At Lamesley Childcare we understand that all children are unique and strive to continually provide quality out of school provision (breakfast clubs, after school clubs and holiday provision) that meets their individual needs.  We aim to help and support children to learn, develop and play in an inclusive environment that values diversity is safe, welcoming, positive and fun. Our policies and practices reflect this.

With twenty years of experience and our innovative and creative approach we have made childcare a valued provision within Gateshead.  We offer services to families in Gateshead and beyond. We have an experienced staff team working across five sites that pride themselves on building effective relationships with children and young people, their parents and carers. This allows the activities and programmes offered to reflect choices made by children and parents, who are instrumental in shaping our organisational practices.  We offer provision to all children (aged 3 to 15 years and extended to 16 years for disabled children).

We are an inclusive organisation that is always learning and developing and this is reflected in the qualifications held by our diverse staff team. We work in partnership with a wide range of organisations. This includes The Princes Trust, Gateshead Early Years Partnership, the Department for Education and Economic Development. We are working together to offer training and employment opportunities for young people (18 to 25 years) within our clubs through government initiatives such as the Future Jobs Fund and Creating Jobs In The Real Economy. Joint working with the Princes Trust has seen us establish new initiatives such as the Get into Playwork and Get into Childcare programmes. We are currently working with the Department for Education to establish a reflective quality assurance package for out of school providers, this is to be piloted in 2012.  We have recognised the need for a network for childcare providers and we are working with other provisions in the borough to establish a network that can collectively access support with external funding, resources and training.

We have recently opened a new club at White Mere Community Primary School and are always willing to build new relationships with other local schools that are looking to offer out of school provision on their premises.

We welcome the opportunity to work with any new families and operate an open door policy. This means that we encourage potential new parents to visit, at any time, at any of the clubs, to see them in operation and have an opportunity to talk to the staff and children about what services we offer, or just for a friendly informative chat. Our contact details for all of the clubs are listed in the section: Services. Alternatively, you can contact Nora Baldwin, Co-ordinator or Jacquie Toye, Deputy Co-ordinator by telephone to discuss your requirements on 0191 4822084

 The programme for the Half Term Holiday can be downloaded here