Setting up Childcare Provision

Becoming a Childminder                                                                 

For information on becoming a Childminder

• NCMA - Becoming a childminder in Wales (PDF)/ Welsh copy
• Becoming a Childminder fact sheet (PDF)

Becoming a Playworker

For information on becoming a Playworker visit:

• Playwork Wales

Setting up a day nursery or creche

For information on setting up full day care:

• NDNA - Starting a Day Nursery fact sheet (PDF)

Setting up a playgroup or Cylch Meithrin

For information on setting up sessional day care:               

Wales Pre-school Playgroups Association

Tel: 029 2045 1242

Website: http://www.walesppa.org/

or to set up a Cylch Meithrin (Welsh playgroup) contact:

Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin

Tel: 029 2048 5510

Website: http://www.mym.co.uk/

Setting up an out of school club

For information on setting up an out of school club:

Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs

Bridge House, Station Road, Llanishen, Cardiff.

Tel: 029 2074 1000

E-mail: info@clybiauplantcymru.org

Website: http://www.clybiauplantcymru.org/

National Minimum Standards

For copies of the National Minimum Standards for all childcare settings, visit the CSSIW Website. or call 03000 628888.

• Getting it Right Legally - Status and Structure for childcare and play organisations