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Applications open to become a Holiday, Activity and Food Programme (HAF) provider
Can you offer physical activity, enriching activity and a hot nutritious meal in the holidays for Children on Benefit related Free School Meals? The funding round is now open for Summer and Winter 2024. Please apply to be a HAF provider by Weds 12th June.
Supporting early communication development in everyday life – 8 July at Dartington
Fully funded early language workshop in collaboration with Ilsham English Hub – Less is more” running on Monday 8th July 2024 at 1pm – 3pm – Dartington Primary School.
Upcoming training and development opportunities for early years and childcare practitioners
Latest training includes: Paediatric first aid, safeguarding awareness, playtime training, food safety, sensory processing in the early years, making sense of autism and oral health improvement training.
Funding Friday
It’s Funding Friday, and this week we have funding info from ‘Goodness Grants’.
Digest takes a break
There will be no Digest over the May half term break. The Digest will resume w/c 3 June 2024.
Wraparound childcare programme / funding
Newly appointed Wraparound Childcare Lead for Devon County Council, Tania Skinner, outlines changes to the wraparound provision which is due to expand from Sept 2024.
Training and development opportunities for early years and childcare practitioners
View the latest training and development opportunities for early years and childcare practitioners in Devon.
New social media campaign to increase early years and childcare recruitment
Devon Early years and Childcare Service have launched an exciting new social media campaign aimed at getting people to consider a career in early years and childcare.
An update from Sam Chapman, Early Years and Childcare Service Lead
An update from Sam Chapman on recent changes within the Early Years and Childcare team. Updates also on the Provider Portal, expansion of early years and wraparound childcare places, recruitment and the HAF programme.
Early years training moves to the Shop
Early years and childcare training to move from the DEL training website to the Devon Education Services shop in the next coming months.