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Nottingham City Council launches August roadshow to advise parents of services (1 August 2016)

Date: 01/08/2016
Duncan Lewis, Child Care Solicitors, Nottingham City Council launches August roadshow to advise parents of services

Nottingham City Council is using the summer school holidays to raise awareness among families of free services available to them.

During August, the council will target parents who are caring for children during the holidays in the districts of the Arboretum, Aspley, Bulwell and St Ann’s. The four dates in August have been chosen specifically to target these areas – and staff from Nottingham City Council will be on hand to help potentially eligible parents to sign up to a free childcare scheme.

Staff from the council’s Families Information Service who provide advice to families – as well as Children’s Centre staff and colleagues from the Fostering & Adoption Services – will be joined by council partners Small Steps, Big Changes, a partnership between Nottingham City Council, health partners, voluntary organisations and parents and families.

The four-day roadshow will start on 2 August and one of the aims is to raise awareness of free childcare places for two-year-olds – a national scheme which aims to help parents get back to work and training sooner by giving them access to free quality childcare.

In England, all three- and four-year-olds are entitled to up to 15 hours per week of free childcare at Ofsted-registered childcare settings, such as day nurseries, childminders and playgroups. This is also a statutory entitlement for all eligible two-year-olds.

The council says that more than 10,000 children in Nottingham have accessed free Early Learning places since the scheme started in 2006 – but in some areas of the city, uptake has not been as high as expected.

As well as speaking to parents about where they can get their 15 hours of free childcare in the city, the Families Information Service will be able to provide free information, advice and guidance about other services for children, young people and their families in Nottingham.

This includes information about local children’s centres and play and youth activities, guidance on parenting skills training, services for children with disabilities or special educational needs and choosing a school.

Staff will also be available to talk to parents about local children’s centres where they can find free things to do during the day and at weekend and in school holidays.

Also on hand will be colleagues from Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, who work in partnership with Nottingham City Council to deliver Brushing Buddies – a scheme which aims to help primary school children and their families take better care of their dental health.

Nottingham City Council’s Portfolio Holder for Early Intervention and Early Years, Councillor David Mellen, said:

“Nottingham City Council is committed to giving children opportunities to learn and socialise from a young age – we know that in some areas of the city, the uptake of free childcare places is lower and we want to work hard with our partners to improve this.

“We know that reading and learning from a young age is really beneficial for children – but parents also benefit from good childcare, too, by being able to return to work, or to education and training.

“The four activity days are our opportunity to bring a number of really useful and important services together in one place, where we can speak to families about the wide range of excellent activities, support and childcare places in their area.”

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