childcare
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.
Colac childcare centre closed due to Federal funding pitfalls
Colac’s newest childcare facility is ready to open its doors but is waiting on the Federal Government to fix a crippling funding pitfall in a support scheme for the sector.
Free childcare access to help Colac families
Colac and district parents will have access to free childcare from this week, thanks to the latest financial support package announced in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.