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I'm so happy my kids are now grown up and I no longer have to pay for daycare. It's also called childcare or childminding. 
Child care, childcare, child minding or daycare is the caring for and supervision of a child or children, usually from age six weeks to age thirteen.
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Child care
Child care, childcare, child minding or daycare is the caring for and supervision of a child or children, usually from age six weeks to age thirteen. Child care is the action or skill of looking after children by a day-care center, nannies, babysitter, teachers or other providers. Child care is a broad topic covering a wide spectrum of professionals, institutions, contexts, activities, social and cultural conventions. Early child care is an equally important and often overlooked component of child development. Child care providers can be our children's first teachers, and therefore play an integral role in our systems of early childhood education.
Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years
Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) is a charity and membership organisation based in London and working in England and Wales. A standard-setting organisation, it promotes best practice and support childcare professionals to deliver high standards of care and learning. PACEY was founded, as the National Childminding Association (NCMA), in 1977 by a small group of registered childminders, local authority staff and parents. Originally the Association covered the UK, but the Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) and the Northern Ireland Childminding Association (NICMA) now support childminding in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Day care
Day care, daycare, child day care, or childcare is the care of a child during the day by a person other than the child's legal guardians, typically performed by someone outside the child's immediate family. Day care is typically an ongoing service during specific periods, such as the parents' time at work. "Day care" can also refer to daytime care for disabled or elderly people in both UK and US English, so "child day care" is often preferable at first mention. The service is known as "day care" or "childcare" in the United Kingdom, North America, and Australia and as "crèche" in Ireland and New Zealand.
Scottish Childminding Association
The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is a charity and membership organisation based in Stirling, Scotland. It provides support, training and information to childminders in Scotland. SCMA's Convenor is Hazel Moffat and its Chief Executive is Maggie Simpson. By law, childminding services in Scotland must be registered with the Care Inspectorate, the independent regulator of social care and social work services across Scotland. The Care Inspectorate regulates childminding services according to the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 and assesses their quality to make sure they meet the National Care Standards which are published by the Scottish Government.
Northern Ireland Childminding Association
The Northern Ireland Childminding Association (NICMA) is a charity and membership organisation, based in Newtownards, that represents childminding in Northern Ireland. It promotes quality home-based childcare and learning for the benefit of children, families and communities in Northern Ireland and its services include a childminding information and vacancy helpline. NICMA's chair is Barbara Wilson and its chief executive is Bridget Nodder. NICMA is currently running a pilot scheme to address the shortage of childcare places in rural areas. This is funded by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's Rural Childcare Programme.
Daycare Trust
Daycare Trust is the UK's national childcare charity, campaigning for quality, accessible, affordable childcare for all, and raising the voices of children, parents and carers. Daycare Trust advises parents and carers, providers, employers, trade unions and policymakers on childcare issues. The Family and Childcare Trust was formed from the merger of the Daycare Trust and Family and Parenting Institute in 2013. The Daycare Trust was established in 1986 and is headquartered in London. It is a registered charity and company. The concept for Daycare Trust emerged in the 1970s in the context of the growing feminist movement.
National Children's Centre
The National Children’s Centre (NCC) was established in Huddersfield in 1975 by the National Educational Research and Development Trust (NERDT). The Trust had been founded by Brian Jackson, co-author with Dennis Marsden of the groundbreaking book, Education and the Working Classes. The Trust's Honorary Vice Presidents were The RH Keith Joseph, MP and Lord Sainsbury. One of the Trustess was Dennis Healey MP. The NCC was established to be ""a Multidisciplinary Centre - deliberately based outside London - where work on improving all aspects of childhood could be pursued. Sometimes this was to be through research, sometimes through innovative action, sometimes by informing the media or by discussing progress with politicians, administrators, or members of the many professions that touch on the field.""