Month: January 2024

Devon and Cornwall Police have developed guidance to enable you to review your security and emergency plans. The guidance includes useful links on how to manage a security incident and what to expect from the Police response.

As part of the government’s Early Years COVID-19 Recovery Programme, the DfE is offering a childminder mentor programme to childminders across England to support them to narrow the gap between disadvantaged children and others. Applications are open now for the Spring 2024 term.

This week we have funding streams from ‘The Steel Charitable Trust’ and ‘Project Cost and Core Cost grants – BBC Children in Need’.

We are hoping that the Provider Self Update will go live within the next two weeks. A series of technical delays have meant that the launch is later than planned. Please do not complete the update until you have received an email stating that it has gone live. Thank you for bearing with us.  

Thousands of families could be saving money on their childcare costs. But some simply don’t know what support they might be eligible for. Please share this information with families.

The Early Years and Childcare Service is currently working with Public Health Nursing to review the Devon offer regarding the ELIM and integrated review processes. Updates on training to consider interventions and resources will be available after half term.

Jane Burchall will be joining us at a briefing session aimed at early years and childcare providers and delivering on the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework and the EYFS. Dates: Friday 19th January (10.30am – 11.30am) and Monday 22 January (6.30pm – 7.30pm).

We are collecting orders for BookTrust Pre-schooler packs for those children in targeted areas of South Devon, so please look out for the email in the next week.

This updated directory contains details of the many organisations and agencies, from all sectors, that offer support services for people from Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse communities in Devon. 

This week we have funding streams from: ‘Funding to help set up a community reading space available’; ‘Childminder Start-Up Grant’ and ‘Norman Family Trust’.