLDS
Flying Start
Flying Start is a Welsh Government funded programme targeted at 2 year old children and their families who live in certain areas of Carmarthenshire.
Help available includes:
• Part-time childcare for 2-3 year olds.
• Enhanced Health Visiting service.
• Access to parenting programmes.
• Support for children to learn to talk and communicate.
Visit the Carmarthenshire Flying Start website to find out if you are living in an eligible area.
FOR 3 & 4 YEAR-OLDS
The Childcare Offer for Wales
The Childcare Offer for Wales offers help with childcare costs for working parents of 3 to 4 year olds. Under this offer, you could claim 30 hours of early education and childcare in Wales a week, for up to 48 weeks of the year. It aims to make life a bit easier for parents by offering help with childcare costs.
The Offer has already helped parents from all over Wales to return to work, increase their hours or work more flexibly. Others are taking training opportunities to develop their skills, change their job or even start their own business. The aim is to give working parents a bit of extra money every month, to spend on the things that are important to their family.
Estyn
Estyn funding is provided by the Welsh Government to ensure that all children in Wales have access to free part time Early Years Education from the beginning of the term following the child’s third birthday. Each qualifying child can receive a maximum of 10.0 hours per week of funded Early Years Education if they attend an approved, funded pre-school education setting.
Tax Free Childcare Scheme
The Nursery is registered to accept payments through this scheme.
To be eligible for the Tax-free Childcare Scheme, you must be working (and if you have a partner they must work too), and you must not be receiving any support through Tax Credits or Universal Credit. To be eligible the household must have one child under the age of 12, or a child with a disability under the age of 17.
Parents pay money into a childcare account, which the government tops-up.
Visit www.gov.uk/get-tax-free-childcare to find out if you are eligible for Tax-Free Childcare, how to apply and how to pay your childcare provider.
