On 13 March 2018, the deadline for joining employer childcare voucher schemes was extended by the Government to October 2018. Consequently, the original deadline of 5 April has been extended by six months.
You therefore have longer to decide how to fund your childcare voucher needs. You can now:
- join or remain in the employer scheme run by the University of Sussex, administered by Sodexo, or
- once your youngest child becomes eligible, join the government-run tax free childcare voucher scheme, which was launched in April 2017
Please note that, should you wish to join the University-run scheme, you must do this by 31 August 2018 at the latest for your first electronic vouchers (£5 per month minimum) to be received by September 2018’s pay day.
This deadline is dictated by Government rules that first vouchers for new joiners to employer schemes must be received by October 2018. We interpret this date to mean by 5 October 2018, as this is an exact six-month extension of the original Government ruling.
- Read Government advice about help with childcare costs
- Further information about both schemes can be found in the Childcare Voucher Scheme Guidelines.