Quality Start membership

Quality Start is a NCMA membership package especially for new childminders.

 

NCMA Quality Start members receive:

  • 12 months' NCMA membership - giving you support and advice in your first year
  • 12 months' NCMA public liability insurance, underwritten by Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc
  • free legal representation
  • Who Minds?, NCMA's glossy membership magazine, six times a year
  • an introduction to your local childminding group
  • access to savings through exclusive member benefit, NCMAsaver
  • a set of NCMA's business paperwork for childminders, including contracts, child record forms, an accounts book, an attendance register, an accident, incident and medication folder, plus a lockable case in which to keep your documents secure
  • a fire blanket.

 

Better still, if you are a new childminder and your local authority offers Quality Start, you will be offered these benefits free of charge!

 

As childminders register they are offered a start-up grant to help them with expenses as they start up their childminding business. Many local authorities offer childminders the opportunity to use part of their start-up grant to become an NCMA Quality Start member - giving them a year of support and advice.

 

If you're thinking of becoming registered, or are working towards registration, ask your local authority if they offer NCMA Quality Start membership or call 0845 880 0044 to find out more about Quality Start. If your local authority doesn't offer Quality Start, don't worry, you can still join NCMA as an individual member. Please note the Quality Start package is only available if provided by your local authority.

 

If you represent a local authority and want to find out how you can offer NCMA Quality Start membership to childminders in your area, call 0845 880 0044.

 

Request a callback from one of our friendly team to talk about NCMA membership.