Prospect ECS group to make written submission on childcare

Prospect ECS group to make written submission on childcare

Prospect’s Education and Children’s Services group intends to submit written evidence to the Treasury committee that has just launched an inquiry into childcare policy and its influence on the economy. 



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The committee will be holding a public session in London on 31 January to hear evidence.

We have members working across the Early Years profession who feel very strongly that the 30 hours of free childcare provision introduced by the government is not sufficiently funded and is placing intolerable financial and administrative pressure on nurseries.

Our members want to see Early Years provision properly funded. If the government, as they have stated in the past, accepts that employing highly qualified staff is the key to tackling disadvantage, then why is it doing nothing to ensure nursery settings can do that?

We need to get our voices heard by increasing our membership and putting pressure on the government to listen to the people working at the coalface. The more members we have the more influence we can exert.

One of the ways in which we are hoping to increase our membership is by manning a stall at The Nursery World Show at The Business Design Centre in London from 2-3 February. If you work in Early Years and are free, please come along and visit us at our stand.

If you can’t make it, please encourage your colleagues to join Prospect so that we can ensure your professional voice is heard.