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Community Child Care (CCC) & Community Early Learning Australia (CELA) are peak bodies representing members across community managed, not for profit, small providers and government education and care services.
CCC and CELA have been advocating for the sector for over 30 years and have negotiated this historic deal on behalf of community and small providers. This moment is a significant milestone in recognising the valuable contribution ECEC makes to Australia.
Through our jointly-formed Education and Workplace Relations Team, we are now working to help providers and their services to understand their options and access the 15% increase as quickly as possible.
CCC and CELA have been advocating for the sector for over 30 years and have negotiated this historic deal on behalf of community and small providers. This moment is a significant milestone in recognising the valuable contribution ECEC makes to Australia.
Through our jointly-formed Education and Workplace Relations Team, we are now working to help providers and their services to understand their options and access the 15% increase as quickly as possible.
About CELA & CCC
Community Early Learning Australia (CELA)
Community Early Learning Australia™ (CELA) is the voice for Australia’s early education and care sector. As a peak body, our vision is for all of Australia’s children to have access to quality early education, regardless of economic circumstance or where they live.
CELA supports over 1,800 members employing more than 27,000 educators and teachers nationally. Our members include community-managed not-for-profit, government, and privately owned small providers, delivering preschool, long day care, outside school hours care, and family day care services.
Our Mission is to:
- deliver effective and expert support for our members, enabling them to deliver quality early education and care for all Australia’s children
- influence policy makers and government by amplifying the voices of community based and small providers
- promote the value and importance of community-based early education.
Community Child Care Association (CCC)
From a small beginning, Community Child Care (CCC) has grown significantly, and is now the peak body in Victoria for community-owned education and care, supporting long day care, outside school hours care (OSHC), kindergarten, family day care and occasional care educators, teachers, leaders, coordinators and directors. CCC’s vision and purpose are underpinned by the belief that all children deserve the best possible start in life, regardless of their circumstances. Our vision is for excellent early childhood and outside school hours education and care for all and our purpose is to lead, support and advocate for accessible high-quality opportunities for children and families.
As a trusted sector leader, CCC provides leadership and advocacy, works with governments toward improvement in the sector and supports services with membership, quality professional development and consultancies. CCC equips and supports early childhood and outside school hours care services, educators and their communities with the skills and confidence to deliver high quality inclusive education and care services.
CCC’s advocacy helps to enable and strengthen the development and retention of Victoria's community-owned education and care sector.
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