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Contenders line up for NW awards

We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Nursery World Awards 2008, following an intensive day's judging by our panel of top experts. In alphabetical order, the shortlisted organisations are (some will have been listed for more than one category):

- Awen
- Barnabees Nursery
- BonBons Day Nurseries
- Bedfordshire Training Assessment Centre
- Birchfield Community School
- Bromley Pre-School Specialist Early Support Services
- The Childcare Company
- The Children's House
- Child's Eye Media
- Chimneytots Pre-School
- Christine Scott
- Cowgate Under 5's Centre
- Dimson Day Nursery
- Early Vision
- Galt
- Isability
- Kids Allowed
- Learning Resources
- Little Einstein's
- Little Monkeys Nursery
- Loxos
- NES Arnold
- Newcastle College Day Nursery
- The Old Station Nursery
- Orchard Barns
- Philip & Tacey
- Play to Z
- Reflections on Learning
- Rotherly Day Nursery
- Sarah Jane Turner
- Springlands Nursery
- Steady Steps Pre-School
- Step by Step
- Stoke Speaks Out
- Sue Overton Associates
- Sunflower Children's Centre
- The Tadpoles Nursery
- Tower Hamlets Opportunity Group
- Treetops Nurseries
- TTS Group
- University of Brighton
- Warwickshire Early Years Advisory Team
- West London Academy
- Westminster Children's Society
- Yellow Door
- Yes! Superbaby!

The awards are sponsored by the Children's Workforce Development Councilas headline sponsor, along with Morton Michel insurance, the Family andParenting Institute, Mantra Lingua, First Steps and Dot to Dot.

Bookings are now being accepted for the Awards dinner on 21 November atthe Hurlingham Club in London, which will be a black tie evening withchampagne, cabaret and dancing. To book, e-mail Melanie Sawbridge atmelanie.sawbridge@haymarket.com. For more information on the Awards, seewww.nurseryworldawards.com.