DCMA provide support, information and advice to parents.

Parents often choose childminding as their preferred form of childcare, because it is the closest experience their child can have to being in their own home.

A Childminder can offer individual attention, continuity of care and carer, flexibility of arrangements and often proximity to your home or workplace.

Childminders are able to care for all ages.

A well-chosen Childminder's warm and caring approach can give your child a secure and stable base, in addition to your home.

The registration of Childminders is intended to ensure that children are cared for by suitable people, in an appropriate environment and with a safe level of supervision.

Anyone who cares for children under the age of 8 years of age, for two hours or more, for reward, has to by law be registered (unless they are a close relative e.g. grandparent).