Mel Mills (pictured), one of the organisers of the campaign to save Tiddlywinks, Sankofa and Cambridge Road nurseries in Huddersfield, decided in March to stand as a candidate for the Ashbrow ward of Huddersfield, following meetings with Kirklees Metropolitan Council about the threatened closures (News, 8 March).
She said, 'The nursery campaign inspired me to stand for election. I feel that I'm an ordinary person but I do have a voice, and I hope this will inspire other people as well.'
Campaigners have had some success so far, with the council announcing that it was reviewing the decision to close the nurseries after they presented it with a 5,000-name petition. Parents met with Councillor Jim Dodds, the cabinet member for children's services, who promised that there would be a full and open consultation.
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