Welfare services for children and young people

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Market Engagement event only in which the City of Edinburgh Council would like to invite all interested childcare providers to attend an Emerging Themes session to hear about the findings from co-production and to discuss the future requirements for subsidised childcare in Edinburgh. To this end we are keen to engage with a range of providers who would be interested in providing these services. Please refer to Briefing note for further information. The City of Edinburgh Council, through Economic Development and Communities and Families, issues funding to providers to offer subsidised childcare for working parents on low incomes in Edinburgh, supporting approximately 800 families per annum. This is designed to support parents in the areas of the city which suffer from the highest levels of unemployment, poverty and inequality of access – North Edinburgh, Wester Hailes, Craigmillar and South Edinburgh. The subsidy is applied to eligible working parents to reduce the cost of their childcare as it is recognised that the cost of childcare is one of the major barriers associated with parents moving into work.