Childcare


To date, we have received 127 votes for this on-line survey, 69% came from serving and 31% from non- serving family members. 86% of voters were married and came from across the rank structure and age range. Two thirds of respondents lived in SFA, while a further 21% lived in their own homes.


The responses we received were consistent with the evidence we gathered in 2010. The main worry for parents remains the cost and availability of childcare,


while the lack of choice for those posted to various locations around the UK, often at the behest of the RAF, causes frustration for many.


Comments, included within the completed surveys, indicate that parents are constantly battling to access suitable, affordable childcare when they are posted and that many often face problems locating a childcare facility which offers appropriate start/finish times to match the shift patterns being worked on the Unit.


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