{"id":52786,"date":"2015-01-22T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e66fc0499a600eb9f512e5375750468b"},"modified":"2015-01-22T14:08:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T14:08:00","slug":"news-story-childcare-provision-helping-parents-find-the-right-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=52786","title":{"rendered":"News story: Childcare provision: helping parents find the right information"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-education\">Department for Education (DfE)<\/a> and Innovate UK are offering funding to develop a website or app that helps parents find out about the many childcare options available quickly and easily.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"one-stop-shop-for-childcare-information\">One stop shop for childcare information<\/h3>\n<p>If you have an idea that could offer a \u2018one stop shop\u2019 solution you can apply to win a share of the \u00a3200,000 available. The solution should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>enable parents to make informed decisions about what childcare is best for their children, taking into account a wide range of factors<\/li>\n<li>be easy to use<\/li>\n<li>provide timely, accurate data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>DfE, supported by Innovate UK is using Phase 2 of the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/sbri.innovateuk.org\/\">SBRI<\/a> process to support the prototype development of selected proposed solutions. <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>the competition opens on 2 February 2015<\/li>\n<li>DfE intends to hold a briefing event for potential applicants in February<\/li>\n<li>for further information please contact Hannah Yates, Department for Education:\n<ul>\n<li>by email hannah.yates@education.gsi.gov.uk<\/li>\n<li>by phone 0161 6001662<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>if you\u2019d like to attend the briefing event please register your interest with DfE by email by 31 January <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/interact.innovateuk.org\/childcare-provision-for-parents\">Find out more about the \u2018Childcare provision for parents\u2019 competition and apply<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up to \u00a3200,000 funding is available to develop a digital &#8216;one stop shop&#8217; providing accurate information on childcare provision for parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52796,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52786\/revisions\/52796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}