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Help with childcare costs
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🌟 Help with Childcare Costs at FUNDA 🌟

We understand the importance of making childcare affordable! At FUNDA, we accept multiple payment options to help make things easier. Here’s how you can pay:

✅ Accepted Payment Methods

  • Tax-Free Childcare (TFC)

  • Childcare Vouchers (through your employer)

  • Debit/Credit Card

  • KLARNA

  • Child Care Grant (CCGPS) for students

🎉 Programs We Support

  • Holiday Activities and Food Program (HAF)

  • Breaktime: Short break activities for children with special educational needs or disabilities, funded by your local authority (eligibility codes required at booking).

  • Children in Care (Looked After Children - LAC)

📝 Note: For LAC bookings, please contact us directly to arrange your child’s place by emailing us at [email protected] or calling 01282 525 200.


💡 Support Options for Childcare Costs

Here are some government programs and resources that can help cover your childcare expenses.


1️⃣ Tax-Free Childcare

💸 Get up to £500 every 3 months (or up to £2,000 a year) per child! If your child has a disability, you can receive up to £1,000 every 3 months (or £4,000 a year).

  • How it Works: Set up an online account, and for every £8 you deposit, the government adds £2.

  • Setting Up FUNDA: When paying, set FUNDA as your childcare provider with the postcode BB12 0AN. We appear as: FUNDA Sports, Physical Activity Holiday Camps & Childcare.

Eligibility:

  • Employment status

  • Income level (for you and your partner)

  • Child’s age and circumstances

  • Immigration status

👉 Click the button below for the link to more information and to create your GOV account;


2️⃣ Childcare Grant Payment Service (CCGPS) for Students

🎓 Part of Student Finance — This grant helps cover childcare costs while you study.

  • How to Apply:

    1. Apply online through your main student finance application.

    2. Provide requested evidence. you’ll be told what evidence you need to provide when you apply.

    3. Create an online CCGPS account. You’ll get an email telling you how to set one up. Your grant will be paid into this account.

    4. Link FUNDA as your childcare provider using the postcode BB12 0AN. We will appear as; FUNDA Sports, Physical Activity Holiday Camps & Childcare

⚠️ Reminder: Re-link FUNDA as your provider each academic year (usually September) or the start of the new course. to keep payments active.

👉Click the button below for the link to more information and steps to apply;


3️⃣ Universal Credit Reimbursement

💰 Claim back up to 85% of childcare costs if eligible under Universal Credit.

  • Booking & Payment: Pay for childcare upfront, and Universal Credit will reimburse costs (typically a month later).

  • Need Support? FUNDA can provide documentation for your claim. Email us at [email protected] with the period for which you need evidence.

👉 Click the button below for a link to more information;


4️⃣ Childcare Voucher Employers Scheme at FUNDA 💼

At FUNDA, we support multiple childcare voucher providers to help ease payment processes for your child’s activities and care. Below, you’ll find the specific details needed to make payments with each provider.


Provider Details:

  • Busy Bees/Bravo
    FUNDA Sports, Physical Activity Holiday Camps & Childcare

  • Care-4
    Fundamental Coaching Ltd - RP529811

  • Childcare Grant Service
    CCG2382798

  • Co-operative Employee Benefits
    Fundamental Coaching Ltd - 85105258

  • Computershare
    FUNDA - SPORTS EDUCATION AND CREATIVE PLAY - BB12 0AN

  • Edenred
    P20764631

  • Fideliti
    BB9 5EG

  • Kiddivouchers
    Funda-Sports & Public Services - BB12 0AN

  • RG Childcare
    FUNDA - BB12 6HH

  • Sodexo
    FUNDA - SPORT, EDUCATION & CREATIVE PLAY (Carer ID: 823035)

  • Tax-Free Childcare
    Postcode: BB12 0AN

📞 Need help? If you have any issues setting up or making a payment, please contact our Head Office at 01282 525 200.


⚠️ Important Notice on Childcare Voucher Schemes

If you joined a childcare voucher scheme on or before 4 October 2018, you can continue using vouchers if you meet these conditions:

  • Wages Adjusted: You had your wages adjusted for the scheme on or before the cutoff date.

  • Same Employer: You remain with the same employer, and they continue offering the scheme.

  • Career Break: You do not take an unpaid break longer than one year.

💵 Weekly Allowance: You can receive up to £55 per week tax-free for childcare, based on income and when you joined the scheme.

If your employer changes ownership, your voucher eligibility is usually protected. Check with the new employer to confirm if you can still receive vouchers or directly contracted childcare.


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