The Wraparound Childcare Programme is going from strength to strength with the delivery of our first new breakfast and after school clubs being delivered across Doncaster.

Take advantage of funding

Schools, childminders and PVI are all able to take advantage of wraparound funding, to be able to better meet the needs of families and offer a flexible approach to childcare.

To date, funding has been allocated to create an additional 684 new or expanded breakfast and afterschool club places, some projects bringing new flexible provision into areas across Doncaster where breakfast and afterschool clubs may not have been available or have not met the needs of working families.

Benefits of wraparound provision

There are many benefits of having a wraparound provision – these include:

• Access to potential new markets which you may not have previously reached
• It provides an additional revenue stream which may increase your overall profitability.
• It increases business sustainability as your financial ‘risk’ is spread over different types of services.
• It allows a crossover of customer bases where siblings of wraparound children may increase demand for your Early Years places.
• It can strengthen your customer pipeline, helping you keep your customers for longer, as Early Years places often turn into future wraparound places.
• It allows you to provide a more comprehensive and flexible service to families. Your service becomes a one-stop-shop for families, with no need for them to look elsewhere for their childcare needs.

 

Funding for wraparound provision is available now! If you would like to expand existing wraparound provision or create new wraparound places, now is the time to act, whilst funding is in place to help. All applications will need to be received before 5th April 2025 to guarantee the full two years of funding available.

Applications for wraparound funding to expand existing provision through extending opening hours or creating new places, or to create completely new wraparound provision, are being accepted now.

Get in touch or access the form below

If you wish to apply for funding or want to ask more questions about this programme please email Kirsty Hanberry, Wraparound & Sufficiency Manager on Kirsty.hanberry@doncaster.gov.uk The application form can be accessed at Wraparound Programme Funding Application Form

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