Carmarthenshire childcare business idea
People interested in starting up a childcare business in the county can receive a helping hand from the Carmarthenshire Children’s Partnership which can offer practical advice, guidance and even financial support.
Help is available for people setting up a new day nursery or play group, after school club or holiday play scheme.
Start-up grants are available to support new childcare providers with costs associated with establishing new care settings, including costs associated with staff recruitment, promotion and publicity, equipment and premises. Maximum allocations are made available to target areas which have been identified by the partnership’s Childcare Sufficiency Assessment as lacking in provision.
Heidi Bassett, of Little Oaks Day Nursery, Priory Street, Carmarthen, received a grant to renovate a former pub in to a modern full day care setting.
Her business has been up and running since March, and can cater for up to 18 children aged up to four on a daily basis, with one member of staff per every three children.
“It’s a dream come true to be running my own childcare business, and it would have been a lot harder had it not been for this grant,” she said.
“I’d like to thank Carmarthenshire County Council for all its assistance.”
The Carmarthenshire Children’s Partnership also offers signposting to key childcare organisations who offer guidance and support, free promotion of services through its Family Information Service, access to subsidised staff training, as well as access to toys on a loan basis from its Toy Library.
Cllr Gwynne Wooldridge, executive board member for children’s services, said: “It is important that we realise how valuable childcare businesses are to our society - if we are to encourage parents to return to work, we must be able to provide adequate childcare provision in their communities.
“We have a wealth of information we can pass on, and we may also be able to help financially, so we would encourage anyone with an interest in starting up their own business to contact our teams so that we can provide the appropriate support.”
For further information visit www.carmarthenshirechildrenspartnership.org.uk, or call the team on 01267 224215.
Pic: Staff and children of Little Oaks Day Nursery, Priory Street, Carmarthen, which has received assistance from Carmarthenshire Children’s Partnership. Pic Jeff Connell
Help is available for people setting up a new day nursery or play group, after school club or holiday play scheme.
Start-up grants are available to support new childcare providers with costs associated with establishing new care settings, including costs associated with staff recruitment, promotion and publicity, equipment and premises. Maximum allocations are made available to target areas which have been identified by the partnership’s Childcare Sufficiency Assessment as lacking in provision.
Heidi Bassett, of Little Oaks Day Nursery, Priory Street, Carmarthen, received a grant to renovate a former pub in to a modern full day care setting.
Her business has been up and running since March, and can cater for up to 18 children aged up to four on a daily basis, with one member of staff per every three children.
“It’s a dream come true to be running my own childcare business, and it would have been a lot harder had it not been for this grant,” she said.
“I’d like to thank Carmarthenshire County Council for all its assistance.”
The Carmarthenshire Children’s Partnership also offers signposting to key childcare organisations who offer guidance and support, free promotion of services through its Family Information Service, access to subsidised staff training, as well as access to toys on a loan basis from its Toy Library.
Cllr Gwynne Wooldridge, executive board member for children’s services, said: “It is important that we realise how valuable childcare businesses are to our society - if we are to encourage parents to return to work, we must be able to provide adequate childcare provision in their communities.
“We have a wealth of information we can pass on, and we may also be able to help financially, so we would encourage anyone with an interest in starting up their own business to contact our teams so that we can provide the appropriate support.”
For further information visit www.carmarthenshirechildrenspartnership.org.uk, or call the team on 01267 224215.
Pic: Staff and children of Little Oaks Day Nursery, Priory Street, Carmarthen, which has received assistance from Carmarthenshire Children’s Partnership. Pic Jeff Connell
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