Ashford Play Nursery Schools in Kent, which has three settings, has held a series of 'Toddle Waddles' to raise money for the Meningitis Trust, and is planning more events before Christmas.
In December 1999, a child at Ashford Play Nursery was taken to hospital by his father and found to have meningitis. Alert nursery staff notified parents when a second child developed a rash a couple of weeks later. The two cases were not linked, but nursery proprietor Val Webb immediately contacted the Kent medical officer and the nursery was turned into a makeshift clinic so everyone who might be at risk could be vaccinated. Both children made a full recovery.
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