Neath Port Talbot Council has welcomed today’s announcement by Welsh Government to expand its pioneering Childcare Offer to the area.
From September 2018, families in Neath Port Talbot will be among those in Wales able to claim 30 hours of Government funded early education and childcare for up to 48 weeks of the year as part of the new Childcare Offer for Wales.
The offer will be made available on a phased approach with the delivery proposed in the following electoral wards: Tai-Bach, Resolven, Baglan, Aberavon, Pontardawe, Blaengwrach, Onllwyn, Bryncoch South, Glyncorrwg, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Cymer and Lower Brynamman.
Councillor Anthony Taylor, deputy leader of Neath Port Talbot Council, said:
“I am pleased that Welsh Government have decided to expand the Childcare Offer to areas in Neath Port Talbot.
“Providing early education and childcare opportunities will help to ensure children are ready for learning when they begin full-time school. Through this offer, the Council can strengthen its commitment to give children the best start possible in life.
“In addition to this, the offer will also make a real difference in removing the cost barrier for those parents who want to return to work. I’m sure the childcare offer will be welcomed by those who qualify.”
Welsh Government Minister for Children, Older People and Social Care, Huw Irranca-Davies said:
“Our ground-breaking Childcare Offer is making a real difference to parents right across Wales, reducing the strain on family income and helping ensure childcare is not a barrier to them taking up employment or increasing their hours.
“I’m delighted to confirm the offer is being rolled out across Neath Port Talbot, as we continue the work to roll out the offer across the entire country by September 2020.”
The Childcare Offer will be eligible to parents who live within one of the selected areas, have a child who is 3 or 4 years old, and earn on average a weekly minimum equivalent of 16 hours at national minimum wage (NMW) or national living wage (NLW) or more.
If you are in a lone parent family you need to be working and if you are in a two parent family you both need to be working. If you are self-employed or on a zero hours contract you need to be able to prove this by providing the relevant documents.
Further information about eligibility and how to apply for the scheme will be made available to parents in July. Childcare providers interested in delivering the offer can contact The Childcare Offer Team for more information by emailing childcareoffer@npt.gov.uk .
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Y cyngor yn croesawu ehangu’r cynllun gofal plant yng Nghastell-nedd Port Talbot
Mae Cyngor Castell-nedd Port Talbot wedi croesawu cyhoeddiad heddiw gan Lywodraeth Cymru i ehangu’r cynnig gofal plant arloesol i’r ardal.
Bydd y cynnig yn darparu 30 awr yr wythnos o addysg gynnar a gofal plant am ddim i rieni plant 3 a 4 oed sy’n gweithio am 48 wythnos y flwyddyn. Bydd ar gael fesul cam â’r bwriad yw cyflwyno hyn yn y wardiau etholiadol canlynol gan ddechrau ym mis Medi 2018: Tai-Bach, Resolfen, Baglan, Aberafan, Pontardawe, Blaengwrach, Onllwyn, De Bryn-coch, Gogledd Bryn-coch, Glyncorrwg, Gwauncaegurwen, Gwynfi, Y Cymer a Brynaman Isaf.
Meddai’r Cynghorydd Anthony Taylor, dirprwy arweinydd Cyngor Castell-nedd Port Talbot;
“Rwy’n hapus bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi penderfynu ehangu’r cynnig gofal plant i ardaloedd yng Nghastell-nedd Port Talbot.
“Bydd darparu cyfleoedd addysg gynnar yn helpu i sicrhau bod plant yn barod am ddysgu pan fyddant yn dechrau yn yr ysgol amser llawn. Drwy’r cynnig hwn, gall y cyngor gryfhau ei ymrwymiad i roi’r dechrau gorau mewn bywyd i blant.
“Yn ogystal â hyn, bydd y cynnig yn gwneud gwahaniaeth mawr i ddileu’r costau ar gyfer y rhieni hynny sydd am ddychwelyd i’r gwaith. Rwy’n siwr bydd y cynnig gofal plant yn cael ei groesawu gan y rhai sy’n gymwys i’w dderbyn.”
Bydd y cynnig ar gael i rieni sy’n byw yn un o’r ardaloedd dynodedig, y mae ganddynt blentyn sy’n 3 neu’n 4 oed, ac sy’n ennill cyflog wythnosol cyfartalog sydd gyfwerth ag 16 awr o’r isafswm cyflog cenedlaethol neu’r cyflog byw cenedlaethol neu fwy.
Os ydych yn deulu rhiant sengl, dylech fod yn gweithio ac os ydych yn deulu dau riant, dylai’r ddau ohonoch fod yn gweithio. Os ydych yn hunangyflogedig neu ar gontract dim oriau bydd rhaid i chi allu profi hyn drwy ddarparu’r dogfennau perthnasol.
Bydd mwy o wybodaeth am gymhwysedd a sut i gyflwyno cais ar gyfer y cynllun ar gael i rieni ym mis Gorffennaf. Gall darparwyr gofal plant sydd â diddordeb mewn cyflwyno'r cynnig gysylltu â'r Tîm Cynnig Gofal Plant am fwy o wybodaeth trwy e-bostio childcareoffer@npt.gov.uk.
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