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Childcare month could go annual

Early years organisations have said National Childcare Month should become an annual event to provide a focus for high-profile collective campaigning by major organisations in the sector. Rosemary Murphy, chief executive of the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), said she believed the successful events staged in June could be the spur to develop lasting partnerships on key issues, and planning should get under way for June 2003. She added, 'On the whole, this year saw organisations doing their own thing, but there is the potential there for more partnership on major campaigns.'

Rosemary Murphy, chief executive of the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), said she believed the successful events staged in June could be the spur to develop lasting partnerships on key issues, and planning should get under way for June 2003. She added, 'On the whole, this year saw organisations doing their own thing, but there is the potential there for more partnership on major campaigns.'

Mrs Murphy said that although coverage in the local and regional press had been extensive, a more concerted effort needed to be made to target the national media.

The NDNA helped to kick off the national events in June with a sunflower growing challenge among nursery children to raise money for the charity Water Aid. Other events included the Excellence in Childcare awards, attended by the prime minister's wife, Cherie Booth, and Nursery World's children's art competition with the winners displayed in the Royal Academy of Arts.

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