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Community and Voluntary Sector membership benefits and joining details
Full member benefits
By becoming a Community and Voluntary Sector member, you will enjoy a number of benefits.
Full membership benefits include:
Childcare Policy – information analysis- Access to our dedicated members' area of Daycare Trust’s website, which will include on-the-day briefings on latest developments and announcements in early years' education and childcare.
- Receive our monthly ebulletin updating you on key interest areas and topical news.
- Free downloadable copies of all Daycare Trust publications and research papers, which include our Annual Childcare Costs Survey (saving £175 per year), plus free hard copies of our publications.
Resources
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Reduced rates for Daycare Trust training service, which offer a comprehensive choice of courses.
- Access to Daycare Trust's professional Consultancy Service, which offers tailor made packages to suit your needs.
- Twice yearly free copies of Children in Europe magazine. (worth £15 per year).
- Information for parents, including our quarterly parents’ magazine, childwise, copies of our guides and information booklets including Benefits of high-quality childcare for parents, campaign materials for use locally.
- 10 per cent discount on purchases from NES Arnold who are the curriculum-led supplier of innovative educational resources for ages 0–18, which includes an early years range specifically centred around the EYFS to help meet the early year's requirements.
Influence and networking
- Free or discounted places to attend Daycare Trust policy events and seminars.
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Discounted places to attend Daycare Trust’s Annual Conference, the highlight in the childcare calendar.
Membership fees
| Community membership |
£50.00 per year This category of membership is for service providers including children’s centres, nurseries, independent Family Information Services, pre-schools, extended schools, after-school settings and union branches. |
| Voluntary sector membership |
£150.00 per year This category of membership is for nursery chains, colleges and universities, Job Centre Plus branches and unions. |
Daycare Trust Community and Voluntary Sector Membership
Application for Community and Voluntary Sector membership. Please complete the form below in full.
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