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Nursery group funds garden for homeless

Homeless children and their families are enjoying a garden that opened last week with the help of leadingnursery chain. A collaboration between Bright Horizons Foundation for Children, the charitable arm of the nursery chain Bright Horizons Family Solutions, and the Field Lane Foundation, a Christian charity providing accommodation, care and support to families in temporary housing, produced the Bright Space garden inNotting Hill, London.

A collaboration between Bright Horizons Foundation for Children, the charitable arm of the nursery chain Bright Horizons Family Solutions, and the Field Lane Foundation, a Christian charity providing accommodation, care and support to families in temporary housing, produced the Bright Space garden inNotting Hill, London.

Director of the European Bright Horizons Foundation Susan Hay said, 'Bright Space is about providing play for children who don't have access to space and facilities for play. Some Bright Spaces will be mini-nurseries and some specifically for parents and children.

'We are working on three other London projects with Field Lane. One in Euston will hopefully begin in a few weeks.'

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