Articles tagged: Childcare shortage
Shire’s lobby group wants childcare reform
South-west organisations are calling on all political candidates to commit to urgent reforms to address the region’s severe shortage of early learning and childcare services.
Childcare demand will come under scrutiny
A survey of Colac and district families will aim to help attract more childcare services to the region.
Group tackles childcare woes
Creating a secure childcare system at Lorne is at the forefront of a new community working group, targeting the coastal town’s childcare shortage.
Apollo Bay childcare push
Colac Otway Shire Council is pushing the State Government to put one of its promised childcare centres at Apollo Bay, a regional leader says.
No vacancies for childcare in Colac
Demand for childcare is on the rise as Colac Kindergartens and childcare centres struggle with high enrolment numbers.
Day care is a rewarding career
A Colac family day care provider has urged other people to consider working in the sector to help alleviate a childcare shortage.
Shire needs more family day care educators
Colac Otway Shire Council is offering residents the opportunity to become Family Day Care Educators to provide care and early childhood education for children in the local community.
Big hopes for kinder, childcare
A plan to make three-year-old kinder a priority and to tackle a childcare shortage has gained Surf Coast Shire Council’s approval.
Childcare scheme faces challenges
Childcare workers are working to set up a desperately needed centre in Colac, but red tape is causing major delays.
Childcare placement shortage hurting city, MP says
A Colac childcare placement shortage could see local families miss out on major Federal Government investment in the sector.
