Stallingborough nursery owner awarded MBE | Parenta.com
Summary
Sylvia Tiffney, who jointly owns Children’s House Nursery in Stallingborough with her twin sister, Theresa Ellerby, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to children. During that time, she was a founder member of the local early years forum and Chair of an NVQ assessment centre. “I would like to accept this honour on behalf of them and the thousands of children and families I have had the pleasure of knowing and being with at that time. She was also recognised as a local champion by the National Day Nurseries Association in 2005 for going the extra mile and supporting other centres in the area – as well as challenging local decisions on early years funding, and promoting children’s rights. In 2001, Ms Tiffney supported her local authority in leveraging £1m SRB/ERDF funds for the development of over 600 new childcare places across the area.