Financial support

Childminders are self-employed and are responsible for setting their own fees. Government funded financial support is available. You may be entitled to:

• Disadvantaged Entitlement
  Up to 15 hours of childcare for the most vulnerable children due to parents income or additional needs

• Universal Entitlement
  All children aged three and four are automatically entitled to 15 hours of what the government call ‘free childcare’

• Working Parent Entitlement
  Children aged 9 months and over of eligible working parents will be entitled to up to 30 hours a week of what the government call ‘free childcare’ buy September 2025. (for children aged three and four, this includes the universal entitlement hours)

• Tax Free Childcare (up to 11 year olds)

• Tax Credits (up to 15 year olds)

• Universal Credit (up to 16 year olds)

• Care to Learn (for teenage parents)

To find what may be available to you visit Childcare Choices*

*Childcare Choices cover information for England but also provides access to similar schemes in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.