Nursery World - Mother campaigns for controls on camera phones in nursery

The mother of a child who attended the nursery in Plymouth that is at the centre of a child abuse inquiry has started a campaign for stricter controls on the use of camera phones in nurseries.

Cheryl Higgs has set up a website at www.nocameraphones.org calling for better management on the use of camera phones in childcare settings.

Ms Higgs said she did not want to ban camera phones, but to bring in legislation to restrict the use of camera phones in a nursery environment.

She suggested that this could mean that staff are required to keep their camera phones in a locked office or staff room which they can only access in their breaks.

Last month nursery worker Vanessa George, 39, who worked at Little Ted's nursery in Plymouth, was charged with sexual assault and making, possessing and distributing indecent images of young children.

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