Nursery World - More protest groups set up to fight code

The campaign group started by nursery providers in Kent is growing, with branches of the PVI Providers Association now in a number of other areas. The Kent group has received e-mails and calls from nurseries throughout the country keen to join the movement against the Government's rules for nursery education funding for three-and-four-year-olds.

The Kent group has received e-mails and calls from nurseries throughout the country keen to join the movement against the Government's rules for nursery education funding for three-and-four-year-olds.

There is a branch in Oxfordshire, with others being set up in Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, Newcastle, Bedfordshire, Enfield and Cambridgeshire.

Acknowledging that 'it can be hard to get things off the ground', Gary Palmer, secretary of the Kent Association, said it has now put together a starter pack of tips and guidelines to help nursery owners set up their own local arm.

The association has also set out its aims in a mission statement. They are to promote the highest standards of care and education for pre-school children, to protect the parental rights for choice in pre-school provision and to represent those involved in care and education of pre-school children.

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