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15 Hours A Week Free Childcare through Early Education Entitlement

Do you have a 2-year-old child?

Your child could access 15 hours a week of FREE childcare through the Early Education Entitlement. Eligible 2-year-old children will receive 15 hours of free childcare or early education for 38 weeks – a total of 570 hours per year, which you can use flexibly with one or more child-care provider.

Suitable for families either working or not working and receiving certain benefits. Some providers will allow you to stretch the hours over 52 weeks, using fewer hours per week.

To check if your child qualifies for a funded Early Education childcare place, contact us at The Springfield Project Family Hub on 0121 777 2722. Applying is easy. Simply complete a short online application form at: www.birmingham.gov.uk/earlyeducation

To check what financial help you could receive, try the online interactive quick calculator at: http://www.gov.uk/childcare-calculator

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The Springfield Project is a safe and welcoming space where people from diverse backgrounds in our community can meet and receive support.

At our School Readiness Stay and Play session last At our School Readiness Stay and Play session last week, during National Parks Week, we raised awareness of the importance of exploring and enjoying Britain’s natural environments. 🌲🌱🌴🪴

We took our families and children to our local park 🏞️, encouraging everyone to get active outdoors. Through Active Azra, families were supported to walk together and “keep their belly buttons moving” while exploring their local area.

We also promoted healthy habits by bringing along water and veg snacks for the journey, reminding families to keep snacks simple with a maximum of two snacks during longer walks, which were cucumber and Carrot sticks with Hummus.
It was a lovely opportunity for families to enjoy nature, stay active, and build positive routines around physical activity and healthy eating. 

#TheSpringfieldProject #TheSpringfieldCentre #FamilyHub #Hallgren #Sparkhill #SchoolReadiness #Startwell #suzystartwell #ActiveAzra #2snacksmax
✨ Next week we’re supporting the Child Accident Pr ✨ Next week we’re supporting the Child Accident Prevention Trust  #ChildSafetyWeek. Look out for bite-sized safety tips on the main accident risks to children. 
@capt_charity  @mini_springers  @_little.thinkers_ 
✨ Discover top tips to keep children safe: https://capt.org.uk/resources/parents-pack/ 

👉 Child Safety Week 2026:  https://capt.org.uk/child-safety-week/ 

👉 Free downloadable resources: https://capt.org.uk/resource-centre/ 

👉 Parent’s pack: https://capt.org.uk/resources/parents-pack/

#TheSpringfieldProject #TheSpringfieldCentre #FamilyHub #Hallgreen #Sparkhill #ChildSafetyWeek
✨ Our Easter Playscheme Highlights ✨ What an amaz ✨ Our Easter Playscheme Highlights ✨

What an amazing time we had — our Easter playscheme was a huge success! 🎉

The children loved exploring the outdoors, getting creative in our activity sessions, and powering up the smoothie bike 🚲🍓 We also had some great conversations about healthy eating and the importance of staying active.

Most importantly, it was wonderful to see so many new friendships blossom along the way 💛

Thank you to everyone who made it so special — we can’t wait for the next one! ✨

👉 Follow us to see what we’re up to next !

#TheSpringfieldProject #TheSpringfieldCentre #ChildFriendlyNeigbourhood #ChildrensActivities #Over5s #CreativeKids #CommunityCentre
✨ Startwell Stay and Play Startwell session last M ✨ Startwell Stay and Play Startwell session last Monday ✨

🌱 Our tiny explorers, aged 10 months to 2 years, had a lovley time at Startwell Stay & Play session, where children and families jumped into a variety of #Sammy skills activities (fine and gross motor skills). 

With wonderful support from their parents, the children even practiced their culinary techniques by using safety knives to slice cucumbers—a great start to a skill we’ll keep practicing! To keep the momentum going, everyone was sent home with play dough, a recipe on how to make it and a Sammy Skills fact sheet , ensuring the hand-strengthening fun and developmental progress continue a home. 

#TheSpringfieldProject #TheSpringfieldCentre #FamilyHub #StayandPlay #Startwell
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About Us

  • Our Vision and Values
  • Safeguarding
  • Information for Professionals
  • Sounds of Play
  • Building Greener Communities
  • Policies
  • Our Impact
  • Vacancies
  • Cookie Policy

Pregnancy & Under 5s

  • Nurseries
  • Early Years
  • Seedlings
  • Breastfeeding Support
  • Family Support
  • Family Hub Parenting Programmes
  • Supporting Families in the First 1001 Days

Children Over 5

  • Child Friendly Neighbourhood
  • Holiday Playschemes
  • After School Clubs
  • Events
  • Youth Programme
  • Sparkhill – A Child’s Eye View

Adult Activities

  • English Classes
  • Place of Welcome

Support Us

  • Make a donation
  • Volunteer
  • Join Our Mailing List
  • Leave a Gift in Your Will

Registered office: The Springfield Project, Springfield Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9NY
Registered charity no. 1134977, company Reg no. 06582318
Tel: 0121 777 2722 [email protected]

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