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Welsh Assembly Government

The Assembly Government has the vision of childcare as part of the modern welfare state, available to all parents who need it. Within this vision, childcare will be delivered by qualified professionals, dedicated to serving the development needs of the children in their care. Click here for more information.

Cardiff County Council’s Children and Young People’s Partnership Framework

Cardiff County Council's aim is to identify alternative solutions to the problems of viability and sustainability in childcare provision, providing support for the development of services, entitlement and empowerment to children and young people. Click here for more information.

Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs

Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs is developing a Community Business Toolkit for the childcare sector. The toolkit will be a guide to anyone wishing to set up a new childcare setting as well as providing business support for existing settings. Click here for more information.

Communities that Care

Communities that Care will focus on Communities First Areas and will aim to ensure that their plans include child care provision developed in a way which matches the particular needs of those communities. Click here for more information.

Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin

Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin will encourage the availability of bi-lingual childcare choices in areas where this is not available at present. Click here for more information.

National Childminding Association

The purpose of NCMA’s work in CWLWM is to consider how to better support Welsh language and bilingual childminders in Wales, and how to support more childminders to provide services through the medium of Welsh. Click here for more information.

National Day Nurseries Association

The purpose of NDNA Cymru’s work in CWLWM is to support the workforce development needs of the sector, and raise the profile of childcare as a profession. Click here for more information.

Play Wales

Play Wales will develop, pilot and evaluate the content of induction, level 2 and level 3 training in Playwork. They will develop methodology and infrastructure for sustainable delivery, exploring ways for encouraging men into the sector. They will look at a variety of delivery methods, including distance learning which they will pilot and evaluate. They will develop an accessible introduction to play and playwork designed to draw new workers into the sector. Click here for more information.

Playwork Partnerships

The purpose of Playwork Partnerships’ work in CWLWM is to extend the range of training opportunities for playworkers in Wales, and to increase confidence and skills in facilitating children’s outdoor play. Click here for more information.

University of Gloucestershire

The University's involvement focuses on the management and monitoring of partnership finance and activities, and coordination of the transnational work. The University will take an overview of the project and coordinate equal opportunities, dissemination and mainstreaming work of the partnership. Click here for more information.

Wales Pre-school Playgroups Association

Wales PPA will research social enterprise, business sponsorship and other alternative solutions to sustainability of childcare provisions. Click here for more information.