2025 Annual Conference and Awards - Children 1st Day Nurseries

2025 Annual Conference and Awards

Last weekend, the company came together for our Annual Conference and Awards. It is the one time of the year when staff from across all nurseries can get together for a day of team building, professional development and celebration.
 
It is also a day where we recognise the exceptional hard work of our team and those people who have gone the extra mile for our children and families over the past year.
 
Congratulations to this year’s award winners!
 
• Trainee North: Katie Waller – St Peter & St Paul
• Trainee South: Helena Holmes – Plumtree
• Early Years Lead North: Maria Torrente-Fernandez – Wragby Road
• Early Years Lead South: Deanna Gannon – Toton
• Nursery Nurse South: Chantelle Powell – Derby Road
• Nursery Nurse North: Amanpreet Kaur – St Peter & St Paul
• Outstanding: Emma Ward – Main Street
• Outstanding: Sarah Mellors – Derby Road
• Outstanding: Megan Grey – St Peter & St Paul
• Outstanding: Lucy Foster – Sheffield
• Employee North: Louisa Goldacre – Rosemary Lane
• Employee South: Chelsea Millar – Leicester
• Support Worker North: Zoe Gibson – The Marina
• Support Worker South: Millie Harding – Derby Road
• Deputy Manager North: Amanda Holmes – Chesterfield
• Deputy Manager South: Kat Harnett – Meir Park
• Manager North: Katie Firth – Newark Town
• Manager South: Nicky Hardy – Leek
• Nursery North: Chesterfield
• Nursery South: Toton
• Margaret Mason Award: Julie King – Head of HR
 
Our Shining Stars are:
• Douaa El-Bakali – Wragby Road
• Shannon Hughes – The Marina
• Lee Owen – Rosemary Lane
• Amie Sewell – Newark
• Ellie Asman – Newark Town
• Anisha Nazeem – Chesterfield
• Ellie Devereux – St Peter & St Paul
• Alicia Flemming – Sheffield
• Chloe Streets – Clowne
• Kim Needham – Meir Park
• Becky Taylor – Acorns
• Julie Wood – Main Street
• Emma Gordon-Farleigh – Leicester
• Charlotte Holford – Syston
• Freya Littley – Birstall
• Phoenix Price – Shepshed
• Faye Robinson – Hathern
• Michelle Harris – Grantham
• Lucy Dicken – Plumtree
• Nadia Bentley – Derby Road
• Michelle Twigger – Toton
• Kirsty Richardson – Bilborough
• Tilly Moran – Leek
• Emily Sheriff – Head Office
 
Our teams are looking forward to implementing what they learned during the day in their nurseries throughout the coming year!

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