Glasgow City Council agreed on 12 September to embark on the 10ma year strategy to provide some of the most comprehensive communitychildcare in the UK.
Five pilot employability schemes reforming the council's admissions andcharging system for nursery places will launch in November. The reformswill mean that no parent pays more than 2 per hour for a councilnursery place, and many will pay less.
Milestones in the strategy include all parents being able to access'buggy-walking distance' childcare from 8am to 6pm, 52 weeks a year,within the next five years. Pledges also include out-of school care forhalf of all eligible parents of five- to 14-year-olds by 2009 and theextension of free education for three- and four-year-olds to 15 hoursper week by 2011.
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