Nursery World - In defence of committees

By Betty Adams, chair of Innellan and Toward Family Centre in Argyll I was annoyed to read two 'In my views' on the difficulty of working with management committees (28 August and 10 July). Without such committees there would be many fewer childcare places and fewer jobs for playworkers.

I was annoyed to read two 'In my views' on the difficulty of working with management committees (28 August and 10 July). Without such committees there would be many fewer childcare places and fewer jobs for playworkers.

Having spent a great deal of my 'free' time over the past two years on committee business, I must point out that the work I and my fellow committee members do is entirely voluntary and we receive no financial recompense - unlike the nursery assistants we employ. We run a nursery (commissioned by Argyll and Bute Council), an after-school club and holiday clubs, and employ 12 staff. We are also working towards an Investors in People qualification.

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