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Applications for the Childcare Offer for Wales (Spring Term) are now open, please can you circulate the information below (including the link) to parents and carers via text, email, Class Dojo or Facebook.
Applications for the Childcare Offer for Wales are open, you can apply now to receive funded childcare from January 2024.
Under the Childcare Offer for Wales, you could claim up to 30 hours of early education and childcare a week, for up to 48 weeks of the year.
All parents wishing to receive Childcare Offer for Wales funded childcare will need to apply through the national digital service which can be accessed via a laptop, mobile phone or tablet.
To be eligible for the offer, each parent must:
• Live in Wales
• Have a child aged 3 or 4 years old
• Earn less than £100,000 per year
• Be employed and earn at least, on average, the equivalent to working 16 hours a week at National Minimum Wage or Living Wage
• Or be enrolled on either an undergraduate, postgraduate or further education course that is at least 10 weeks in length
• Receiving eligible benefits
When applying, you will need:
• Your child’s birth certificate (Front and back page if your child was born in Wales)
• Proof of address
• Proof of household income or enrolment on a higher or further education course
You can apply using the link below
Get 30 hours of childcare for 3 and 4 year olds: Apply | GOV.WALES
Childcare Offer for Wales helpline Telephone: 03000 628 628
Website: https://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/en/home/
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