Daycare Trust

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Daycare Trust is a nationwide national childcare charity, campaigning for quality, accessible, affordable for quality child care and enhancing the voices of children, parents and caregivers. Daycare Trust advises parents and guardians, providers, employers, unions and policy makers on parenting issues. The Family and Childcare Trust was formed from the merger of Daycare Trust and Family and Parenting Institute in 2013. Daycare Trust was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in London. This is a registered company and charity.

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History

The concept for Daycare Trust emerged in the 1970s in the context of a growing feminist movement. Many women want family and work life, but childcare infrastructure is not available. In addition, the 1948 Children Act stigmatizes parents for "throwing away" their children in the nursery, categorizing them as "at risk" and "mother's shortcomings."

Activists, mostly women, from various organizations are campaigning to establish nurseries in various places, especially in colleges and universities. From there they handle quality issues, and campaign for better professional training.

In 1986, a group of these activists established Daycare Trust, creating an integrated support base for carrying out charitable work from the National Childcare Campaign (a local group coalition set up in 1980 to campaign for workplace nurseries and better staff training).

1986, year of establishment

• Provision of childcare in public places is discouraged due to lack of funds - tax relief on childcare supported by employers has been removed and local authority funding cut - and personal breeding is growing (59,000 nurseries in 1990).
• In 1986/7, 47.5% of under-fives were in early education.
• The Income Family, the main source of state financial support for the family, does not target any assistance specifically for childcare, and there are no rules/guidelines for childcare labor.

Today

• There are more than 1.5 million child care centers enrolled in Ofsted (March 2009).
• 3,500 children centers have been established in communities across the country that offer services to 2.7 million toddlers and their families.
• All three- and four-year-olds are entitled to free initial year education up to 15 hours per week for 38 weeks per year - an offer taken by 92% of the three-year population and 98% of the four-year population.
• The Childcare Act 2006 assigns tasks to local authorities to provide adequate parenting for parents working in their area and to ensure that parents have access to information about childcare.
• The Initial Year Foundation stage sets the standard for training and workforce qualification
• Many parents can claim help with their child care fees from various schemes including tax credits.
• Parents can search for child care through local family information services. Local family information services can be found using Directgov

Chief executive

• 1989-1994 Marion Kozak
• 1994-1996 Carol Sheriff
• 1996-2000 Colette Kelleher
• 2000-2005 Stephen Burke
• 2005-2007 Christine Walton
• 2007-2010 Alison Garnham & amp; Emma Knights
• 2010 Alison Garnham
• 2010- Anand Shukla

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Missions

The Daycare Trust mission is to "secure access to high quality affordable child care for all children in the United Kingdom where and when they and their parents want and need it, at the price their parents can pay."

Charities define parenting as "the arrangement that parents make for their children when they are not looking after the children themselves; this can be done individually or in groups in various settings, including at home."

Daycare Trust jobs include:

Policies and research

Daycare Trust conducts independent and powerful research on behalf of a number of government departments, charities and research boards. This study aims to "increase the availability of sustainable, affordable and good quality childcare for all families, offering a real choice for families to balance work and family life."

Daycare Trust provides informed comments on major childcare issues to the media and government, ensuring that the benefits of parenting and the problems faced by parents are well understood.

Information

Daycare Trust information service benefits more than 450,000 people per year. This service consists of telephone information channels, which provide comprehensive information about childcare to the callers; e-mail information services; and with fact sheets for parents and employers and interactive.

Training and consultancy

Daycare Trust runs training and consultation on various topics, from tax credits to involving parents in the development and delivery of services, to organizations and services.

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Policy recommendations

The organization's current policy priorities are set out in the publication of the 2010 Charter of Child Care , published prior to the 2010 elections.

Charter of Child Care asks the next government to:

1. Aims to spend 1% of GDP on early childhood education and care so that all children get the best start in life
2. Extend free space to ensure that all children benefit from early childhood education and care
3. Extend parental leave and create a family-friendly workplace
4. Fill in gaps in provision and guarantee of secondary school
5. Make child care affordable to all parents
6. Celebrate Sure Start a Kids Center and expand the range of services offered

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References

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External links

• Daycare Trust official website
• Worcestershire Family Information Service
• Trafford Family Information Service

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