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Expanding Access to Childcare
Funding for Angus’ Wee Childcare Company
Families most at risk of living in poverty are benefitting from expanded childcare offers through projects backed by the Scottish Government’s Access to Childcare Funding.
Almost £1.5 million funding will support the seven initiatives situated in areas across Scotland over the next two years. This includes £218,360.44 of grant funding in 2025-26 for The Wee Childcare Company in Angus.
Organisations will use funding to deliver free or subsidised breakfast clubs, after-school clubs, term-time and holiday childcare, as well as specialist provision for children with complex additional support needs. The Wee Childcare Company provides after-school clubs for children and 25 days of holiday provision across four sites in Angus – Arbroath, Carnoustie and Kirriemuir, as well as Montrose – with breakfast clubs at two of these.
The expanded childcare offer is improving outcomes for children while also supporting parents and carers to enter or sustain employment.
The SNP Government has reduced the attainment gap by 60% since 2009/10, expanded early learning & childcare, & is bringing thousands of children out of poverty. Child poverty is set to fall in Scotland while it rises UK-wide under Labour, who offer only broken promises. pic.twitter.com/b5uKlIyQv8
— Graeme Dey (@GraemeDeyMSP) February 27, 2025
Since 2020, we have provided over £4.5 million through the Access to Childcare Fund to support projects delivering activities, childcare, food and family support.
CHILDREN’S MINISTER NATALIE DON-INNES
Eradicating child poverty is the Scottish Government’s defining mission, and we know what a difference access to affordable school-age childcare can make for families that need it most.
The projects receiving Access to Childcare Funding over the next two years are demonstrating the important role that school age childcare services play in supporting children’s health, wellbeing and relationships, and in enabling more parents and carers to balance caring for their children with work commitments, thereby helping increase household income.
