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£35m projects to increase childcare for the disabled
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
21 May 2008
Parents of disabled children can find help in accessing suitable childcare through Government pilot projects announced last week by children's minister Beverly Hughes.
The £35m, three-year pilot projects, which will begin in September, include new centres of excellence for the disabled in children's centres next to special schools; specialist training for childminders and nursery workers on how to care for and educate disabled children; a network of specialist childminders to make it easier for parents to find flexible childcare; and 'peer to peer' support networks for parents to share ideas on care. The projects will be tested in ten areas...
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