Early Entitlement
The Early Entitlement Group has been developed from the Early Years & Childcare Development Partnership. It’s aims are to develop support and services for children aged 0 to 10 years. They meet about 6 times a year and feed directly into CYPSP on issues impacting upon children and their families, in Denbighshire.
The Early Entitlement Group are developing a strategy and action plan that will cover a range of issues concerning young children, parents and families, including pre school childcare, early years education, out of school hours care and providing information on all these aspects to parents, carers and families. The Group also have responsibility for ensuring The Flying Start initiative is delivered in the specified wards of West & South West Rhyl and Upper Denbigh, the development of the Children’s Information Service and overseeing the development of the Childcare Sufficiency Audit by the Childcare Development Officer. The group also receives updates on the development of the Integrated Children’s Centres (Oak Tree in Rhyl and the Margaret Morris Centre in Upper Denbigh).
Our current membership is:
| Early Entitlement Group |
CHAIR | DCC, Education, Senior Education Officer - Foundation Phase |
VICE CHAIR | Coordinator Oak Tree Centre, ICC Rhyl |
| Liz Fletcher | C&D NHS Trust |
| Rachel Shaw | C&D NHS Trust |
| Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales rep | |
| Barbara Bell | NCH |
| Carys Gwyn | Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin |
| Debbie Read | NCMA |
| Wendy Carter | Wales Play Providers Association |
| Denise Jones | Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids Club Wales |
| Falmai Evans | DCC, Children's Information Service Manager |
| Frances Taylor | Flying Start Coordinator |
| Charlotte Pearson | DCC Social Services, Commissioning and Planning |
| TBA | Primary Schools Representative |
| TBA | Leisure Schools Representative |
| Catrin Tomos | Childcare Development Officer |
| Suzanne Bradley | DVSC Partnership Liaison Officer |
| Shirley Down | C&D NHS Trust/ Speech & Language Therapist |
| Meira Owen | Denbighshire Homestart |
| Maureen Williams | Church in Wales |
| Ann Watson | PSS Tegan |
| Yvonne Poole | Margaret Morris Centre, Denbigh |


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