Financial support for childcare

Childcare calculator, Childcare Grant, Care to Learn, tax credits, help with costs.

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  • What Tax-Free Childcare is, who can get it and how to apply.

  • Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, Learner Support.

  • Check what help you could get with childcare through Tax-Free Childcare, Free Childcare for Working Parents and free education and childcare for 2 to 4-year-olds.

  • How to find childcare, get help paying for it and what to do if your circumstances change.

  • Childcare Grants for full-time students in higher education - grants, CCG1, CCG2 forms, how to apply, eligibility

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