National Child Care Service
Child Care or Caring About Children?
Author / Creator: Marion Macleod
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
Scotland has a system of support for children in their early years which is a patchwork of initiatives, fixes, legacy services and omissions. What we do not have is a single, well thought- through integrated service. This is what Scotland’s children need.
An Equal Start: A plan for equality in early learning and care in Scotland
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: January 2016
This report is a plan for delivering change through a National Childcare Service in public provision, as a replacement for the fragmented, haphazard and unequal nature of the childcare sector at present. The report provides a comprehensive, costed strategy for achieving this transformation.