7.4. Barriers to Childcare Provision 7.4.1. Accessibility of Childcare Provision Summarise the key findings from consultation with stakeholder groups As part of our programme of consultation and engagement with stakeholders we asked them what they considered to be the barriers and encourages to childcare their responses are summarised below: Barriers: Services don’t work together to promote provision Benefits do they know what they are? – Cost. Informal childcare market but not – ‘registered’. People don’t know Family Information Service including key points of contact for the community, such as: All people in the council Leisure centre Supermarket Coffee shops Housing officers Job Centres Everywhere families are Resistance of the sector to change to meet the needs of parents. Reputation of provision. Availability of provision (or lack of provision). Bad press reduces confidence of parents. Parents not being aware of where cost goes just think the childcare is expensive. – Transport / access to services.
7.4. Barriers to Childcare Provision 7.4.1. Accessibility of Childcare Provision Summarise the key findings from consultation with stakeholder groups As part of our programme of consultation and engagement with stakeholders we asked them what they considered to be the barriers and encourages to childcare their responses are summarised below: Barriers: Services don’t work together to promote provision Benefits – do they know what they are? Cost. Informal childcare market – but not ‘registered’. People don’t know Family Information Service including key points of contact for the community, such as: All people in the council Leisure centre Supermarket Coffee shops Housing officers Job Centres Everywhere families are Resistance of the sector to change to meet the needs of parents. Reputation of provision. Availability of provision (or lack of provision). Bad press reduces confidence of parents. Parents not being aware of where cost goes – just think the childcare is expensive. Transport / access to services.
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