Care To Learn (Childcare for Young Learners)
If you are a young parent aged under 20 and you start learning, Care To Learn can help with your childcare costs.
Care to Learn can help pay for your childcare and travel costs while you’re learning. The subject or course you take is entirely up to you. You can choose, for example, whether you want a qualification or not, or whether you want to learn at a college or through work.
When you get Care to Learn, it’s up to you what you learn. You could choose to take a course or learning programme that lasts only for a few days, or one which lasts for several years. There are no set hours, so you could study part time or full time.
Letting someone else look after your child can be a big step. Care to Learn helps by letting you choose the type of childcare that most suits you and your child. You can, for example, use Care to Learn to pay for childcare at any of the following places:
- childminder
- pre-school playgroup
- day nursery
- out of school club
- other registered childcare (such as your college nursery or crèche)
The one condition is that the childcare must be registered. Registered childcare providers must meet national standards, and are inspected each year to make sure they are providing good quality care. Wherever you learn, you can be confident that your child is being safely looked after
For further information please contact Student Services tel: 01757 211040, phone the Care To Learn helpline 0845 600 2809 or visit the Care To Learn website
www.dfes.gov.uk/caretolearn.