{"id":17407,"date":"2025-02-06T10:48:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T10:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=17407"},"modified":"2025-02-06T12:15:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T12:15:51","slug":"apply-now-for-wraparound-childcare-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/apply-now-for-wraparound-childcare-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply now for wraparound childcare funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Funding is available for wraparound childcare. You can claim for starting new provision, or extending existing childcare, a few hours a week, to meet the 8am \u2013 6pm full offer. Funding can cover your running costs for the first year of operation. We can also offer sustainability funding to existing childcare settings.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more please attend one of our drop-in briefing sessions.<\/p>\n<h2>Wraparound briefing sessions:<\/h2>\n<p>The Early Years and Childcare Service will be running a series of briefing sessions this term for all potential providers (schools, private or independent providers and childminders). The sessions will be delivered virtually through Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n<h3>The session will cover the following:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What is Wraparound Childcare Funding?<\/li>\n<li>What funding is available and how can I apply?<\/li>\n<li>What does a good childcare provision look like?<\/li>\n<li>Staffing ratios, qualifications, business management<\/li>\n<li>Open forum Question and Answer session<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dates:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday 12th February 2025 at 12.30pm \u2013 1.30pm \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3ameeting_ZDJjNjUwODItMTdkMi00MTkwLWE4OTMtYzE0NDFhMzBhYTE2%40thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%228da13783-cb68-443f-bb4b-997f77fd5bfb%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%222bf4dab2-edc5-44bf-a8de-eb0e0da8d776%22%7d\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Join the meeting now<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thursday 20th February 2025 at 9.30am \u2013 10.30am \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3ameeting_NWU1ZWIwM2EtNjM4OS00NDZlLTgwMWItYmMzNzgwOTkxZWQ5%40thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%228da13783-cb68-443f-bb4b-997f77fd5bfb%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%222bf4dab2-edc5-44bf-a8de-eb0e0da8d776%22%7d\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Join the meeting now<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thursday 13th March 2025 at 7pm \u2013 8pm \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3ameeting_ZjcyOTAyZjUtYjllMC00ZTMzLTk1YmUtMzAxZGJhYzQ1ZDc2%40thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%228da13783-cb68-443f-bb4b-997f77fd5bfb%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%222bf4dab2-edc5-44bf-a8de-eb0e0da8d776%22%7d\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Join the meeting now<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The sessions will be delivered by Microsoft Teams. There is no need to book just click on the Teams link to join.<\/p>\n<p>Questions raised will be put on our website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/document\/wraparound-childcare-funding-frequently-asked-questions\/\">Wraparound childcare funding- frequently asked questions \u2013 Information for childcare providers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or would like further info please get in touch by email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:educate.earlyyearswraparound-mailbox@devon.gov.uk\">educate.earlyyearswraparound-mailbox@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Early Years and Childcare Service are running virtual briefing sessions for all potential providers (schools, private or independent providers and childminders) around wraparound childcare funding. Sessions are running on 12 Feb at 12.30pm, 20 Feb at 9.30am and 13 March at 7pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 15:57:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17407"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17419,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17407\/revisions\/17419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}