Childminding Week 2022

• Childminders play a unique role as trusted adults throughout children’s lives (from 0-12 years), inspiring them to be the best they can be, and playing an influential role on their learning, development, confidence and wellbeing. Helping children reach their full potential - childminders are making a difference to children and families every day.  
• Quality is the measure that matters – and childminders are consistently one of the highest rated forms of childcare in Scotland.
• Childminders play a vital role in supporting the right to play, by providing fun, engaging and creative play experiences for children that enriches their overall development. 
• Wellbeing is the measure that matters - and childminders actively support the wellbeing and development of children, through and a wide variety of activities, opportunities and experiences – helping them grow, develop and thrive in line with GIRFEC outcomes and achievements. 
• Childminders create lots of valuable and meaningful experiences for children every day – and you’re never too young (or too old) to be inspired.  
• Childminders provide strong continuity of care, and they often remain a constant figure in a child’s life; helping to enhance learning, confidence and wellbeing at every milestone. 

Childminding Week is all about YOU! Hearing and sharing your inspirational stories and photos helps to showcase the true nature and value of the fantastic work you do with children every day. Children learn through life, laughter and play and Childminding Week highlights these key messages and the central role that childminders play in supporting families and children.

This is another very important year for childminding in Scotland and we’d like all of you to #CheerforChildminding, help us raise the profile of high-quality childminding. Above all, we want you and your minded children to have fun and celebrate the inspirational work you do!

Join the Childminding Week conversation and #CheerforChildminding by sharing your activities and fun ideas with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and you could WIN!

Glasgow City (for Integrated Scheme Childminders)

South Lanarkshire

Aberdeen City

Professional childminding is a very rewarding career – and childminders come from a wide range of backgrounds, many choosing to join the profession to start a new career which enables them to combine running a business with caring for their own children. Find out more and Become a Childminder. 

In addition, the Scottish Rural Childminding Partnership (SRCP) pilot project, led by SCMA, is supporting the recruitment and training of more than 100 new professional childminders in rural and remote communities within ten specific areas of Scotland, which have been identified as having an urgent need for more high-quality, flexible childcare. Read more and apply HERE.