Early Years Providers Business Planning and Support
Introduction
How can this page help you?
These pages are designed to bring together all the information that is available to support you with business planning.
Here you will find a combination of resources including FREE online workshops, links to business planning tools, resources to help you review cash flow, marketing posters and many other useful tools and information.
In light of the current pandemic, we have included a section on COVID-19 Government Guidance and the Department for Education sufficiency data capture.
Training and E-learning
In this section:
- Hempsall's Training Package
- MBK E-learning 30 Hours Business Planning Course
Free Business Planning Tools
In this section:
- PACEY
- Early Years Business Zone
- Early Years Alliance
- EnterprisingYou
Advice and Support
In this section:
- Bolton Business Support
- Enterprising you
- The Business Growth Hub
COVID-19 Government Guidance
In this section:
- Find Coronavirus financial support for your business
- Recovery Loan Scheme
- HMRC helpline and webinars
Marketing and Resources
In this section:
- My Life in Bolton
- Self Update Portal
- Marketing material
- Downloadable resources
Useful Information
Bolton Council provides a range of services to support the Early Years and Childcare sector, including:
Bolton Start Well
Information, advice, professional development and support for those working in the Early Years Foundation Stage in Bolton.
Email:StartWell@bolton.gov.uk
Telephone:01204 338149
Families Information Service
Information on early education and services for children, young people and families in Bolton.
Email: families@bolton.gov.uk
Telephone: 01204 332170
Business Bolton
Bolton's One Stop Shop for supporting individuals and businesses to acheive economic prosperity in Bolton.
Email: businessbolton@bolton.gov.uk
Telephone: 01204 336222
Learning and Development Team (Children's)
Comprehensive, high quality training courses to suit the mandatory and essential training requirements of the children’s workforce.
Email: wpd@bolton.gov.uk
Telephone: 01204 333333
Bolton Council Schools Finance Team
The Finance team supports early years providers with early years funding payments, processes and enquiries through:
- Financial aministration of the 15 hour entitlement for eligible two year olds, three and four year olds (the “Universal Entitlement”) and the 30 hours entitlement for working parents of three and four year olds (the “Extended Entitlement”).
- Financial administration of the Early Years Pupil Premium, Early Years Inclusion Fund and Disability Access Funding payments.
- Operational support of the Early Years headcount portal, including initial headcount and amendment task processes.
- Pupil data enquiries.
- Guidance with regards to parental funding enquiries.
- Application of the Local Authority budgetary requirements and statutory monitoring of the total Early Years Block funding.
- Finance element of early education and childcare statutory guidance for local authorities, including determination of funding rates.
- Servicing of Schools Forum, including the Early Years Sub Group.
Email: earlyyearsfinance@bolton.gov.uk
Telephone: 01204 337169
Other useful information
The Department for Education has developed a range of funding streams which enable children to access high quality childcare provisions. Details of these funded entitlements are also listed in the Funding section of the Bolton Start Well website.
Please click here for direct access.