"As part of National Sure Start Month each June, Bournemouth Children'sInformation Service runs a Childcarer of the Year Award.
"This successful competition, which is now in its third year, providesan opportunity to celebrate the high-quality childcare available inBournemouth as well as giving parents a public medium to thank andrecognise those special people who work so hard to care for theirchildren.
"Award categories include day nursery, pre-school, out-of-school andchildminder of the year. Representatives from the National Day NurseriesAssociation, Pre-school Learning Alliance, National ChildmindingAssociation and 4Children judge each category based on a 60 wordsubmission from parents praising their childcarer.
"The competition provides us with an excellent forum to promotechildcare, not only within the profession but also to parentsconsidering using childcare for the first time. It also helps to raiseawareness of childcare as a worthwhile career path for potential newrecruits."
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