The floods left the lower ground floor of Waters Edge Children’s Nursery under five feet of water and also destroyed the ground floor of childminders Charlotte and Dominic Melia’s home in Bury.
Parents, neighbours, friends, and even retired firemen from the Tunnel 2 Towers Foundation have stepped in to help.
Both providers say that without support from their local community and childcare networks they would not be open.
The Melias, who run Woodlands Childcare, have been forced to move into a rental property with significant effect on their ‘outstanding’ childminding business.
Unable to move back into their home for six months to a year, Dominic must now supervise the refurbishment while Charlotte continues to run the business on her own, meaning a cut to the number of places they can offer, and consequently a loss in income.
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