The awards, a joint venture between the Department for Education and Skills and the Daycare Trust, covered 11 categories ranging from children's services to the promotion of Foundation Stage curriculum. They were presented by Cherie Booth, a patron of the scheme, whose personal statement at the ceremony about the controversy over her purchase of two flats in Bristol was reported exhaustively by the media, while the awards presentation was largely ignored.
Ms Booth told the winning EYDCPs that their best practice should serve as an inspiration and encouragement for the development of initiatives to help families and children throughout the country.
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