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Business and funding for childcare providers

Advice establishing and running EY provision including Childminding, Wraparound and Creche.

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Early education fund

Guide for providers on the eligibility, entitlement and application process for the fund.

Grants programme

Funding to ensure there are enough places for children in Oxfordshire.

Running a group

Business, financial and legal aspects of running and managing early years and childcare settings.

Becoming a childminder?

A rewarding and flexible career

Your childminding business

Guidance on business considerations for childminders.

Creches

Crèches offer occasional short-term care for children in places such as leisure centres.

Opening a new nursery

Considerations when opening a new day nursery.

Wraparound childcare provision

Wraparound provision includes breakfast clubs, after school provision and can include holiday clubs.

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Outlining the steps childcare providers should take to close or merge.

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