Childcare Resources

Childcare Resources

• Universal Pathway: what support you can expect 
• Childcare Tax Credits
• Childcare Grants for Full Time Students
• Early learning and childcare funding (towerhamlets.gov.uk)
• Free Early Education
• Department for Education, Early Years
• Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education)
  Inspect and regulate services which care for children, young people, and those providling education and skills for learners of all ages. 
• National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA)
  Advice for parents about children's nurseries
• Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years
  Advice for parents about childcare
• Toolkit for New Parents
  If you are expecting a new child in your family, you probably have lots of questions about maternity leave and pay, paternity rights and the right to request flexible working. 
• Little Village - Little Village is like a food bank, but for clothes, toys and equipment for babies and children up to the age of 5.
• Maternity Action  
  Are you pregnant and about to go on Maternity Leave?  Do you know your rights?  Do you need support around your rights?  Why not take a look at Maternity Action.
• DisabledGo
  Provides detailed access information to thousands of venues across the UK including London.  Includes restaurants, cinemas, theatres, railway stations
• Healthy Start
  You get free vouchers every week to spend on milk, fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables, and infant formula milk. You can also get free vitamins. 
• A Guide to Autism in the Early Years
• ​This practical toolkit contains a wealth of straight forward information in one place to guide parents and carers through their child's journey in the early years
• Tower Hamlets Play Charter
  Play is fundamental to a child’s development, helping them to learn about the world around them, make friends, be healthy and have fun