Many people in the early years sector pay lip service to flexibility, but at York Nurseries, staff have initiated totally flexible childcare for children aged from birth to 12 years old.
The setting is in an area of high deprivation on the edge of the neighbourhood damaged in the Burnley riots, near the town centre.
With unemployment rising following the closure of local factories and shops, nursery owners Claire York and Heather Langridge decided to ask parents what they most needed from their childcare.
They all responded that they needed flexibility - families wanted childcare that would allow them to take the jobs on offer, which were often part-time and sometimes at unsocial hours.
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