Nursery World - Playgroup power

Congratulations on 'All about pre-schools', or 'playgroups' as we prefer to call them (Nursery World, 4 August). Your article quite rightly states that the lives of parents as well as children can be transformed by a local playgroup. Many groups have struggled to cope with Government initiatives and the huge increase in pre-school provision. Under enormous pressure, they have adapted to meet requirements, but retained their strong ethos of learning through play and providing family support.

Your article quite rightly states that the lives of parents as well as children can be transformed by a local playgroup. Many groups have struggled to cope with Government initiatives and the huge increase in pre-school provision. Under enormous pressure, they have adapted to meet requirements, but retained their strong ethos of learning through play and providing family support.

Many groups have insisted on remaining sessional, recognising the need for provision for parents who neither need, want, nor indeed can afford longer hours of childcare.

There are many local associations that are independent of the Pre-school Learning Alliance and provide advice, training and support. Many rely on Playgroup Net- work for a national perspective.

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