INI is committed to removing barriers to participation in its Programmes. It strives to facilitate necessary child or other care support, as appropriate, on a case-by-case basis with the recommendation of Programme Organisers.
Assistance can take the form of :
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- Providing details of school places (via Cambridgeshire County Council’s website: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/children-and-families/schools-&-learning/apply-for-a-school-place)
- Providing details of childcare (via https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/children-and-families/childcare-and-early-learning/)
- Accessing ‘Emergency Childcare‘ agency, who can provide a personal search for care (child care or other) where participants are unable to source this themselves
- Reduction in housing cost supplements at INI housing for accompanying children and/or carers
- Funding to pay for childcare/nursery fees (where this is over and above any such fees currently being paid)
- Funding for other care assistance
- Travel funding for children and/or a partner-carer
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The above list is not exhaustive. Please do ask about other forms of assistance which could help remove barriers to individual participation.
To apply for funding, please complete this form.
All requests for financial support will be forwarded in the first instance to principal Programme Organiser for approval.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Business & Operations Manager for any advice or guidance in requesting support.
Please note :
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- INI will only pay childcare for pre-school age children; it is expected that children >4 will attend state school.
- INI will ask for verification that any childcare fees at home institutions will still need to be paid to hold nursery/childcare places open during the child’s absence.
- The funding cannot be used for private school education for school-age children.
- Applicants should not contact Emergency Childcare directly, please fill in the “Application for childcare funding” in the first instance.
- Emergency Childcare cannot be used for search for holiday clubs. It is expected the participants will source and pay for these themselves.
- INI funding cannot pay for holiday clubs if a participant is bringing (and INI is paying for) an accompanying person to look after the child, or the child is in nursery care.
- The accommodation supplement can only be paid through this funding scheme if not bringing the child(ren) would inhibit the participant from attending, or an adult/parent is accompanying the participant to provide care.
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Provision of care at INI: an interview with Professor Almut Veraart
We would strongly encourage any participant considering applying for childcare (or other care) funding to view the below interview with Almut Veraart (MES programme organiser and mother of two), in which she highlights the ease of the process and some of the key details to bear in mind.
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