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Home Community Residents Parents in Congleton Help with Childcare Costs

In Congleton the main referral point for Childcare services is Cheshire East Council.

You can get help paying for childcare (approved childcare) if it’s provided by:

  • registered childminder, play scheme, nursery or club
  • childminder with an Ofsted-registered childminding agency
  • registered school
  • home careworker working for a registered home care agency

Benefits and Tax Credits


 

Benefits and Tax Credits

Help with childcare costs is available for parents of children under 18. Some of the benefits are for people on some sort of income support, and some are for parents not entitled to any other benefit. You might be able to apply for one of the following:

Tax-free Childcare

Most working parents who are not on any benefits are entitled to an allowance from the government called ‘tax-free childcare’.  You can get this if you are at work, on sick or annual leave, or on parental or adoption leave.

Many employers do not know much about this benefit, but you can find out about it and ensure you receive it to help with childcare costs. You can get up to £2000 a year to help with childcare (£4000 for a disabled child).