Impressed with my Capital Grant pack

[king]

I collceted my capital Grant pack yesterday. I live in the north west. I was expecting a box of bat and balls etc. But there was so much more - Vtech camera, Bee-bot, Tape recorder with tapes, lots of gardening things, games, number tiles, dominoes, story sack, bug magnifying box, Ethnic family dolls, Various skin coloured paper and crayons, festivals calendar and 4 books about different cultures and some space hoppers.
It may of been better to have the money to choose things that are more suitable to the ages I look after but Im grateful of anything for free and it was quite an impressive bundle.

[estrelas]

I collceted my capital Grant pack yesterday. I live in the north west. I was expecting a box of bat and balls etc. But there was so much more - Vtech camera, Bee-bot, Tape recorder with tapes, lots of gardening things, games, number tiles, dominoes, story sack, bug magnifying box, Ethnic family dolls, Various skin coloured paper and crayons, festivals calendar and 4 books about different cultures and some space hoppers.
It may of been better to have the money to choose things that are more suitable to the ages I look after but Im grateful of anything for free and it was quite an impressive bundle.

sounds great
where in the NW are you?
I WANT ONE

[lindylou]

Hi That sounds brilliant if you dont mind me asking were do you live in the north west
Linx

[desiderata]

Well done you we havent had anything yetxx probably wont get anything either. Enjoy

[king]

Hi That sounds brilliant if you dont mind me asking were do you live in the north west
Linx

Wigan Greater manchester

[michelleg]

hi ,how do u qualify for a capital grant ,never heard of it thanx x

[solly]

I would be greatful for anything

[king]

As far as I can understand (I maybe wrong) each area has been given a pot of money for early years section. It depends on the area on how they decide to use it. Wigan have allocated £500 worth of toys for each childminder registered before Sep. Luckily there was some left over and there was a pack for me as I am newly registered. Wigan Early years team contacted me about it. I believe some areas have not allocated childminders with anything and putting the money into parks etc.

[TheBTeam]

Well done to you, in Herts we have got a big fat nothing!

[angiemog]

Lovely....... we don't get anything in Norfolk either. x

[oakie dokie]

high peak childminders awarded a min of £2500 max £5000 but you have to jump through hoops to get it! i have applied to have my garden fenced in, it is open at the moment with communal path running through it. so i'm unable to use it.
fingers crossed!

[estrelas]

hmmmm,
not sure we get much around here, would be nice tho, all childminders should get the same I think, wherever we live.

[Mookins]

I collceted my capital Grant pack yesterday. I live in the north west. I was expecting a box of bat and balls etc. But there was so much more - Vtech camera, Bee-bot, Tape recorder with tapes, lots of gardening things, games, number tiles, dominoes, story sack, bug magnifying box, Ethnic family dolls, Various skin coloured paper and crayons, festivals calendar and 4 books about different cultures and some space hoppers.
It may of been better to have the money to choose things that are more suitable to the ages I look after but Im grateful of anything for free and it was quite an impressive bundle.

Thats brill....you could always sell the bits you dont need to purchase the bits you do
x x

[Shar]

Well done! Here in Sutton we get nothing but next borough Merton got a minimum of £2500 to spend on anything they needed.

It's not fair!! My friends have got kid's laptops, patio awning, Phil &teds buggies,etc.... I can't afford all that.

[Mookins]

Lovely....... we don't get anything in Norfolk either. x

oh bang goes my dreams then

[Ripeberry]

The maximum they give us down here is £300 to start up as a CM and they don't even give us biscuits with our tea and coffee on courses But to be fair, they have upgraded lots of local parks and playgrounds, so at least we have somewhere decent to go now

[Leannetrim]

in herts we don't get anything like that

[charleyfarley]

That's brilliant, I'm sure the children will love all the things you've got.

We're still waiting to find out what we are getting. We were given a list and had to pick 3 things off it to make a short list. A laptop was on there though, not that we need another laptop in our house

Carol xx

[Mouse]

That sounds like a really good pack

[LittleMissSparkles]

thats great, we get nothing here as our local authority ear marked it for 'nurserys' as they serve more children and families