The Early Years Equality action group has been setup in reaction to the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement, which provided no support for the sector, and included an announcement that the national living wage will rise by more than 9 per cent in April.
Behind the movement is Dionne Pullen, owner Organic Forest Kindergarten in Wiltshire, Claire Kennyon, director of Busy Lizzie Nursery in Chichester, Claire Kenyon, owner of The Children’s Garden Nurseries in Stamford & Norwich, and Lacey Douglass – a freelance bookkeeper specialising in early years and early years rep for PVI settings in Norwich,
The aim of the group is to bring childcare providers together to collectively campaign for better funding to save further settings from closure, and to ensure the sector’s voices are better heard by the Government long-term.
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