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Championing childcare for over 25 years

For over 25 years, Daycare Trust has been championing childcare - campaigning for quality, accessible, affordable childcare for all.  We do this because children are our future.

Just one generation ago, parents got only a few weeks of maternity leave, flexible working was rare, and early years education was for the privileged few.  Many women in particular found it impossible to balance the desire for a career with family life due to the lack of a basic childcare infrastructure.

Since then there has been a complete transformation.  In the last ten years in particular, we’ve seen a huge expansion of childcare places, free places for three- and four-year-olds, and a range of options that would have been almost unthinkable in 1986.

But there is still a long way to go. Parents in the UK contribute more towards the cost of childcare than in any other OECD country, and lack of childcare remains a barrier to work for many parents, particularly women. 

Daycare Trust was founded by a group of people who believed in the cause of affordable childcare and early years education for all.

We bring the voice of parents to the heart of the childcare debate.

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