Nursery World - Support for trade body

Nurseries around the UK have given 'a very positive' response to the call by one of the largest childcare providers to create a trade association for the private nursery sector. Chairman of the Childcare Corporation Alan Bentley who raised the issue writing in last week's Nursery World said he had been inundated with e-mails in support of the idea from providers in England, Scotland and Wales.

Chairman of the Childcare Corporation Alan Bentley who raised the issue writing in last week's Nursery World said he had been inundated with e-mails in support of the idea from providers in England, Scotland and Wales.

He said the response demonstrated that the need for such a body was 'long overdue'.

'I'm very pleased because I'm building up a list of people who may be able to set something up in their own regions,' he said.

He said that a trade association could be set up on a regional basis within a year.

Last week, Mr Bentley argued that the National Day Nurseries Association could no longer take on the trade body role without a conflict of interest because of the Government funding it received.

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