Brighton nursery to open on Christmas Day (From The Argus)
Get involved: Send your news, views, pictures and video by texting SUPIC to 80360 or email us.
Brighton nursery to open on Christmas Day
5:00pm Saturday 5th March 2011 in News By Emily-Ann Elliott
For nurses, police officers and firefighters, working on Christmas Day comes with the territory of working for the emergency services.
But you could not say the same for nursery workers.
A new childcare service will open on weekends, bank holidays and even December 25 in order to fit in with parents’ busy working lives.
Tiny Troopers childcare, based in Brangwyn Drive, Brighton, will be open from 7am to 6pm every day of the week.
Its owners Sarah and Philip Bentley say the move will mean that busy parents will be able to leave their children in a safe environment while they work.
For more information email tinytroopers@cheerful.com.
Should Christmas Day be left alone or should more businesses open? Tell us what you think below.
Comments(13)
sam-1
says...
9:14pm Sat 5 Mar 11
sallywood
says...
9:48pm Sat 5 Mar 11
jimmy-1
says...
9:58pm Sat 5 Mar 11
Ya wine me UP, 'sta
says...
11:20pm Sat 5 Mar 11
sam-1 wrote:spot the fake appraisal....
I think that this Tiny troopers childcare is GREAT! i thank them for thinking about other people who need childcare ALL YEAR ROUND good on them i say!and good luck to Tiny Troopers!
Sweepster
says...
11:34pm Sat 5 Mar 11
Ya wine me UP, 'sta wrote:Hahahaha agreed.
sam-1 wrote:spot the fake appraisal....
I think that this Tiny troopers childcare is GREAT! i thank them for thinking about other people who need childcare ALL YEAR ROUND good on them i say!and good luck to Tiny Troopers!
Surely there are not many couples that both will work on Xmas day?
Unless parents want to offload their sprigs for a few hours.
Burgess901
says...
8:28am Sun 6 Mar 11
ose friends can help out.
Some parents might as well just give their child away, what with the lack of time they spend with them, but then they wouldn't get the child related benefits and a sense of smug satisfaction.
Christmas is a time for giving (not your children to the nursery though).
tpebop...
says...
12:45pm Sun 6 Mar 11
Burgess901 wrote:Well said, spot on.
I know work commitments are important, but more than your child, really? Just one day a year Christmas comes around, surely relatives/partner/cl ose friends can help out. Some parents might as well just give their child away, what with the lack of time they spend with them, but then they wouldn't get the child related benefits and a sense of smug satisfaction. Christmas is a time for giving (not your children to the nursery though).
Why have kids at all if you have to offload them all the time ?
Aabish m
says...
2:05pm Sun 6 Mar 11
Aabish m
says...
2:07pm Sun 6 Mar 11
lucylou1984
says...
3:11pm Sun 6 Mar 11
Burgess901
says...
8:46am Mon 7 Mar 11
Aabish m wrote:Don't bring religion into it, this is a country founded on Christian beliefs, that means while you do not have to celebrate Christmas, it would be gracious of people to treat the day as a holiday.
This coment is for Frank-in-sense. Burgess hill 901 & tpe bo Belarus who all sound the same. To some christmas day is just another day and in religions to, they do not celebrate it. Many people in so many diferent positions have to work. Many business are open PUBLIC HOUSES; RESTAURANTE; HOTELS & many more. It is very good that some people has the insight to extend professional child care. The public I am sure will welcome this news so why make something good look bad. If people need extra care for the children they should not be judged in a negative way. These nursery workers should be comended for the hard work they will have to do.
The problems are not just down to the parents, nearly every place of business used to close on a Sunday and holidays, but due to capitalist greed they trade all year at the expense of their poorly paid workers, whilst sending a message that it is a benefit (more choice, convenience, blah, blah).
If you genuinely need childcare on Christmas day, and have no family or friends that can help, I pity you.
Aabish m
says...
4:03pm Mon 7 Mar 11
Frank-In-Sense says...
6:34pm Sat 5 Mar 11
Their opening hours of 7am - 6pm implies a 7:30am-5:30pm working day, not much good when working 7:45am until 8:00pm as a Nurse, or 7am until 4/5pm as Police.
Of course, if you've got someone working a 9-5 then it's fine, but there's not many of those on Christmas Day!
How about some REAL reporting Argus staff? Instead of an advertisement mocked up to look like news?