Co-Produced Community Childcare - A Tool Kit

Resources

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Co-Produced Childcare

 The challenges and importance of quality community childcare 
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The value of
co-produced childcare
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Case studies:
 National and International parent-led childcare 

 Our methodology and your possible starting points
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Building Relationships

Community Organising: Tips and ideas for your initial conversations with local families

Practical requirements for setting up your initial stay and play sessions

Establishing
parent-directors  for your co-produced childcare setting
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Community Comms: The role of notice boards,
graphics and social media

How maintaining   relationships helps us continue shaping our nursery together
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Logo Design Workshop


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Building Your Space

Finding the right space

Finding a suitable space for your childcare site
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Spacial requirements for early years provision​

Co-Design

Stay and Play:
A space to start exploring and testing ideas for your childcare setting.

Stay and Play: Exploring the Possibilities of Light

Co-Design Process Diagram
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Design & Build:
  Using Community  Workshops to develop the core  of your space
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Stay and Play: Investigating Materials and their Impact

Final Fit Out: 
 Working with staff and parents to create a pedagogical  environment

Garden Design Workshop Plan​


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Setting Up Childcare

Getting started

Financing setting up your childcare setting

Registering with OFSTED
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Deciding your educational approach​

The role of parent directors
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Setting up the nursery as an organisation ​

Decide structure for your childcare provision

Opening your setting
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Finding parent directors
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 Recruiting your nursery manager
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​Recruiting families to the nursery
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Getting established

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Further Reading

Read the GLA's connective social infrastructure report
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Read Coram Family and Childcare's Childcare Survey 2021

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Read the NDNA 2018/19 Workforce Survey for England

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Read The Sutton Trust's COVID-199 Impacts: Early Years report
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Read the Royal Foundation's State of the Nation report
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Read Peabody's Solving London's Childcare Challenge report
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Read the IER's Childcare Workers' Pay press release​
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Read Coram's detailed review of setting up Friendly Families Nursery​

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Read the Nuffield Foundation's The Changing Face of Early Childhood in the UK report

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Read the GLA's London Family Fund 2021 Evaluation
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Read Save the Children's Childcare press release
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Find out more about registering with OFSTED and their  guidance for new provisions.

​Talk to us about your co-produced childcare  project by emailing [email protected]

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