SCMA’s Childminding Week 2017 was named ‘In House Event of the Year’ at
Scottish Event Awards on Wednesday night in Glasgow.
Childminding Week, which ran from 8-14 May earlier this year, helped raised awareness of the benefits of childminding and culminated in a day of celebration for our childminding VIPs at Blair Drummond Safari Park.
SCMA is completely delighted that Childminding Week 2017 has been recognised at the Scottish Event Awards, also gaining a high commendation for 'Small Event of the Year'.
With the support of our childminder members throughout Scotland, Childminding Week was ground-breaking for SCMA and its success will help raise the profile and recognition of childminding in Scotland.
“Our first ever Childminding Week was a big success and this award is the icing on the cake,” said Maggie Simpson, Chief Executive of SCMA.
“I really enjoyed seeing all of the great activities, parties and outings childminders arranged for their minded children throughout the week. Everyone had great fun and this is exactly how childminders help to enrich children’s lives through play, laughter and fun.”
Winning a Scottish Event Award is very prestigious, as the organisers aim to celebrate the success of events across Scotland and often bring those behind the scenes to the forefront. Plus, this gives us another opportunity to put childminding in spotlight.
We’d like to say a massive thank you to all the SCMA members who made Childminding Week 2017 so special and helped to create such a massive buzz. It was YOU who brought Childminding Week 2017 to life!
The team behind SCMA’s Childminding Week attended the Scottish Event Awards ceremony at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow on Wednesday 11 October.
Leading the Childminding Week team, Communications Co-ordinator Jennifer Ross, said: “This award is a massive achievement for the team at Scottish Childminding Association. We're all chuffed, so well done to everyone involved!
“Childminding Week was all about our members and putting them in the spotlight to help raise the awareness of the fantastic work of childminders across Scotland. And this this award will no doubt help raise the profile even further.”
Take a few minutes to
relive Childminding Week and look back at Childminding Day 2017 on SCMA's YouTube channel.
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