Early Years and Childcare
Useful Services
- Family Information Service Directory Tel: 0151 511 7375, email Haltonfis@halton.gov.uk
- Health Visiting Service offers community based support for families
- Halton Children’s Centres local community so you don’t have to travel far
Useful Resources
Pre-Schools
- This will be updated with new reports as they are received.
Nursery Schools
This will be updated with new reports as they are received.
Childminders
This will be updated with new reports as they are received.
Disability Access Fund (DAF) Early Years
The Disability Access Fund (DAF) is for early years childcare providers to support children with disabilities or special educational needs, from 1 April 2024 the amount is £910.
DAF is to support access to early years childcare provision by supporting providers in making reasonable adjustments to their settings and/or help build inclusive capacity (this may be for the child in question or to benefit children as a whole attending the setting).
Detailed information about the DAF eligibility criteria, entitlement, documentary evidence required, procedure, payment and application process can be found in the:
- UPDATED Disability Access Fund Early Years Policy
- DAF Procedure-Flowchart
- DAF Declaration Form
- Completed by the parent/carer with legal responsibility
- Submitted for payment by the provider