The cartoon describes the pressures of running a nursery in the current climate and the difficulties making a profit under the Government’s current funding rates for three- and four-year-olds.
It was created by animator David Kyte on behalf of members of the private Facebook group ‘Day Nursery Owners’ who wish to remain anonymous.
The Government’s cap on what nursery businesses can charge their 'free hours' customers and the effect on some settings is explained.
The final voiceover says, ‘Stop calling it free childcare. Let the nurseries charge a fair price. Then we can do what we do best – look after your children’ and the final tagline is ‘They want champagne nurseries but they provide lemonade funding.’
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