{"id":19155,"date":"2026-01-08T10:30:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=19155"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:30:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:30:57","slug":"last-chance-for-wraparound-childcare-funding-applications-close-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/last-chance-for-wraparound-childcare-funding-applications-close-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Last chance for wraparound childcare funding \u2013 applications close soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time is running out to secure school aged wraparound childcare funding \u2013 a vital opportunity for schools, PVIs, and childminders to start or expand childcare services.<\/p>\n<h2>Deadline<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday 4 February 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Funding requirement<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Settings <strong>must<\/strong> be open <strong>at least one day<\/strong> in March 2026 (full opening can follow in April).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Funding highlights<\/h2>\n<h3>Schools and PVIs:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Full wraparound (8am\u20136pm, 5 days): up to \u00a340,000<\/li>\n<li>Partial childcare (before &amp; after school): minimum 3 days\/week (6 hours up to \u00a315,000)<\/li>\n<li>Expansion: \u00a3100 per new place (\u00a3200 if both breakfast &amp; after school)<\/li>\n<li>Support funding for existing childcare settings: average claim \u00a32,000 for resources, staffing, inclusion, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Start-up\/expansion grants: up to \u00a31,000 (can be added to any of the above applications, for resources, recruitment, training etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Childminders:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Start-up grant: \u00a3600, \u00a0Childminders working with assistants: up to \u00a31,000<\/li>\n<li>New places: \u00a3100 each (\u00a3200 if both BC &amp; ASC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Transport grants:<\/h3>\n<p>Limited funds available for school-to-school or school to setting transport.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Act now \u2013 this funding ends soon!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For full details visit our website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/for-providers\/wrap-around-childcare\/wraparound-childcare-information-for-providers\/\">Wraparound childcare &#8211; Information for providers &#8211; Information for childcare providers<\/a><br \/>\nor contact the wraparound mailbox: <a href=\"mailto:educate.earlyyearswraparound-mailbox@devon.gov.uk\">educate.earlyyearswraparound-mailbox@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time is running out to secure school aged wraparound childcare funding \u2013 a vital opportunity for schools, PVIs, and childminders to start or expand childcare services. Applications close on Wednesday 4 February 2026.<\/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-19155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 14:44:23","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\/19155","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=19155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19157,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19155\/revisions\/19157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}