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GENERAL INFORMATION
Babs Strickland - has been working with children and young people for over 35 years.
Qualifications:
- Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education (CACHE) Level 3 Certificate in work with children.
- Youth Worker and worked with various Youth Clubs in Lancashire and London.
On moving to Bedfordshire she became a voluntary worker at the Child Development Centre in Kempston and continued as a Youth Worker.
In 1986 she was solely responsible for establishing Bedford Borough Council’s first Rural Summer Playscheme. Its success led to it being adopted as a model for other rural Playschemes and 23 years later it still continues to thrive.
In 1993 she was appointed Playscheme Services Manager at Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Ambulance & Paramedic Service (BHAPS) Playscheme. Whilst there she designed and developed an advanced approach to Quality Childcare and expanded the provision to open a second venue.
In 1997 she left to set up SPICE Holiday Club where:-
 Children Come First - they devise the Play Programme and are encouraged to be inventive and creative
Staff Are Enthusiastic And Caring - they Listen and Respond to the children’s needs
The Atmosphere is Positive, Supportive and Fun - the accent is on Play, Team Work & Traditional Social Skills
SPICE Holiday Club has an Excellent Reputation Throughout The County
See Comments from OFSTED and Parents
The Club is NOT named after a female singing group!
It is an abbreviation of our objectives.
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