By combining wide-ranged data and mixed methods we will bring the most robust and comprehensive evidence-base to an innovative co-production process (including policy-makers and stakeholder-partners). This way we will develop a policy-toolkit on childcare that helps families and communities,  can be applied locally, and scales nationally. 

This Policy Toolkit will encompass a typology of the childcare needs of different groups, identifying particular problems faced within the current policy guidelines. Specifying these gaps will enable policy-makers to formulate targeted policies that support protected groups thus adding value to a wide range of government initiatives to tackle Covid-19. It will provide guidelines and implementation pathways for local stakeholders, community groups and partnerships for designing high-quality local childcare solutions grounded in robust evidence of lessons learned from earlier practices.