We are a charity dedicated to supporting the early years workforce

PACEY
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About

PACEY is the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years. Formed in 1977, we are a charity dedicated to supporting everyone involved in childcare and early years to provide high quality services, information and advice to children, their families and carers. We want all children to experience high quality childcare and early education, helping them to have a bright future.

Our Vision

PACEY wants all children to experience high quality childcare and early education, helping them to have a bright future

Our Mission

We support everyone involved in childcare and early education to provide high quality services, information and advice for children, their families and carers

Our Values

Expert

Supportive

Accountable

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Our Impact

We reach nearly 100,000 children and their families ensuring their providers can give them the best start in life

With our support, our providers care for some of the most disadvantaged children in England and Wales

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Our members change the lives of children and are often the best placed to provide care and education for children with SEND / ALN

Nearly 70% of our members provide wraparound care, allowing parents the flexibility to work

PACEY have influenced policy and practice across England and Wales making a significant positive impact on those working in the sector

85% of members said that PACEY helps raise the profile of, and improves knowledge of, the role of childcare/early years professionals

Our Key Policy Asks

A universal, national funded programme of childminder pre-registration support.

Accessible post registration support to enable professional growth of childminders and mechanisms to reduce isolation and provide emotional support.

Funding systems and payments that are fair and sustainable.

A clear, consistent approach reducing barriers and enabling childminders to deliver funded high-quality childcare and early education in Wales.

Reform of the current rule that excludes non-parental relatives from providing funded childcare to related children in England.

An obligation on all local authorities to audit existing wraparound provision in their area and avoid undermining childminder provision.

Improvements to the Universal Credit system to allow for the unique working context of childminders.

A joined-up, national approach to define and clarify local planning, commercial waste and environmental health requirements for childminders to reduce the burden felt by childminders.

A long term strategy for early education and childcare that understands the unique value of childminders and puts them at the centre of addressing the unequal access that is currently leaving disadvantaged children, including those with SEND and ALN, missing out.