Family and Childcare Trust

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The Family and Childcare Trust is a UK charity [1] formed from the merger of the Daycare Trust and the Family and Parenting Institute in 2013. [2] [3] [4]

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Research

The Trust produces extensive research on the early years and family services. The charity's produces three annual reports titled the Childcare Survey, Holiday Childcare Survey and Older People's Care Survey.

The annual Childcare Survey is published in the spring and documents the costs and availability of childcare in the UK. [5] Data from the Childcare Survey has been used by the UK government to assess childcare in the UK [6] and by the Living Wage Foundation to calculate the Living Wage. [7] The Trust also publishes the annual Holiday Childcare Survey is published in the summer and documents the costs and availability of holiday childcare in the UK, [8] [9] and the annual Older People's Care Survey is published in the fall and documents the costs and availability of care for older people in the UK. [10]

Programmes

The Family and Childcare Trust runs a number of parent-led programmes.

The Parent Champions programme is a peer-to-peer volunteer support programme launched by the Daycare Trust in 2007. [11] The Parent Champions model consists of parents reaching out to local parents in the community and speaking to them about their own experiences of local family services, particularly early education services. [11]

The Young Dads Collective (YDC) works to reduce levels of poverty and isolation experienced by young dads aged 25 and under. [12] [13] The YDC is made of young dads who engage with and consult family services professionals as experts by experience. [14] The YDC model involves supporting the young members to advocate on behalf of other young dads and developing the members' skill sets and employability. [14]

The Family and Childcare Trust provides the secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group for Families in the Early Years. [15]

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References

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  2. ↑ Vincent, Sayer (31 March 2013). "Family and Childcare Trust, Report & Financial Statements, 31 March 2013" (PDF). charitycommission.gov.uk.
  3. ↑ "Daycare Trust agrees merger with Family and Parenting Institute". civilsociety.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  4. ↑ "Family and Parenting Institute and Daycare Trust announce merger" . Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  5. ↑ "Cost of childcare remains too high for parents, charity warns | Nursery World". nurseryworld.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  6. ↑ Department for Education. "Review of childcare costs: the analytical report" (PDF). gov.uk/.
  7. ↑ D’Arcy, Conor (November 2017). "Calculating a Living Wage for London and the rest of the UK" (PDF). livingwage.org.uk.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ Espiner, Tom (2017-07-20). "Summer childcare costs at record level". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  9. ↑ Turner, Camilla (2017-07-25). "Cost of summer holiday childcare is rising four times faster than earnings, data shows". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  10. ↑ Siddique, Haroon (2016-11-21). "Four in five UK councils struggle to provide older people's care – survey". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  11. 1 2 "Parent Champions". c4eo.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  12. ↑ "Young Dads Collective | National Family Learning Network". familylearningnetwork.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  13. ↑ "Supporting young fathers to succeed". cypnow.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  14. 1 2 "New publications available about support for young fathers". Dr Anna Tarrant. 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  15. ↑ Commons, The Committee Office, House of. "House of Commons - Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 28 September 2017: Families in the Early Years". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
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