Useful contacts

Call rates may vary – check with your telephone provider for their charges.

To find out about local childcare

• Family Information Service (Great Britain)
  Tel: 0800 234 6346
  www.childcarelink.gov.uk
• Scottish Childcare
  www.scottishchildcare.gov.uk
• Northern Ireland Childminding Association
  Tel: 028 9181 1015
  www.nicma.org
• Employers for Childcare
  Tel: 0800 028 3008
  www.employersforchildcare.org

Help with childcare costs if you are a student

• Student support or welfare officer at your college
• Family Information Service (Great Britain)
  Tel: 0800 234 6346
  www.childcarelink.gov.uk
• Department for Employment and Learning (Northern Ireland)
  Tel: 028 9025 7777
  www.delni.gov.uk
• Your local education authority (Great Britain)
  See phone book
• Your local education and library board (Northern Ireland)
  See phone book
  www.delni.gov.uk
• Student Finance England
  Tel: 0845 300 50 90
  www.direct.gov.uk
• Student Awards Agency for Scotland
  Tel: 0845 111 1711
  www.student-support-saas.gov.uk
• Student Finance Wales
  Tel: 0845 602 8845
  www.studentfinancewales.co.uk
• Student Finance NI
  Tel: 0845 600 0662
  www.studentfinanceni.co.uk
• Learn Direct (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
  Tel: 0800 101 901
  www.learndirect.co.uk
  www.learndirect.co.uk/northernireland
• Learn Direct Scotland
  Tel: 0808 100 9000
  www.learndirectscotland.com
• Care to Learn scheme (England)
  Tel: 0800 121 8989
  www.direct.gov.uk/caretolearn

For advice about help with childcare costs and your study options

• Careers Advice Service (England)
  Tel: 0800 100 900
  www.careersadvice.direct.gov.uk
• Careers Wales
  Tel: 0800 101 901
  www.careerswales.com
• Careers Scotland
  Tel: 0845 8502 502
  www.careers-scotland.org.uk
• Careers Service NI (Northern Ireland)
  Tel: 028 9044 1781
  www.careerserviceni.com

Working tax credit

• See HM Revenue & Customs free booklet WTC5 "Help with the costs of childcare"
  HM Revenue & Customs
  Tel: 0845 300 3900
  www.hmrc.gov.uk/leaflets/wtc5-stubb.htm

Becoming a childminder

• National Childcare Recruitment (Great Britain)
  Tel: 0800 996 600
  www.childcarecareers.gov.uk
• Health and Social Services Trust (Northern Ireland)
  Early Years Team
  See phone book
• Northern Ireland Childminding Association
  Tel: 028 9181 1015
  www.nicma.org

Registering a new business

• HM Revenue & Customs
  Tel: 0845 915 4515
  www.hmrc.gov.uk/startingup/index.htm

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