CYP Now - Campaigners call on men to set up at-home childminding businesses

An initiative to create more home nurseries could see a positive change in the disparity between men and women training in early years education, campaigners have said.

Men are encouraged to set up their own childminding businesses. Picture: Adobe Stock

Set up by the Fatherhood Institute, the Men In The Early Years (MITEY) project campaigns to make the early years sector more attractive and welcoming to men.

MITEY has recently endorsed the Tiney scheme which helps professionals childminders to set up businesses within their own homes.

Tiney assists professionals by providing early years training and business coaching, as well as Ofsted approval, a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) update service and paediatric first aid training. The scheme allows individuals to set up home nurseries for up to six children between the ages of one and four.

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