Celebrating Nursery Practitioner Day with Co-op Childcare!

Co-op Childcare is celebrating National Nursery Practitioner Day today, raising awareness to make nurseries workers feel appreciated and valued for their hard work and commitment.

From research, it showed that one-quarter of nursery workers are considering leaving their posts and Co-op Childcare want to change this. They are enabling nurseries up and down the country to come together on the day to demonstrate the appreciation for the time, care and effort which all staff put in every day through a range of celebratory events.

On the day, Co-op Childcare will be setting up appreciation walls for parents and children to share positive feedback about the work practitioners do, as well as launching a competition for colleagues to win one of 5 tickets to the prestigious Childcare Awards, for which they can also bring a guest!

“National Nursery Practitioner Day is a chance for the whole industry to come together to say thank you and make all nursery practitioners feel valued for their work.  It is so important for us to recognise the inspiring work that they do to shape the minds of the future every single day.”

“It is just a small way of saying thank you and forms part of a much wider programme Co-op Childcare has implemented to reward our fantastic workers. This includes a host of incentives, such as competitive salaries, progression opportunities and a wellbeing and benefits scheme, which help us to let our colleagues know just how important they are to us.” mentions Sally Bonnar, Chief Operating Officer at Co-op Childcare.

National Nursery Practitioner Day has received the backing of The National Day Nurseries Association and Daynurseries.co.uk as well as a number of other providers. One of the nursery groups that has already confirmed activities is Spring Nurseries, which will be hosting celebrations across all 50 of its nurseries.

If you would like to find out more information about the day, please click here.