Marketplace, Sponsors & Supporters
Rebecca and Alison would like to extend a huge thank you to all the businesses and organisations who are supporting Minding the Gap, whether it be through a financial donation, promoting the event, hiring a space in the marketplace or providing goodies for the goody bags. Without your help this event would not be possible.
Market place exhibitors
Books Education - selling copies of Penny Tassoni and Kay Mathieson books
Cosy Direct
Commotion Distribution
EYP Direct
Funky Feet
Hattie & Friends
Jack and Jill's Story Sacks
Kinderly
Morton Michel
My Local Helper
PACEY
Pre-school Learning Alliance
Transition Story Books
Please note that most of the stall holders are unable to accept credit card or debit card payments so bring cash and a cheque book if you plan to shop. There is a cash point on site, in the Ringmer building but we cannot guarantee this will be operational on the day.
Cosy Direct will not be selling products on the day but will be happy to take orders for delivery.
Sponsors and Supporters
Known as the UK’s leading childcare insurance specialist; Morton Michel is a family run business with over 52 years’ experience.
The ChildMinder policy has been developed by Morton Michel and Covea Insurance Plc to offer practical and affordable cover for registered childminders and is one of the most comprehensive policy on the market.
In addition, Morton Michel policyholders enjoy a wide range of other benefits and discounts. To find out more about these amazing benefits please visit www.mortonmichel.com/Childminder-Benefits
For more information about the ChildMinder policy, visit the Morton Michel website at www.mortonmichel.com/Childminder
Known as the UK’s leading childcare insurance specialist; Morton Michel is a family run business with over 52 years’ experience.
The ChildMinder policy has been developed by Morton Michel and Covea Insurance Plc to offer practical and affordable cover for registered childminders and is one of the most comprehensive policy on the market.
In addition, Morton Michel policyholders enjoy a wide range of other benefits and discounts. To find out more about these amazing benefits please visit www.mortonmichel.com/Childminder-Benefits
For more information about the ChildMinder policy, visit the Morton Michel website at www.mortonmichel.com/Childminder
Books Education are probably the largest providers of Education bookstalls in the UK, specialising in Early Years Education & Special Educational Needs. We stock and offer a wide range of new, contemporary and standard backlist titles on most areas of Education, from Early Years to Secondary. We offer a minimum 10% discount on ALL titles displayed on our bookstalls, and the same, with free postage, on all titles ordered via our website. We carry books from a wide range of large Education publishers plus a growing number of small independents. We work with local authorities, training organisations, universities, publishers and authors, always aiming to provide a wide range of relevant conference titles and books by conference speakers where available.
Think of an idea- get it free.
A big Hello from your mates at cosy direct here in Derbyshire. Cosy Direct specialise in down to earth innovative products specified by practitioners themselves. They are made in a low carbon manner, usually in and around the UK. We produce a 500 page catalogue of ideas and website http://www.cosydirect.com/ . If you have an idea contact us on [email protected]. If we make your idea we will send one free of charge as a Thankyou.
A big Hello from your mates at cosy direct here in Derbyshire. Cosy Direct specialise in down to earth innovative products specified by practitioners themselves. They are made in a low carbon manner, usually in and around the UK. We produce a 500 page catalogue of ideas and website http://www.cosydirect.com/ . If you have an idea contact us on [email protected]. If we make your idea we will send one free of charge as a Thankyou.
Butterfly Print Ltd is a specialist print and design company, providing high quality printed products in small quantities to suit the needs of any childcare setting. Our flagship product is the ‘Early Years Diary’ the perfect communication tool between childcare and home. http://www.butterflyprint.co.uk/
Our wide product range is designed to inspire learning and provide educators with the tools they need to help them achieve this. We believe our products really make a difference and that we can help turn today’s children into tomorrow’s innovators. http://www.commotiondistribution.com
PACEY is the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years. Formed in 1977, we are a charity dedicated to supporting everyone working in childcare and early years to provide high quality care and early learning for children and families.
We provide training, practical help and expert advice to practitioners working throughout England and Wales. We also provide peer support and encouragement through our nationwide network of PACEY Local volunteers.
We represent the views and experiences of practitioners and champion their vital role in helping prepare children for a bright future.
https://www.pacey.org.uk/
We provide training, practical help and expert advice to practitioners working throughout England and Wales. We also provide peer support and encouragement through our nationwide network of PACEY Local volunteers.
We represent the views and experiences of practitioners and champion their vital role in helping prepare children for a bright future.
https://www.pacey.org.uk/
The Pre-school Learning Alliance is the largest early years and most representative membership organisation in England. It provides high quality affordable childcare and education to support children and families in areas of deprivation.
An educational charity, the Alliance represents the interests of over 14,000 settings who deliver care and learning to over 800,000 families annually. https://www.pre-school.org.uk/
An educational charity, the Alliance represents the interests of over 14,000 settings who deliver care and learning to over 800,000 families annually. https://www.pre-school.org.uk/
Magic Minders (Worthing Childminding Association) is a volunteer run support group for Worthing based Ofsted Registered Childminders. Our aim is to support local registered and prospective Childminders in their work by promoting their services, providing training, negotiating discounts and raising the profile of registered childminding in general. Magic Minders offers help and support to those Childminders who need it, especially to Childminders who are new to the profession, as being a Childminder can be difficult especially with regard to all the administration that is required. We run a weekly Childminder drop for the benefit of our members but non-members are also warmly welcomed.
One of Magic Minders' most popular services is the Vacancy Coordination Scheme. This is a free service for members and parents that helps our members fill their spaces and parents find childcare that meets their needs.
http://www.magicminders.co.uk/
One of Magic Minders' most popular services is the Vacancy Coordination Scheme. This is a free service for members and parents that helps our members fill their spaces and parents find childcare that meets their needs.
http://www.magicminders.co.uk/
After attending a course about the Disability Discrimination Act in 2004 Lesley Berrington began searching for story books, featuring disability, to use in her Nurseries. It was very difficult to find any and the ones that she did find used the story to explain the disability. This is not what she wanted in her books. Lesley wanted the child with a disability to be part of the story to introduce the disability to other children, but not to draw attention to it. She created ‘Hattie and friends’ to meet the growing demand for inclusive resources. ‘Hattie and friends’ inclusive stories and resources are now used in hundreds of EYFS settings around the UK. http://hattieandfriends.co.uk/
Transition Story Books are a series of books for young children undergoing transitions, for example starting school, having new siblings, moving house and making new friends. The aim of these books are to provide children with a comical way of approaching an upcoming transition which will ease their mind about the changes they are about to encounter. The books also contain subjects such as choosing to see things in a positive way and not focusing on negative feelings. Illustrations are superimposed on to photographic backgrounds, so the books contain real images of inside schools, shops, hospitals and homes. This will help children to identify with the locations in the stories as similar to places where they have been themselves. http://www.transitionstorybooks.com
Bexhill, Hastings and 1066 Childminding Association
Bexhill, Hastings & 1066 Childminding Assoc. (charity. No 1063934) has been around for approx 30 years. We are a registered charity which is run by a voluntary group of experienced childminders to provide a support group for all local childminders. We offer a friendly free service to help match local families to our services, an open Facebook page to promote our profession and share good practise. We meet up socially to organise activities for the children, our members and other local childminders. We always welcome new members warmly.
Bexhill, Hastings and 1066 Childminding Association
Bexhill, Hastings & 1066 Childminding Assoc. (charity. No 1063934) has been around for approx 30 years. We are a registered charity which is run by a voluntary group of experienced childminders to provide a support group for all local childminders. We offer a friendly free service to help match local families to our services, an open Facebook page to promote our profession and share good practise. We meet up socially to organise activities for the children, our members and other local childminders. We always welcome new members warmly.
Eastbourne Childminders Association
As the one-stop shop for the early years sector, you can rely on EYP Direct to supply you with essential resources to help your childcare business.
eypdirect.co.uk/
eypdirect.co.uk/
Jack and Jill's Story Sacks not only offer fun props to bring books to life, but are packed with activity ideas to stimulate young minds. They are specifically linked to the Early Years Foundation Stage, and come at very affordable prices
Mylocalhelper is an on-demand platform that enables childminders to advertise & easily fill their spaces. Parents are able to search for vacancies based on the dates and times they require, along with being able to see how they may be socially connected to provide a word of mouth recommendation and sense of trust.
Other features include, setting viewing requests, booking requests, waiting list and an electronic payment system to take deposits and invoice families online.
All users are verified with state of the art facial recognition plus the addition of an ID/Address check for safety.
Mylocalhelper has been built by a childcare provider, having struggled to advertise her own availability and other sites left her feeling out of pocket, therefore it is free to register as a member, which also gives full access to all features!
www.mylocalhelper.com/
Other features include, setting viewing requests, booking requests, waiting list and an electronic payment system to take deposits and invoice families online.
All users are verified with state of the art facial recognition plus the addition of an ID/Address check for safety.
Mylocalhelper has been built by a childcare provider, having struggled to advertise her own availability and other sites left her feeling out of pocket, therefore it is free to register as a member, which also gives full access to all features!
www.mylocalhelper.com/
Funky Feet Music have created award winning, early years music and movement resources. We offer the training and the know-how to inspire children to move meaningfully linking to all key learning area:- language and communication, physical development and personal social and emotional development linking to both physical and cognitive and development
Kinderly’s aim is to support childcare professionals and early years settings to give children the best start in life. Our award-winning app enables early years practitioners to securely record EYFS observations, developmental progress and daily diaries without the need for paperwork. It now includes a fully integrated accounting and invoicing package providing more paperless solutions to help run an outstanding setting. Going digital with Kinderly will save time, storage space and stationery costs and enable practitioners to spend more time with the children, enhance communication with parents and provide instant at-a-glance information required for Ofsted inspections and HMRC.
To find out more, visit Kinderly.co.uk, email [email protected] or call 0800 689 1875
To find out more, visit Kinderly.co.uk, email [email protected] or call 0800 689 1875
Jessica Kingsley Publishers is a wholly independent company, committed to publishing books that make a difference across a range of subjects, including autism, mental health, social work, counselling and arts therapies. We also publish books for children, on issues such as bereavement, depression, anxiety and anger.
Our Early Years list offers valuable advice from Early Years specialists on a range of important issues in the field. From practical resources on positive learning environments to informative guides on how to run your own successful Early Years business, each publication provides inspiration and support to enhance your Early Years practice.
Childcare.co.uk is the UK's largest online childcare platform with over 1.5m members. Over 60,000 childminders have used their services to help fill their childminding vacancies. They also provide over 100 free online training courses and free childminder insurance to their gold members.