{"id":18598,"date":"2025-09-11T11:14:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=18598"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:14:35","slug":"childcare-choices-has-moved-to-best-start-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/childcare-choices-has-moved-to-best-start-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Childcare Choices has moved to Best Start in Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Childcare Choices has now transitioned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beststartinlife.gov.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Start in Life<\/a> a new, user-friendly platform designed to support families from pregnancy through to starting school and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>For now, any links to Childcare Choices will automatically redirect to Best Start in Life, so you\u2019ll still be able to access the information you need without interruption.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s new on Best Start in Life?<\/h2>\n<p>The new site offers a wider range of support and resources, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trusted guidance from pregnancy through early childhood<\/li>\n<li>Childcare eligibility checker to help families understand what support they can access<\/li>\n<li>Information on government-funded childcare (15\u201330 hours, Tax-Free Childcare, Universal Credit, and more)<\/li>\n<li>Expert advice tailored to a child\u2019s age or stage of pregnancy<\/li>\n<li>Weekly personalised emails with tips on baby care, development, and preparing for school<\/li>\n<li>Help with common parenting questions, like weaning, sleep routines, and being ready for school<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Explore the new site:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beststartinlife.gov.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Start in Life<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18599 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2025\/09\/best-start-in-life.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"94\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Childcare Choices has now transitioned to\u00a0Best Start in Life a new, user-friendly platform designed to support families from pregnancy through to starting school and beyond.<\/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-18598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 17:09:04","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\/18598","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=18598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18600,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18598\/revisions\/18600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}