Holiday Clubs That Accept Childcare Vouchers Near Me

If you’re staring at the school holiday dates thinking “I need childcare… but I also need it to be affordable, and near me”, you’re not alone.

Lots of parents are searching things like:

• “where can I use childcare vouchers near me”
• “holiday clubs that accept childcare vouchers near me”
• “who accepts childcare vouchers near me”

The good news: if you’re still in the Childcare Voucher scheme, you can usually use your vouchers to pay (in full or part) for approved holiday clubs – including FunTech’s Ofsted-registered tech and coding camps (and all virtual / online options).

This guide will show you:

• How childcare vouchers work now
• Where FunTech fits in (and which locations accept vouchers)
• A course-by-course look at FunTech’s summer camps

1. Quick refresher: how childcare vouchers work now

A few key points, because the system has changed:

• The Childcare Voucher scheme is closed to new applicants – it shut to new joiners on 4 October 2018. 
• If you joined before that date and stayed with the same employer (and they kept running the scheme), you can usually keep getting vouchers. 
• Vouchers can be used for “approved childcare” – that includes nurseries, childminders, and holiday clubs/play schemes that are registered with the appropriate body (e.g. Ofsted in England).

So, if you’re wondering “who accepts childcare vouchers near me?”, the answer is:

Any approved childcare provider that chooses to accept them, as we do, from nurseries and after-school clubs to holiday camps and tech camps.

2. Where can I use childcare vouchers near me?

Because “near me” depends on your postcode, there isn’t one master list. But you can find holiday clubs that accept childcare vouchers in your area. For example, you can use them at FunTech if you are near to any of the following locations:

• Barbican
• Hammersmith
• Northwood
• Reading
• Richmond
• Tonbridge
• Westminster
• Wimbledon

3. FunTech: tech-based holiday clubs that accept childcare vouchers

If your child is more into Minecraft, Roblox, coding or robots than football and netball, FunTech is a strong contender for your voucher budget.

FunTech:

• Has been teaching kids tech since 1996
• Is Ofsted-registered and on The Childcare Register 
• Accepts Childcare Vouchers and Tax-Free Childcare for all holiday club locations, some of which could be near you.
• You can also use them with our Virtual Camps.

So if you’re searching “holiday clubs that accept childcare vouchers near me” and you’re anywhere near London or the South East (or happy with online camps), FunTech is very much “near you”.

FunTech locations that accept childcare vouchers

All FunTech holiday camps can be paid for with childcare vouchers or Tax-Free Childcare.

London & nearby:

• Barbican
• Hammersmith
• Northwood
• Richmond
• Westminster
• Wimbledon

Elsewhere:

• Reading
• Tonbridge  

4. How to use childcare vouchers for FunTech holiday clubs

FunTech keeps it very straightforward:

Step 1 – Book your camp

• Choose your camp and book online.
• Pay using your credit or debit card to secure the place and any sale discounts. 

Step 2 – Send your childcare voucher payment

• Contact your childcare voucher provider.
• Use the FunTech reference number for your chosen virtual course or location (Barbican, Hammersmith, Northwood, Reading, Richmond, Tonbridge, Westminster, Wimbledon) – these are all listed on the FunTech Childcare Vouchers page.
• Ask them to pay FunTech directly.

Step 3 – FunTech reimburses your card

As soon as FunTech receives the funds from your provider, they reimburse that amount to the card you originally used to book (one reimbursement per booking). 

Result: you get a high-quality tech holiday club that also works as childcare you can pay for with vouchers.

5. FunTech holiday clubs that accept childcare vouchers – course guide

All the virtual, in-person and residential camps below can be booked at locations all that accept Childcare Vouchers and Tax-Free Childcare. 

The holiday clubs we run include:

• LEGO Robotics Coder (ages 7–10)
• Minecraft Mod Developer (ages 7–10)
• Roblox Game Designer (ages 7–10)
• Minecraft Redstone Engineer (ages 9–12)
• 3D Game Design Developer (ages 10–14)
• Python Coder (ages 10–16)
• LEGO Robotics Robot Wars (ages 11–14)
• Roblox Lua Coder (ages 11–16)
• Unity Game Coder (ages 11–16)
• Python OOP (ages 11–16)
• A.I. Machine Learning (ages 12–16)
• Hackathon Cyber Security (ages 12–16)

6. Next steps – turning childcare vouchers into something exciting

If you’ve been typing “holiday clubs that accept childcare vouchers near me” and getting nowhere, here’s a simple plan:

1. Use GOV.UK and your council’s site to see what’s available locally. 
2. Check with your voucher provider who’s registered in your area. 
3. Add FunTech to your shortlist if your child loves tech – every camp accepts Childcare Vouchers and Tax-Free Childcare.

And if you’re still not sure which camp is the best fit, FunTech’s team are happy to talk through your child’s age, interests and your childcare voucher options. Contact us now.