Early Years and Wraparound Toolkit Launch
Watch a recording of this Childcare Works webinar held in January 2025
Barnsley’s Expansion Monitoring Form
This form, created by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, is used by their Childcare Sufficiency Team with wraparound providers who have received funding to monitor progress and usage of the funding. Other local authorities could use this resource as a template to create their own, should it be useful for their area. This template form was […]
Breaking Down Barriers – Helping Providers See Opportunities, Not Challenges
This session explores how tools and frameworks can shift our perspectives to view perceived challenges as opportunities for growth and improvement. The short recording explores how SWOT analysis and the ‘5 Whys Method’ can be used to identify opportunities and overcome challenges. The recording takes you through how to: use the problem-solving frameworks step by […]
Marketing and Promotion – Finding and Keeping Customers
This short recording considers marketing from a childcare provider’s perspective. It considers strategies to attract new families and retain existing ones. It highlights how effective marketing activity which includes digital and community-based marketing/events, social media, customer feedback, and compelling content can build a strong, appealing brand that resonates with families to ensure a steady flow […]
Local Authority Team Structures – Early Adopters
From the start of the wraparound expansion project, four local authorities have been early adopters – supporting with additional data collection, information sharing and learning in order to provide other local authorities with best practice. These local authority structures provided by Early Adopter local authorities Cambridgeshire and the Bi-Borough provide an insight into how local authorities could […]
Let’s Be Confident… Promotion and Marketing to Stimulate Wraparound Demand
A Childcare Works session for local authorities recorded in October 2024
DfE Local Authority Webinar on Early Years Places – Supply and Demand Analysis
A recording of a DfE webinar for local authorities. Recorded in October 2024.
Let’s Talk About… Maximising Provider Capacity in Preparation for 2025
A Childcare Works session for local authorities recorded in October 2024
Let’s Talk About… Promotion and Marketing to Stimulate Wraparound Demand
A Childcare Works session for local authorities recorded in October 2024