#freechildcare — Public Fediverse posts

We've given away $63.8 billion in gas export windfalls since 2022 while families struggle with childcare & uni fees.
A simple 25% LNG export tax could've funded free university/TAFE OR free childcare for years.

#GasTaxNow #FreeChildcare #FreeUni #AustraliaInstitute

https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/free-childcare-free-university-the-simple-sensible-policy-which-would-have-raised-63-8-billion-in-under-four-years/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@palin/115685679449684891

#USAID #medicare #FreeFoodAtSchool #FreeChildcare #DepartmentOfEducation #Science #religion #USPol #TrumpRegime #auspol

In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/in-a-u-s-first-new-mexico-opens-doors-to-free-child-care-for-all-2dfdea96

#HackerNews #FreeChildCare #NewMexico #ChildCareAccess #EducationForAll #USNews #FamilySupport

《Raising the minimum wage, hiking taxes on corporations and wealthy Americans, cracking down on delivery apps, as well as investing in affordable housing and creating city-owned grocery stores.》

Sounds nice. #TaxTheRich #NYC #MinimumWage #LocalGroceryStores #FreeChildcare #RentControl

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/nyc-dem-socialist-zohran-mamdani-wins-primary-election-what-his-economic-agenda

Many more reasons to say YES!

Get your tix at https://dddmelbourne.com/tickets
#DDDMelbourne #FreeChildCare #YES #taylorswifttraviskelce

I'm attending.

Gorge #FloodAdaptation for Sea Level Rise #CommunityWorkshop By City of Victoria
Have your say on the future of the #GorgeWaterway and #PortageInlet.

Thursday, September 25 · 2 - 4pm PDT.
Doors at 1:45pm.
Esquimalt Gorge Park & Pavilion
1070 Tillicum Rd.

Join us at this workshop to learn more about sea level rise in the Gorge and Portage Inlet and to share your knowledge, experience and values to help guide #SeaLevelRise planning for the area. A presentation will be followed by a #facilitated discussion that will help inform adaptation options to address sea level rise.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

Introduction to the Gorge Coastal #Flood Adaptation Strategy.
Sea level rise projections, including areas, #ecosystems and #infrastructure at risk in the Gorge
Possible #coastal adaptation approaches
Examples of coastal resilience initiatives along the Gorge
Activities to explore values informing future coastal planning

The feedback we receive will inform the Gorge Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy, a collaboration between by the Township of #Esquimalt , the District of #Saanich , the City of #VictoriaBC and the Town of #ViewRoyal with support from the #CapitalRegionalDistrict.

Refreshments will be provided.

Registration is required. If we reach capacity for the event, we will take a waitlist and may add an additional event.

For other ways to provide input, please complete the online survey and identify places that are important to you or where you have experienced flooding on our interactive map at engage.victoria.ca/gorge-flooding.

Accessibility and Parking:

#FreeChildcare will be provided on-site for the duration of the event.

#FreeParking is available at the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion, including 10 #AccessibleParking stalls and four electric vehicle chargers.

Accessible by bus routes 14 and 26 and a short walk from routes 8, 9 and 11.

A bike rack is available.

For more details on accessibility, visit this page:
https://www.esquimalt.ca/media/file/accessibility-inventory

Please contact us with any questions or requests for accessibility accommodations at [email protected].

#CommunityEngagement #CommunityEducation #CommunityPlanning #CommunityInput #YYJ #Wsanec #Songhees #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Flooding #FloodStrategies #CommunityVoices #ProvideYourFeedback #GetInvolved #CommunitySurvey

I'm attending.

Gorge #FloodAdaptation for Sea Level Rise #CommunityWorkshop By City of Victoria
Have your say on the future of the #GorgeWaterway and #PortageInlet.

Thursday, September 25 · 2 - 4pm PDT.
Doors at 1:45pm.
Esquimalt Gorge Park & Pavilion
1070 Tillicum Rd.

Join us at this workshop to learn more about sea level rise in the Gorge and Portage Inlet and to share your knowledge, experience and values to help guide #SeaLevelRise planning for the area. A presentation will be followed by a #facilitated discussion that will help inform adaptation options to address sea level rise.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

Introduction to the Gorge Coastal #Flood Adaptation Strategy.
Sea level rise projections, including areas, #ecosystems and #infrastructure at risk in the Gorge
Possible #coastal adaptation approaches
Examples of coastal resilience initiatives along the Gorge
Activities to explore values informing future coastal planning

The feedback we receive will inform the Gorge Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy, a collaboration between by the Township of #Esquimalt , the District of #Saanich , the City of #VictoriaBC and the Town of #ViewRoyal with support from the #CapitalRegionalDistrict.

Refreshments will be provided.

Registration is required. If we reach capacity for the event, we will take a waitlist and may add an additional event.

For other ways to provide input, please complete the online survey and identify places that are important to you or where you have experienced flooding on our interactive map at engage.victoria.ca/gorge-flooding.

Accessibility and Parking:

#FreeChildcare will be provided on-site for the duration of the event.

#FreeParking is available at the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion, including 10 #AccessibleParking stalls and four electric vehicle chargers.

Accessible by bus routes 14 and 26 and a short walk from routes 8, 9 and 11.

A bike rack is available.

For more details on accessibility, visit this page:
https://www.esquimalt.ca/media/file/accessibility-inventory

Please contact us with any questions or requests for accessibility accommodations at [email protected].

#CommunityEngagement #CommunityEducation #CommunityPlanning #CommunityInput #YYJ #Wsanec #Songhees #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Flooding #FloodStrategies #CommunityVoices #ProvideYourFeedback #GetInvolved #CommunitySurvey

I'm attending.

Gorge #FloodAdaptation for Sea Level Rise #CommunityWorkshop By City of Victoria
Have your say on the future of the #GorgeWaterway and #PortageInlet.

Thursday, September 25 · 2 - 4pm PDT.
Doors at 1:45pm.
Esquimalt Gorge Park & Pavilion
1070 Tillicum Rd.

Join us at this workshop to learn more about sea level rise in the Gorge and Portage Inlet and to share your knowledge, experience and values to help guide #SeaLevelRise planning for the area. A presentation will be followed by a #facilitated discussion that will help inform adaptation options to address sea level rise.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

Introduction to the Gorge Coastal #Flood Adaptation Strategy.
Sea level rise projections, including areas, #ecosystems and #infrastructure at risk in the Gorge
Possible #coastal adaptation approaches
Examples of coastal resilience initiatives along the Gorge
Activities to explore values informing future coastal planning

The feedback we receive will inform the Gorge Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy, a collaboration between by the Township of #Esquimalt , the District of #Saanich , the City of #VictoriaBC and the Town of #ViewRoyal with support from the #CapitalRegionalDistrict.

Refreshments will be provided.

Registration is required. If we reach capacity for the event, we will take a waitlist and may add an additional event.

For other ways to provide input, please complete the online survey and identify places that are important to you or where you have experienced flooding on our interactive map at engage.victoria.ca/gorge-flooding.

Accessibility and Parking:

#FreeChildcare will be provided on-site for the duration of the event.

#FreeParking is available at the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion, including 10 #AccessibleParking stalls and four electric vehicle chargers.

Accessible by bus routes 14 and 26 and a short walk from routes 8, 9 and 11.

A bike rack is available.

For more details on accessibility, visit this page:
https://www.esquimalt.ca/media/file/accessibility-inventory

Please contact us with any questions or requests for accessibility accommodations at [email protected].

#CommunityEngagement #CommunityEducation #CommunityPlanning #CommunityInput #YYJ #Wsanec #Songhees #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Flooding #FloodStrategies #CommunityVoices #ProvideYourFeedback #GetInvolved #CommunitySurvey

I'm attending.

Gorge #FloodAdaptation for Sea Level Rise #CommunityWorkshop By City of Victoria
Have your say on the future of the #GorgeWaterway and #PortageInlet.

Thursday, September 25 · 2 - 4pm PDT.
Doors at 1:45pm.
Esquimalt Gorge Park & Pavilion
1070 Tillicum Rd.

Join us at this workshop to learn more about sea level rise in the Gorge and Portage Inlet and to share your knowledge, experience and values to help guide #SeaLevelRise planning for the area. A presentation will be followed by a #facilitated discussion that will help inform adaptation options to address sea level rise.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

Introduction to the Gorge Coastal #Flood Adaptation Strategy.
Sea level rise projections, including areas, #ecosystems and #infrastructure at risk in the Gorge
Possible #coastal adaptation approaches
Examples of coastal resilience initiatives along the Gorge
Activities to explore values informing future coastal planning

The feedback we receive will inform the Gorge Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy, a collaboration between by the Township of #Esquimalt , the District of #Saanich , the City of #VictoriaBC and the Town of #ViewRoyal with support from the #CapitalRegionalDistrict.

Refreshments will be provided.

Registration is required. If we reach capacity for the event, we will take a waitlist and may add an additional event.

For other ways to provide input, please complete the online survey and identify places that are important to you or where you have experienced flooding on our interactive map at engage.victoria.ca/gorge-flooding.

Accessibility and Parking:

#FreeChildcare will be provided on-site for the duration of the event.

#FreeParking is available at the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion, including 10 #AccessibleParking stalls and four electric vehicle chargers.

Accessible by bus routes 14 and 26 and a short walk from routes 8, 9 and 11.

A bike rack is available.

For more details on accessibility, visit this page:
https://www.esquimalt.ca/media/file/accessibility-inventory

Please contact us with any questions or requests for accessibility accommodations at [email protected].

#CommunityEngagement #CommunityEducation #CommunityPlanning #CommunityInput #YYJ #Wsanec #Songhees #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Flooding #FloodStrategies #CommunityVoices #ProvideYourFeedback #GetInvolved #CommunitySurvey

I'm attending.

Gorge #FloodAdaptation for Sea Level Rise #CommunityWorkshop By City of Victoria
Have your say on the future of the #GorgeWaterway and #PortageInlet.

Thursday, September 25 · 2 - 4pm PDT.
Doors at 1:45pm.
Esquimalt Gorge Park & Pavilion
1070 Tillicum Rd.

Join us at this workshop to learn more about sea level rise in the Gorge and Portage Inlet and to share your knowledge, experience and values to help guide #SeaLevelRise planning for the area. A presentation will be followed by a #facilitated discussion that will help inform adaptation options to address sea level rise.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

Introduction to the Gorge Coastal #Flood Adaptation Strategy.
Sea level rise projections, including areas, #ecosystems and #infrastructure at risk in the Gorge
Possible #coastal adaptation approaches
Examples of coastal resilience initiatives along the Gorge
Activities to explore values informing future coastal planning

The feedback we receive will inform the Gorge Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy, a collaboration between by the Township of #Esquimalt , the District of #Saanich , the City of #VictoriaBC and the Town of #ViewRoyal with support from the #CapitalRegionalDistrict.

Refreshments will be provided.

Registration is required. If we reach capacity for the event, we will take a waitlist and may add an additional event.

For other ways to provide input, please complete the online survey and identify places that are important to you or where you have experienced flooding on our interactive map at engage.victoria.ca/gorge-flooding.

Accessibility and Parking:

#FreeChildcare will be provided on-site for the duration of the event.

#FreeParking is available at the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion, including 10 #AccessibleParking stalls and four electric vehicle chargers.

Accessible by bus routes 14 and 26 and a short walk from routes 8, 9 and 11.

A bike rack is available.

For more details on accessibility, visit this page:
https://www.esquimalt.ca/media/file/accessibility-inventory

Please contact us with any questions or requests for accessibility accommodations at [email protected].

#CommunityEngagement #CommunityEducation #CommunityPlanning #CommunityInput #YYJ #Wsanec #Songhees #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Flooding #FloodStrategies #CommunityVoices #ProvideYourFeedback #GetInvolved #CommunitySurvey

‘Pitiful’ number of childminders sign up to government grant scheme | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/childcare-startup-grant-scheme-government-b2549765.html

#Childcare
#Childminders
#Tories
#Labour
#FreeChildcare
#ChildminderStartUpGrant
#Insurance
#Ofsted
#FoodCosts
#EnergyCosts
#Stephens
#EarlyEducationAndChildcareCoalition
#LeedsUni
#ProfessionalAssociationForChildcareAndEarlyYears
#EarlyYearsAlliance

‘Pitiful’ number of childminders sign up to government grant scheme | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/childcare-startup-grant-scheme-government-b2549765.html

#Childcare
#Childminders
#Tories
#Labour
#FreeChildcare
#ChildminderStartUpGrant
#Insurance
#Ofsted
#FoodCosts
#EnergyCosts
#Stephens
#EarlyEducationAndChildcareCoalition
#LeedsUni
#ProfessionalAssociationForChildcareAndEarlyYears
#EarlyYearsAlliance

‘Pitiful’ number of childminders sign up to government grant scheme | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/childcare-startup-grant-scheme-government-b2549765.html

#Childcare
#Childminders
#Tories
#Labour
#FreeChildcare
#ChildminderStartUpGrant
#Insurance
#Ofsted
#FoodCosts
#EnergyCosts
#Stephens
#EarlyEducationAndChildcareCoalition
#LeedsUni
#ProfessionalAssociationForChildcareAndEarlyYears
#EarlyYearsAlliance

‘Pitiful’ number of childminders sign up to government grant scheme | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/childcare-startup-grant-scheme-government-b2549765.html

#Childcare
#Childminders
#Tories
#Labour
#FreeChildcare
#ChildminderStartUpGrant
#Insurance
#Ofsted
#FoodCosts
#EnergyCosts
#Stephens
#EarlyEducationAndChildcareCoalition
#LeedsUni
#ProfessionalAssociationForChildcareAndEarlyYears
#EarlyYearsAlliance

‘Pitiful’ number of childminders sign up to government grant scheme | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/childcare-startup-grant-scheme-government-b2549765.html

#Childcare
#Childminders
#Tories
#Labour
#FreeChildcare
#ChildminderStartUpGrant
#Insurance
#Ofsted
#FoodCosts
#EnergyCosts
#Stephens
#EarlyEducationAndChildcareCoalition
#LeedsUni
#ProfessionalAssociationForChildcareAndEarlyYears
#EarlyYearsAlliance

We were excited to get ‘free’ childcare for our son. Then the government said he didn’t exist | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/08/free-childcare-son-government-nursery-hours-two-year-olds

#Childcare
#FreeChildcare
#Unaffordable
#Codes
#BadlyAdministered
#PregnantThenScrewed
#Underfunding
#GovUnderfunding
#SEN
#Disabilities
#Disabled
#AdditionalSupport
#ChildWellbeing
#Education
#GettingParentsIntoWork

We were excited to get ‘free’ childcare for our son. Then the government said he didn’t exist | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/08/free-childcare-son-government-nursery-hours-two-year-olds

#Childcare
#FreeChildcare
#Unaffordable
#Codes
#BadlyAdministered
#PregnantThenScrewed
#Underfunding
#GovUnderfunding
#SEN
#Disabilities
#Disabled
#AdditionalSupport
#ChildWellbeing
#Education
#GettingParentsIntoWork

We were excited to get ‘free’ childcare for our son. Then the government said he didn’t exist | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/08/free-childcare-son-government-nursery-hours-two-year-olds

#Childcare
#FreeChildcare
#Unaffordable
#Codes
#BadlyAdministered
#PregnantThenScrewed
#Underfunding
#GovUnderfunding
#SEN
#Disabilities
#Disabled
#AdditionalSupport
#ChildWellbeing
#Education
#GettingParentsIntoWork

We were excited to get ‘free’ childcare for our son. Then the government said he didn’t exist | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/08/free-childcare-son-government-nursery-hours-two-year-olds

#Childcare
#FreeChildcare
#Unaffordable
#Codes
#BadlyAdministered
#PregnantThenScrewed
#Underfunding
#GovUnderfunding
#SEN
#Disabilities
#Disabled
#AdditionalSupport
#ChildWellbeing
#Education
#GettingParentsIntoWork

We were excited to get ‘free’ childcare for our son. Then the government said he didn’t exist | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/08/free-childcare-son-government-nursery-hours-two-year-olds

#Childcare
#FreeChildcare
#Unaffordable
#Codes
#BadlyAdministered
#PregnantThenScrewed
#Underfunding
#GovUnderfunding
#SEN
#Disabilities
#Disabled
#AdditionalSupport
#ChildWellbeing
#Education
#GettingParentsIntoWork

Jeremy Hunt’s free childcare pledge leave parents to ‘pick up tab’ as nurseries hike fees | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-hunt-free-childcare-budget-nurseries-b2508582.html

#Hunt
#FreeChildcare
#Nurseries
#ChildcareFunding
#Childcare
#IFS

#GillianKeegan says she can’t guarantee #FreeChildcare pledge will be met on time

#Education secretary says she is ‘not in control of all the bits’ needed for delivery of 15 hours of free care from April
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/04/gillian-keegan-says-she-cant-guarantee-free-childcare-pledge-will-be-met-on-time
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure

Hunt’s free childcare pledge ‘doomed to fail’ as thousands of nurseries close | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-hunt-free-childcare-policy-nurseries-b2452575.html

#Hunt
#ChildcareCrisis
#Childcare
#FreeChildcare
#Nurseries
#NurseriesClosing

Hunt’s free childcare pledge ‘doomed to fail’ as thousands of nurseries close | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-hunt-free-childcare-policy-nurseries-b2452575.html

#Hunt
#ChildcareCrisis
#Childcare
#FreeChildcare
#Nurseries
#NurseriesClosing

Hunt’s free childcare pledge ‘doomed to fail’ as thousands of nurseries close | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-hunt-free-childcare-policy-nurseries-b2452575.html

#Hunt
#ChildcareCrisis
#Childcare
#FreeChildcare
#Nurseries
#NurseriesClosing

Hunt’s free childcare pledge ‘doomed to fail’ as thousands of nurseries close | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-hunt-free-childcare-policy-nurseries-b2452575.html

#Hunt
#ChildcareCrisis
#Childcare
#FreeChildcare
#Nurseries
#NurseriesClosing

Childcare sector in crisis as more than half of workers considering leaving jobs | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/childcare-crisis-staff-leaving-sector-b2442390.html

#Childcare
#ChildcareCrisis
#NurseryStaff
#Hunt
#ToryChildcarePolicy
#FreeChildcare
#StaffingShortage

Childcare sector in crisis as more than half of workers considering leaving jobs | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/childcare-crisis-staff-leaving-sector-b2442390.html

#Childcare
#ChildcareCrisis
#NurseryStaff
#Hunt
#ToryChildcarePolicy
#FreeChildcare
#StaffingShortage

Childcare sector in crisis as more than half of workers considering leaving jobs | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/childcare-crisis-staff-leaving-sector-b2442390.html

#Childcare
#ChildcareCrisis
#NurseryStaff
#Hunt
#ToryChildcarePolicy
#FreeChildcare
#StaffingShortage

Childcare sector in crisis as more than half of workers considering leaving jobs | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/childcare-crisis-staff-leaving-sector-b2442390.html

#Childcare
#ChildcareCrisis
#NurseryStaff
#Hunt
#ToryChildcarePolicy
#FreeChildcare
#StaffingShortage

Adam Bandt is correct, #Labor is the dog whose tail is still wagged by the #LNP. #Stage3taxcuts have to go. The need for trained people in all areas should mean #FreeTAFE #FreeEd #BulkBilling #FreeChildCare #Insiders #AusPol