Provider Reference Group

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Terms of reference
Meeting minutes
Sector communications

The Provider Reference Group is a volunteer group of providers representing different types of provision in Cambridgeshire. They meet four to six times a year, usually online, and work in partnership with the Cambridgeshire County Council Early Years, Childcare, and School Readiness Service to:

Inform, comment on, and review changes to any funding formula for early years education.
Advise and contribute to any consultation process to ensure engagement with all stakeholders.
Contribute to the development of guidance on other funding issues related to early years education.
Advise and support the council on the sufficiency of early years and childcare places across the county.
Support the increase in the take-up of early years funded places.

A provider usually chairs the group meetings. The current chair is Alison Bishop, Head of Nursery and Fun Pack at Babraham Nursery, and the Vice-chair is Deborah Parfitt, manager at Shelford Day Nursery.

Membership	Number	Member name(s)
Private, Voluntary and Independent (PVI)
Preschools.	2	Charlie Baxter, Manager, Stretton Preschool. Caroline Allanson, Manager, Eaton Socon Preschool.
Day nurseries.	2	Alison Bishop, Babraham Nursery (Chair). Deb Parfitt, Shelford Day Nursery (Vice-Chair).
Childminders (representative).	1	Caroline Maryon (Coram PACEY).
Independent school.	1	Vacancy.
Voluntary sector.	1	Hayley White, Children Services Manager for Early Years Alliance settings in Cambridgeshire and Luton.
Other.	1	Vacancy – The group have agreed they would like this vacancy to represent a national chain.
Maintained
Nursery school.	1	Karen Scott, Head of Histon Early Years Centre, Maintained Nursery School and Childcare.
Nursery class.	1	Kate Spencer-Allen, Assistant Head at St Matthews Primary School.

Member name	Job role
Annette Brooker.	Head of Service, Early Years, Childcare, and School Readiness Service.
Jenn Barker.	Senior Adviser, Quality Improvement.
Chris Barton.	Senior Adviser Access and Inclusion.
Mitchell Clark.	Finance Business Partner.
Sharon Griffiths.	Early Years Business Governance Adviser.
Lesley Hart.	Early Years Funding Co-Ordinator.
Gemma Hope.	Senior Adviser Safeguarding, Sustainability and Wraparound.
Martin Wade.	Strategic Finance Manager.