Childcare Support Fund: Helping Parents Access Work, Training and Childcare

12 Nov 2026

Funded by the Scottish Government and administered by GCVS, the Childcare Support Fund can cover the cost of registered childcare for up to 3 months, where childcare support will help a parent or carer to:

• Start a new job
• Increase their working hours
• Change employment
• Stay in work during a difficult period
• Access training, education or employability activity
• Attend interviews and job-search activities

The fund can support childcare for children aged from 9 months up to the end of primary school and may complement existing funded childcare entitlement, including 1,140 hours of funded early learning and childcare.

If you work with families and believe someone may benefit from the Childcare Support Fund, find the full guidance ans referral process below.

Find out more here.