Hi all
This is a long one be ready!
Right hear goes... I have been registered since late august and have been advertising loads but have only one mindee so far but hes only about 6 hours per week. I had to leave my job on the 21st december so I have been putting my cards out like mad still nothing!!! I know I have to be patient but this is getting a joke...ha. Im a single mum and things are allready tight, I chose this caree as I get to look after my son all the time now, and after seeing his face this morning when I said that I would be getting him from school it was well worth it
So I have been doing some serching on the net and found this on sure start......
Childminder Sustainability Grant
Funding is available within the new sustainability grant to ensure that childminders serving areas of disadvantage do not stop childminding because of a short-term lack of children. Funding can be used in a variety of ways as long as it increase the sustainability of childminders by addressing their vacancies.
Examples are:
Grant scheme - for individual childminders at the rate of up to £100 for five weeks (with any one childminder able to have up to two payments in any 12 months). To qualify the childminder must give evidence of at least a two week vacancy and advertising of that vacancy, and live or operate within a disadvantaged area;
Providing funds to address the needs of childminders who may have difficulty filling vacancies becuase of lack of suitable toys, customer service or marketing skills e.g. by paying for a childminder to attend a course on marketing;
Creating facilities for marketing childminders and their vacancies;
* Enhancing other support for existing childminders, e.g. new toys in local toy libraries
* Developing buisness skills of childminders
* Employer schemes - encouraging employers to reserve places with childminders and guarantee some income.
Has any one ever come across this before and how would you apply or it an extra 100 quid a week would come in very handy at the moment.
Sorry for going on but theres no one else to talk too.
Nat
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