MULL and Iona Community Trust is working in partnership with Argyll and Bute Council to offer extended childcare at Tobermory pre-fives unit during term time and school holidays. This is part of the Scottish Government’s Early Learning and Childcare Trials which will test a variety of models around the country for delivering 1,140 hours free childcare.
The Scottish Government has committed to providing 1,140 hours of free childcare for three- to five-year-olds from 2020, and the trials will inform how this provision is rolled out.
Caroline Wood, a director of the Mull and Iona Community Trust and a former teacher, said: ‘Lack of childcare on the islands has been something that the trust has been looking to address for a number of years, and we are delighted to be the only third-sector organisation taking part in these trials.