Help with Childcare costs

We know that child care costs can mount up, so we offer a childcare voucher scheme via salary sacrifice, allowing you to save money on tax and National Insurance.

Childcare vouchers were due to close to new applicants in April 2018 to be replaced by the government's tax free childcare scheme. However the government have recently announced they are extending the deadline to October.

This means that you now have more time to select the ChooseChildcare benefit. If you want to take advantage of the scheme, you need to select it before 30th August 2018, in order for the first deduction to come out of September's payroll, before the October deadline.

To sign up, log in to My Sky Rewards and select ChooseChildcare on the Benefits section.

The new Government tax free childcare scheme

Alternatively further details of the Governments tax free childcare scheme, how to register and when you may be eligible can be found in the following link www.childcarechoices.gov.uk.

The Government have created a calculator which has been designed as a guide to assist you in making your decision regarding which scheme you should choose. The link to the calculator can be found here: www.gov.uk/childcare-calculator.

Please make sure you read all the information before deciding if the new or existing childcare scheme is right for you. The childcare voucher scheme will continue to run for employees already using the scheme, however, it will close to new applications from October 2018.