A small business owner has urged parents to sign up for the Welsh Government’s Childcare Offer before the autumn term starts. Lisa Jones, who runs Y Diod café in Llandeilo, said the Childcare Offer was easy to apply for and has made a huge difference to her life.
The Childcare Offer provides up to 30 hours of funded early education and childcare for parents in work, education or training with children aged 3 to 4.
It aims to help parents from across Wales return to work, increase their hours or work more flexibly.
Around 20,000 children are supported each year through the Childcare Offer for Wales.
To be eligible for the Childcare Offer, parents and guardians must:
- have a child aged 3 or 4 years old
- live in Wales
- each parent has a gross income of £100,000 or less per year
- be employed and earn at least, on average, the equivalent to 16 hours a week at National Minimum Wage or Living Wage
- or be enrolled on either an undergraduate, postgraduate or further education course that is at least 10 weeks in lengthy
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