Nursery World - From Cinderella to the 4th Emergency Service

Who would have anticipated that a virus we had never heard of could be the last straw to the survival of the early years sector, already weakened by years of under-funding?
June O' Sullivan, CEO of nursery group LEYF, on coronavirus challenges

June O'Sullivan: '[Nurseries] need to make some really tough decisions to survive'

The crisis, which has been unfolding for the last few weeks, started with us looking at managing cross contamination and has now moved to business survival.

All the clichés about leading in a crisis are now being tested as we step up and look at what we can do to balance keeping our staff safe with keeping our business going. Most nurseries, whether a social enterprise like LEYF or a private business, survive by having cash to pay the staff and associated costs. No income = no cash and therefore no means of paying our staff.

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