Bright Horizons Families UK

Competition: Green and Sustainable Playtime

🌱 Competition time 🌱

What do you do to make your little ones’ playtime more sustainable and environmentally friendly? ♻️

Comment on this post and let us know for a chance to win your very own Candy Floss! 💚

Entries will close at 23:59 BST on Monday 17th July, and the winner will be contacted on Tuesday 18th July.

UK only. Entrants must be 18+.

This competition is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Instagram or Facebook.

Rise and Sign - Miss Polly

It’s Monday, which means it’s time to ‘Rise and Sign’ with Jesse from Andover Day Nursery and Preschool. 🌤️

This week, Jesse is teaching us to sign the ‘Miss Polly’ nursery rhyme! 🎶

A huge thank you to everyone who joined our campaign earlier this month. 💛

Bright Horizons Foundation for Children - Europe

Last year, we successfully established a new direct delivery contract for waste collection, including mix recycling. This achieved a positive impact on diverting 100% of our waste from landfill!

Learn more about our Future Earth initiative here: https://www.brighthorizons.co.uk/about/future-earth

Hilly Fields: Gardening Area

In this video, Jonathan from Enfield Hilly Fields shows us the children’s gardening area and the exciting things they’re growing. 🌱

Gardening is a fun way for children to grow their fine motor skills, which then supports skills such as writing and typing. ✍️

Rise and Sign: Brother, Sister, Baby

It’s Monday, which means it’s time to ‘Rise and Sign’ with Jesse from Andover Day Nursery and Preschool. 🌤️

This week, Jesse is teaching us to sign some more family members: brother, sister, and baby.

It's the last video in our three part series, whereby Caroline Wright, our Early Childhood Director, revists the nursery that featured on BBC's Interior Design Masters last year. Here she explores the 'Rising 3's' Room, and shares her thoughts on what's worked well in the room, as well as what's needed to be changed since the programme was filmed.

Mongewell Park: Revisiting the Baby Room

Last year, BBC's Interior Design Masters visited one of our nurseries, decorating three key areas for: Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers.

Hosted by Alan Carr, it was a lot of fun, and the designers created some beautiful spaces. Here, our Early Childhood Director, Caroline Wright, revisits the baby room, and discusses what worked really well, and what has needed to be adapted since the programme.

Rise and Sign: Mummy and Daddy

It’s Monday, which means it’s time to ‘Rise and Sign’ with Jesse from Andover Day Nursery and Preschool. 🌤️

This week, Jesse is teaching us to sign some family members: ‘Mummy’ and ‘Daddy’.

Future Earth: Our Food

As part of our Future Earth Agenda, we're focusing on food and food waste. 💚 By making changes to the way we order food within our nurseries, and introducing reports on our food usage and waste, we can boost our overall efficiency.

Learn more about our Future Earth agenda here: https://www.brighthorizons.co.uk/about/future-earth

Rise and Sign: Peter Rabbit

It’s Monday, which means it’s time to ‘Rise and Sign’ with Jesse from Andover Day Nursery and Preschool. 🌤️

This week, Jesse is teaching us to sign a song about Peter Rabbit! 🐰🎶

Feltham Police Station Bright Space

Yesterday, everyone in the Bright Horizons family celebrated Bright Horizons Foundation for Children - Europe and the it creates! One of our many Bright Spaces is in Feltham Police Station, and we are so pleased to see this reaction to it! We hope it continues to make a difference to the lives of the children visiting the police station.

Thank you to the 'magic fairies' that transformed this space!

Bright Horizons: This Is Childhood

Earlier this year, we developed a campaign called 'This Is Childhood', and we're excited to be able to share it with you all! 💛

Working with the amazing team at Life Story, we wanted to showcase the dedication, commitment, and impact of our incredible early childhood practitioners. All the images and footage within this campaign feature real families and real teams in their own setting, capturing some of the everyday wonderful moments that our Bright Horizons families experience.

We hope you enjoy the video... This is Childhood!

Learn more here: https://www.brighthorizons.co.uk/landing-pages/this-is-childhood-behind-the-scenes

#loveforabrightspace

It's Day! A day where we're celebrating the Bright Horizons Foundation for Children and the Bright Spaces it creates.

Donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/love4abrightspace

And learn more about Bright Spaces here: https://brightspaces.org.uk/

Stephen Kramer #LoveForABrightSpace

Today is the day! It's day! Today is centered around showing our love for the Bright Horizons Foundation for Children - Europe and the incredible Bright Spaces it creates. Here, our CEO Stephen Kramer explains a little more about in more detail...

🌟 What are Bright Spaces?

Bright Spaces are warm, safe, enriching play environments for vulnerable children affected by abuse, domestic violence, parental imprisonment and ill health.

🌟 How can YOU get involved?

Joining us is simple. All you need to do is post a photo of you, your colleagues, friends, or family making a heart-shaped symbol, and share it on your social media profiles using the hashtag - today!

Or, you can support us by donating: https://lnkd.in/e5YrGJ75

Together, let's raise awareness of Bright Horizons Foundation for Children, and make a difference in the lives of children and families in the communities where we live and work.

Meet Tasha, as she discusses why she's in the process of setting up a #BrightSpace

Tasha is our Customer Experience Manager, and is also in the process of setting up a in memory of a very-much-missed colleague, Sarah Mealing. 💛

Lucy Little testimonial video Social Portrait.mp4

Lucy is one of our Nursery Managers, here she shares how she's been involved in creating the Bright Space at Bronzefield Prison.

Meet the team at Fair Oak as they tell us about how they've been supporting the Foundation

Meet the team at Fair Oak as they tell us about how they've been supporting Bright Horizons Foundation Children, including running a half marathon!

Emma #LoveForABrightSpace

Everyone needs sparkly magic dust when they're feeling vulnerable! ✨ And do just that for children and families in need of support. Emma, one of our Senior Account Marketing Executives tells us more...