Emergency childcare provision in Aberdeen extended

Aberdeen City Council has announced it is extending its emergency childcare provision until Friday August 7.

Emergency childcare hubs were created across the city in March in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, as support for key worker families and other families in need of childcare provision.

The extension ensures families who still have emergency childcare requirements will have access to the provision up until the new school year begins the following week.

Councillor John Wheeler, Aberdeen City Council’s education operational delivery convener, said: "This is good news for families; we felt it was important to provide parents and children with continuity up until our schools re-open.

"Although many parents have now accessed alternative childcare provision outside of our emergency provision we still have a steady, albeit reduced, demand and so it makes sense to continue in order to minimise disruption to those families still requiring the provision."

A decision on the full reopening of schools form August 11 is due next week.