Month: May 2026

Every year we send out a parents childcare survey to parents living in Devon to find out information about their use of childcare. Please help us by sharing the survey to the families you work with.

Calling all early years and childcare providers in Devon – childminders, nurseries and pre-schools! Have you booked your place yet? This is your space to network, collaborate and influence – while also receiving key updates from the Early Years and Childcare Service.

The Department for Education’s Early years child development training is a free, online programme designed by early years experts to support practitioners working with children from birth to reception.

These provider network meetings will offer a valuable opportunity to receive updates, access training, share key information, and network with other providers.

Join the SGO Support team for a short presentation about special guardians and to cover their legal position, how they fit in with other services and examples of our work. Wednesday 3rd June 2026 12pm – 1pm.

As a childminder, employing an assistant can enable you to expand your provision, take on more children, and help create more government-funded early years places for children. In this blog, we explain the process of registering a childminder assistant.

This year’s conference explores how we build and sustain meaningful connection across all the places it happens: in the adult–child relationship, through peer play, in partnership with families, and in the everyday routines and experiences that shape children’s sense of safety and identity.

View the latest jobs in early years and childcare.

It’s Funding Friday and this week we have funding information from: ‘Devon County Council: Locality Budgets 2026/27’; ‘Hall & Woodhouse Community Chest’; ‘Tesco Fruit and Veg Grants’ and ‘Crisis and Resilience Fund’.

Every year we send out a parent’s childcare survey to parents living in Devon to find out information about their use of childcare. Please share the survey with the families that you work with, your friends and your family. Closing date is 14 June.