Little SERC Officially Registered and Approved

Little SERC, our new creche at the College’s Newcastle Campus, has now been officially registered and approved by the Department for Health and Social Services.

This means that SERC will be ready to welcome the very youngest of ‘students’ to the College as their parents take their first steps to return to education as adult learners.

Heather McKee, Director of Strategic Planning, Quality and Support at SERC, said, “We have seen delays to the project due to the Covid-19 pandemic and are obviously delighted to reach this milestone. This new childcare provision at Little SERC allows local people to focus on their future by accessing education in the College, knowing that their young children are being looked after.

We are now taking registrations at: https://www.serc.ac.uk/myserc/creche

Students can apply for means-tested grants to help cover the cost of their childcare, but places are kept affordable for any student who may have to fund their child’s place at Little SERC.

SERC secured financial assistance of £99k from the Coastal Communities Fund organised through the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to support a crèche registered to provide professional childcare for up to 26 preschool children whilst parents are studying on the College’s Restart Education and Access courses for adults looking to gain qualifications.

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