Our charity events
We have one main charity event every year. Over 300 children and 100 staff from across all four nurseries raise sponsorship money for dressing up for a particular theme. Previous themes have included 'People who help us', Pirates or Rainbow Colours. Rather than just having a single Charity Day, we dress up all week so that all of the children can take part in the event. We always invite exciting visitors into the nursery for the week and have lots of fun activities that relate to the theme. Parents and staff always contribute extremely generously and each event raises several thousand pounds. We always ask parents to suggest local children's charities who they would like us to support.
In August we hold a 'Picnic in the Park' at Heaton Park and sell family tickets with all proceeds being donated to charity. The children, parents and staff from all of our nurseries are invited to the event which is very successful. Activities such as face painting, bouncy castles, Morris dancing, a children's steel drum band and Bury FC football skills training provide entertainment throughout the day.
We also organise some smaller charity events throughout the year, such as collecting harvest foods for the elderly or those relying on homeless shelters.