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Our research and advocacy focuses on making the UK a better place for families, and on holding government to account for doing all it can to remove barriers for families.
Childcare Survey and Holiday Childcare Survey
Our annual Childcare Survey and Holiday Childcare Survey are the definitive reports on childcare costs and availability in the UK.
Covid and childcare
Implications of COVID for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in England
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The 2014 Scottish Childcare Report
The Family and Childcare Trust has partnered with Children in Scotland since 2012 to publish...
The 2013 Scottish Childcare Report
In early 2012 Children in Scotland partnered with the Family and Childcare Trust to publish a...
Young Babysitters In Britain
Jill Rutter and Ben Evans
Young Babysitters in Britain is the second research paper which focuses on a particular issue...
No shortcuts: quality and the free childcare extension
This report focuses on the implications of the 30 hour offer on the quality of childcare with...
Family Matters
Suzanne Hall and Chris Perry
This report focuses on the implications of the 30 hour offer on the quality of childcare with...
Provider Influence on the Home Learning Environment: Part 1
Dr Stephen Hunt, Dr Susan Virgo, Dr Martina Klett-Davies, Anne Page, Joanna Apps
The research, funded by the then Department for Children, Schools and Families, aimed to...
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Workers at risk of losing income to manage caring responsibilities – and women bearing heaviest burden
19 September 2018
Parents and people with caring responsibilities need better support to help them to stay in...
Response to Damian Hind's speech on social mobility
31st July 2018
In response to the Secretary of State for Education, Damian Hind’s, speech on social mobility...
Family and Childcare Trust join the Coram Group to become Coram Family and Childcare
25 July 2018
Coram and the Family and Childcare Trust are pleased to announce that the Family and Childcare...
Rapid rise in Welsh holiday childcare prices leaves parents hot and bothered
18 July 2018
Holiday childcare costs have risen by four per cent in Wales since last summer, bringing the...
Plateauing holiday childcare costs remain high for working parents
18 July 2018
Holiday childcare costs have risen by one per cent in Scotland since last summer, bringing the...
Rapid rise in holiday childcare prices leaves parents hot and bothered
18 July 2018
Holiday childcare costs have risen by four per cent in Britain since last summer
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