Government Proposals IMPORTANT

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Hi everyone

Attached is the NCMA campaign brief which outlines how we as childminders can help communicate to the powers that be how we feel about potential government proposals to deregulate Childminders.

It talks about the survey - which we know has been discussed at length on here - but it also outlines how we can write letters, whom we can write to and advice on what to write.

Just one of the driving factors for this change - cited by NCMA in their brief is:

g. Significant numbers of MPs who, in the past two years, have had childminder constituents write to them stating that the EYFS demands too much and they are thinking of leaving the profession. Arising from this, a concern that not enough people are choosing childminding as a career.

In order to counter that arguement we need to tell our MPs if we are happy with the EYFS, what the implications are to us if we are deregulated and call on their support and generally raise the profile of childminders and the important job we do for the families we support.

An earlier post indicated that government discussion is at its infancy and it may take years to make changes - but that doesn't mean we should inform them that any plans to deregulate (if we beleive it to be true) is a really bad idea.

Hope the attached is useful,