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Unemployed parents are being offered help to look for work with a new £11m scheme to assist with childcare costs. | Unemployed parents are being offered help to look for work with a new £11m scheme to assist with childcare costs. |
Parents will be offered up to 25 hours of childcare for eight weeks, with the option to apply for longer-term help. | Parents will be offered up to 25 hours of childcare for eight weeks, with the option to apply for longer-term help. |
Communities Minister Lesley Griffiths said the cost of childcare had been identified as the "biggest barrier" stopping many parents taking up jobs. | Communities Minister Lesley Griffiths said the cost of childcare had been identified as the "biggest barrier" stopping many parents taking up jobs. |
Chwarae Teg, a charity which supports women in work, welcomed the programme as "a step in the right direction". | |
The scheme initially aims to help 6,400 parents across Wales over the age of 25 take up jobs or training over the next three years. | |
Support will be extended to parents aged 16 to 24 later in the year. | Support will be extended to parents aged 16 to 24 later in the year. |
Chwarae Teg chief executive Joy Kent told BBC Radio Wales: "Any help in this area is welcome. | |
"Affordable, accessible childcare on a long term basis is really, really crucial to our economy. | |
"We invest in people's training and development and as soon as childcare comes into the frame we lose all those skills for the economy." |
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