CYP Now - Nursery group secures funding to double free childcare hours for vulnerable children

A social enterprise nursery group based in London has secured funding for the disadvantaged children in its care to receive an additional 15 hours of funded childcare each week.

Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster, visits a LEFY nursery in London. Picture: London Early Years Foundation (LEYF).

London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has partnered with the Westminster Foundation to secure £750,000 over five years to improve access to early years education for some of the capital's poorest children who are currently locked out of the additional hours of funding.

Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster made the announcement on a visit to LEYF’s Katharine Bruce Nursery and Pre-School in Queen's Park.

He said: “There are sadly too many young children across London living in poverty and unable to access sufficient early years education. That is deeply worrying given the significant impact that a child’s experience in their early years has on their physical and emotional development.

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