Funded childcare resources

We regularly run campaigns to promote the benefits of taking a funded place with a childminder, nursery or pre school and encourage eligible families to take up a funded place.

Promoting the 15 hours early learning for 2-years-old for non-working families and those in receipt of certain benefits is a priority for us to help improve school readiness and achieve good levels of development at EYFS.

We also promote 30 hours of funded childcare from 9 months to 4-years-old for working families, in addition to other help paying for childcare including tax free childcare and Universal Credit childcare.

Objective

• To encourage eligible families to find out what childcare support they are entitled to on the Best Start in Life website.

• To encourage take-up of early years funded places at nurseries and childminders in Lancashire.

Website

More information is available on:

• Best Start in Life website. Get advice and support for your child’s development. From pregnancy to childcare right through to starting school.

• Our paying for childcare page. Find out more about funded childcare, wrapround childcare and help paying for childcare.

With your support in assisting families to access a funded place with a provider such as yourself, we can help Lancashire’s children to thrive and achieve good learning outcomes. We have provided a range of materials below which you can use to promote the different childcare offers.

You can also access additional resources on our wraparound childcare resources page.

Funded childcare resources

Help us spread the word about funded childcare in Lancashire and encourage eligible parents and carers to take up a funded place.

Please share our latest @lancashirecc #LancsChildcare social media posts on your official Facebook, X and Instagram pages. If you want to post your own social media posts, we have provided some suggested posts and images below.

Use of images: The images in this toolkit must only be used in the promotion of this campaign and must not be used for any other purpose.

Childcare from 9 months social media
Funded places 2 year olds social media

Call-to-actions

We have suggested some call-to-actions you can include with these messages so you can personalise how parents contact you.

• Not sure what childcare support you're entitled to? Come and have a chat with us

• Talk to our team here at [add setting name here] about the help available with childcare

• Find out what childcare support your family could receive at [add setting name here]

• Contact us at [add details] to find out more

• Call us on [add number] to find out more

We have a range of videos and shorts you can share on your social media channels to promote funded childcare. These include: 

• Misbah works for Home Start in East Lancashire and shares how taking up a funded childcare place can boost your child's early learning and development.

• Javed works as an Ethnic Minority Education Access Officer and he talks about some of the families he has helped access a funded childcare place and the benefits they have found.

• Farzana talks about how taking up a funded childcare place helped her go back to work bringing so many benefits for both herself and her son.

• Funded childcare to fit your family (childcare expansion)

• Funded childcare places for 2 year olds: Rachel's story - video one and two 

• Funded places for 2 year olds promotion

• Funded childcare places: Katie's story

• Funded childcare places: Eleanor Rushton, Alston Lane Nursery

3 suggested newsletter ideas with the following headings:

• Play, learn and grow with funded childcare

• Get ready for school with funded childcare

• Save thousands on childcare costs

Newsletter ideas

If you need any further information about this campaign please contact jennifer.dobson@lancashire.gov.uk.