childcare
FUNDED CHILDCARE: Swansea families set to benefit as Welsh Government pumps £55m into expansion
Hundreds more two-year-olds across Wales will get funded childcare under a new cash injection — with Swansea already among the…
Swansea becomes second area in Wales to offer Flying Start childcare to all two‑year‑olds
All families in Swansea with a two‑year‑old can now access fully funded Flying Start childcare, after the city became only…
Free childcare scheme to expand across Swansea says council
Families across Swansea can now apply for free childcare under the Welsh Government’s Flying Start programme, following the completion of…
Huge boost for childcare sector in Wales as small business rates relief made permanent
Registered childcare premises will no longer have to pay business rates, saving millions of pounds every year.
Extortionate childcare costs forcing Welsh parents into poverty and putting them off having more children, report reveals
‘Crippling’ childcare costs and a lack of Welsh Government funded childcare provision is driving parents into poverty, leaving them without…
“I felt lost when leaving school but I’m now thriving in an award-winning daycare provider supporting the children of NHS staff”
After feeling lost when she left school last September, a 20-year-old apprentice from Carmarthen credits her Early Years Apprenticeship with…
Ceremony celebrates play and childcare heroes
The incredible work carried out by Swansea’s highly skilled childcare and play workforce has been recognised at an evening of…
Working parents urged to claim childcare cost help
Many working parents or carers in Swansea are not claiming money they are entitled to towards the cost of childcare…
Day nursery at Neath college wins childcare awards
Lilliput Day Nursery, based at Neath College has picked up two awards in the Neath Port Talbot Early Years Childcare…
Childcare Offer extended as providers receive funding boost
The Childcare Offer will be extended to parents in education and training and parents on adoption leave, the Welsh Government…
Rates relief extended for childcare providers until 2025
Registered child care premises in Wales will benefit from 100% non-domestic rates relief for an additional three years, the Deputy…