Nursery World - Webcam nursery wins NOF funding

Having webcams in day nurseries appeared to be given tacit approval by the New Opportunities Fund (NOF) after it awarded Pounds 36,000 from its Neighbourhood Nurseries programme last week for the second Cybertots nursery. Using a secure password, parents of children at Cybertots on the Green in West Ealing, London, due to open later this year, will be able to watch them 'live' online in the play, eating and sleeping areas. But a spokeswoman from the NOF said that whether or not the nursery had a webcam was not an issue, 'as long as they're fulfilling the requirements of providing quality care for the children'.

Using a secure password, parents of children at Cybertots on the Green in West Ealing, London, due to open later this year, will be able to watch them 'live' online in the play, eating and sleeping areas. But a spokeswoman from the NOF said that whether or not the nursery had a webcam was not an issue, 'as long as they're fulfilling the requirements of providing quality care for the children'.

She added, 'Our focus is on creating the places. The nursery would not have received funding if they had not met strict requirements.'

The NOF grant will pay for refurbishing a disused building and fund half of the 40 childcare places. Cybertots describes itself as 'Britain's first internet nursery' and opened in 1999.

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