London-based chain Bright Kids held events for their two settings in Hackney and Leyton.
Each nursery organised a fundraising day in a nearby retail park, approaching local businesses for donations for a raffle. Staff contributed cakes to a bake sale and parents donated £5 each for children to wear fancy dress costumes.
Bright Kids came up with the idea to hold the events when the children came in the day after the fire, which broke out in the early hours of 14 June, with questions about what had happened.
Managing director of Bright Kids Belquis Oomerjee said, ‘The children were obviously watching images on the news or hearing about it on the radio in the car, and they were talking about smoke and dying. When they are talking about it like that you can’t ignore it. It was important to talk about and listen to how they felt and what they saw, as it was an emotional thing for them.’
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