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This article was originally posted by Banbury Guardian, the original post can be viewed here. Directors and staff at The Sunshine Centre are feeling very proud after becoming the first early years provider in the county to achieve an ‘outstanding’ rating in the Oxfordshire Caremark Awards. The centre in Edmunds Road, Banbury, demonstrated how children in care are supported to achieve their full potential in a fun and nurturing environment. The assessor commented she had [...]

I started working with the Sunshine Centre twelve years ago. I was taking my granddaughter Megan to drop-ins at the Sunshine Centre which was then in a Portakabin in the grounds of the old Neithrop School. Tracy and Jill noticed at the drop-ins that I was a natural clearer-upper and so approached me to do a few hours cleaning and that’s how it started. I used to take my mum, who was in a wheelchair, [...]

I joined in spring 2000. We were in a Portakabin and I shared a desk between 3 of us (me, Jill and administrator). I was hardly ever at my desk though. We had a long open room in the Portakabin. It was open all day, people could call in to make a cup of coffee and stay all day. Families used it as a place to hang out. There were six staff. My first day [...]