Playgroups are community-based, and staffed and managed by people within the community they serve. Many staff are paid only for the hours worked with children and often at minimum wage.
Playgroups need a new funding system which recognises the amount of work they put in and encourages them to register for the nursery education grant.
Tomorrow's Children, an independent review published by the Department for Education and Employment in September 1999, recommended 'support and development funding'. This has to a large extent been put in place through the Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships. It also recommended continuous revenue funding directly to playgroups that met quality standards, which the Government appears to have ignored.
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