Blog | UK Nanny

January 18, 2020

Welcome!

UK Nanny supports and celebrates Nannies with National events, training and access to helpful resources. From Award Ceremonies to Coffee Mornings, they are there to bring nannies together. Together Nannies are Stronger. How it all started UK Nanny was launched in 2018 by Helen McCarthy. As a fulltime Nanny and inspired by her experiences in […]

November 24, 2020

The best guide for cosy winter fun: How to make a blanket fort.

Guest Blog by Debbie Woodliffe Lining up the dining chairs, draping over a big comfy blanket and hunkering own on comfy floor cushions – we all made a blanket den when we were kids, and now is the perfect time to bring them back. Honestly, snuggling down with your kids in a brilliant and structurally-sound […]

October 25, 2020

UK Nannies Matter Campaign Update – October 2020

The Nannies Matter Campaign wrote to the Department of Education and Vicky Ford – MP for Chelmsford, Children’s Minister – in June and July 2020 to express the urgent need of regulation of Nannies working in home-based settings. Ms Ford sadly did not respond, but a representative from the Early Years/ the Department of Education […]

October 14, 2020

Celebrating the UK Nanny Awards’ Winners 2020

We got there. We got our moment to celebrate the wonderful achievements of all of our UK Nanny Awards’ Winners 2020. Not even a global pandemic, lockdowns and social distancing can hold us, Nannies, back! So for 2020, we went virtual. It was with great pleasure that we were able to host the UK Nanny […]

July 16, 2020

John Warren and Working in Childcare

John Warren has over 30-years experience in the childcare sector. From Ofsted inspector to nursery manager – John has covered many roles. He now consults – with his agency John Warren Consulting – with many local authorities across training and safeguarding needs. John Warren’s Story In 1982 I was on community work placement in a […]

July 12, 2020

Sue Atkins International Parenting Expert

Sue Atkins is an internationally recognised parenting expert, broadcaster and speaker. Sue is also the author of some of Amazon’s best-selling parenting books, including; ‘Parenting Made Easy – How to Raise Happy Children’ ‘Raising Happy Children for Dummies’ – from the famous Black and Yellow series. And the highly acclaimed, ‘Parenting Made Easy’. And Then […]

July 2, 2020

UK Nannies Matter Voices

We are 8 weeks into the campaign, and really proud what we have achieved. It feels as though we are still gaining momentum. The support from the Early Years community has been nothing but amazing. So thank you! We have been asked by so many Nannies “How can we get involved, we feel so passionate […]

June 20, 2020

Laura Henry-Allain

Laura Henry-Allain is an expert international award-winning Early Education specialist. She is the vice-president of The British Association for Early Childhood Education, an educational consultant for the BBC, Early Years expert in residence at Tineys and an ambassador for the Jermain Defoe Foundation. For three decades, Laura has used her skills to support those who […]