The Professional Association of Childcare and Early Years (Pacey) is calling on the government to offer urgent help to 41,000 self-employed registered childminders in England and Wales who leaders say do not qualify for most financial support for businesses announced by the Chancellor amid the national crisis.
A further 28,000 childcare providers working from non-domestic premises may be eligible for government business support, however, “their business doesn’t have the cashflow to keep them afloat until government support is accessible,” Pacey says.
Childminder Jane Comeau closed her doors on Monday following the government’s announcement that all schools, nurseries and childcare provisions would shut until further notice except to the children of key workers and vulnerable children.
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