Why childcare vouchers

Help attract and retain working parents with childcare vouchers

Want to offer flexible benefits that help to attract and retain the best employees? Then choose childcare vouchers.

With more working parents in the UK than ever before, getting the work/life balance right is increasingly important to many employees. Helping them have peace of mind about childcare can help boost morale – and cut absenteeism.

The cost of setting up and running a scheme is less than the savings your business makes.  So it really does save you money.

Your business doesn't pay National Insurance on childcare vouchers - so you can save up to £402 per year for every employee who signs up to your scheme.

Employers can:

Employees can:

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Attract and retain the best staff with a real benefit for working parents, helps retain staff returning from maternity or paternity leave
 

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Make big savings with tax-relief (about £1,000 per year) and enjoy savings on many lifestyle products and services

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Enhance their image as a caring employer

Tick Avoid paying NI on the value of vouchers
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Save up to £402 for each parent that joins the scheme

Tick Double your allowance if both parents are eligible (savings of about £2,000 per year)

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Help reduce absenteeism amongst working parents

 

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Can pay for any registered or approved childcare providers

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Electronic vouchers can be used to pay for care of children up to the age of 15*

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Improve the benefits package currently offered employees, especially with the addition of family discounts to our scheme which provides access to savings on shopping, days out, holidays and childcare

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Take advantage of useful extras including free telephone advice from the Family advice line and Childcare advice line

* - The age of 16 if they are disabled (until 1st September following their 16th birthday).

 

Join our scheme today

The childcare voucher scheme has been able to provide a positive benefit to a number of parents in out organisation.

Rachel Street
Ofsted


Did you know?


Roughly 10 million women of childbearing age - representing one third of the workforce are currently in employment. It is estimated that by 2016, 7 out of 10 new jobs will be taken by women.