Early Excellence Training and Resource Centre in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, was founded by directors Liz Marsden and Jenny Woodbridge at a time when the focus on early years was yet to hit the national policy agenda.
Ms Marsden told Nursery World, 'Twelve years ago we were working as local authority early years advisors - me in Wigan and Jenny in York - when early years was not a priority.'
She said establishing the centre was 'a result of a frustration with the lack of focus on early years - we wanted to promote play-based practice.'
They started working as independent consultants offering training to practitioners in the North-West and Yorkshire and Humber before setting up the centre in an old primary school building.
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