Please Sign my petition to allow Granparents to be paid Childcare Vouchers!

Macro_3

astonsmummy wrote: »

I take that to mean they can qualify if they are caring for the child in their own home (the grandparents home)

Yes, so long as they don't care solely for children that they are related to.

astonsmummy

Macro wrote: »

Yes, so long as they don't care solely for children that they are related to.

Where does it say that?

Macro_3

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/leaflets/wtc5.pdf

Page 14

Murtle

what happened to grandparents looking after the grandchildren because they actually wanted to??

brians_daughter

The tc manual states

You will not be eligible for help from the Working Tax Credit childcare element if the childcare is provided by:
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a relative of a child caring for that child in the child’s home, even if the relative is registered or approved or

Most ppl I know who's grandparents look after grandchildren do so in their home ie grandparents home,

So grandparents would be eligible if qualified and looking after kids in grandparents home and adhering to ofsted rules/regs.

No registered childminder can look after kids in the childs home, they need to be at the registered address of the registered childminder...or insurance etc is void.

Therefore if granny is a registered childminder adhering to ofsted rules (and their insurance policies ie care in home of care giver) then i can see no issue.. as I said my local council run childminding services course tutor stated this as well. If in doubt call tc to clarify

welshmoneylover

Murtle wrote: »

what happened to grandparents looking after the grandchildren because they actually wanted to??

Well said.

I can't see this proposal working either, it's open to so much abuse.

brians_daughter

Murtle wrote: »

what happened to grandparents looking after the grandchildren because they actually wanted to??

I agree! Although i do appreciate that some grand parents may be quite young and not in a position to give up work to have the little un... but surely ppl have thought about childcare and costs etc when planning to have a baby.. or at least whilst pregnant? I know for 1 i had these issues clear in my head prior to even trying to make babies!

dolly74_2

I totally agree with your petition for grandparents to be paid child care vouchers and have signed it. As a former Nursery Nurse yet to have kids cause i can't afford it, it sickens me the ridiculous formalities government have brought it. The most recent thing i read last week was about childminders having to fill in all kind of assessments and observations. The reason people prefer child minders is because they are against all this formality and now they are leaving the profession because admin is not want they want to do, they want to look after kids. Certainly if i had a child i would want my mum to take care of him/her but i would struggle if this wasn't subsidised in some way, hence me putting it off so far.

DaisyFlower

brians_daughter wrote: »

I agree! Although i do appreciate that some grand parents may be quite young and not in a position to give up work to have the little un... but surely ppl have thought about childcare and costs etc when planning to have a baby.. or at least whilst pregnant? I know for 1 i had these issues clear in my head prior to even trying to make babies!

When we planned DS I went through finances to ensure we could afford childcare and all the other costs associated with a child. However, lots of people dont even look at this aspect and expect the state to provide the financial assistance.

Helpe with childcare costs to enable parents to work and support their families is good, whether it be via tax credits or the voucher schemes. However paying grandparents out of state funds is a step too far, wide open to abuse and the money could be far better spent elsewhere.

NASA_2

I'm not signing it - old people usually have nothing better to do anyway - why pay them for a service they can do for free?