In 2024, Scottish Government committed funding for ‘The Programme for Scotland’s Childminding Future’ (PSCF), a three-year national childminder retention and recruitment programme. Delivered by the Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA), the PSCF aims to grow the childminding workforce and bring about positive change for families, communities and childminding through the creation of much-needed childminding spaces around Scotland to support parental employment and contribute to child poverty reduction. The childminder recruitment model, will now expand to a total of 27 local authority areas in Scotland in year two (increasing from 17 at launch), with the support of a further £1.6m funding from the Scottish Government.