The capital's 33 local authorities were invited to apply for funding forinitiatives that might offer solutions to families who find it hardestto get childcare. The money was available under the 33m ChildcareAffordability Programme, led by the London Development Agency.
A third of the programme's cash was earmarked for innovative schemesthat tackle childcare in four areas: childcare for children with specialeducational needs; specialist home-based childcare; emergency childcare;and childcare to help parents get into employment.
But the programme's head told Children Now the results had not been asgood as hoped. "We were slightly disappointed with them because theyweren't innovative enough," said Denise Burke, the London DevelopmentAgency's senior childcare manager. "We were looking for something with abit of uniqueness to it, something that was genuinely innovative.Whereas what I think we received is probably what's already out therebut funded by different sources."
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