Nursery World - Flood-hit nurseries pull together

Nurseries in Cumbria hit by the floods are hoping to open in the New Year, after the local community stepped in to help.

Families have rallied around their local nurseries after devastating flooding earlier this month.

Heavy rain over the first weekend in December overflowed new £38 million flood defences in Carlisle, leading to hundreds of evacuations of homes and businesses.

Three nurseries were forced to either close or relocate.

Kinder Park Nursery and St Aidan’s Day Nursery, both in Carlisle, were flooded with more than four foot of water.

St Aidan’s is currently operating out of the Happy Mums Foundation at Aglionby Grange, and the third, Crosby Nursery in nearby Crosby-On-Eden, is in temporary accommodation provided by Border Loos.

J flood oanne Routledge, owner and manager of Kinder Park, has been forced to close completely, with many parents finding provisional places at other providers.

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