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Calling all out of school care services please help parents and children submit their views on out of school care to the Scottish Government before the 6 December 2019.

The out of school care policy team have provided this Parent Pack for you to download and a form to submit their responses you gather, or for them to use themselves.

They can be downloaded here:

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Please remember to respond to the consultation as an OSC service too! All views are needed to shape this valuable policy in the future, thank you, Irene

Respond to full consultation here: https://consult.gov.scot/children-and-families/out-of-school-care/

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