St. Bride’s Nursery

ST BRIDE’S NURSERY PREPARE FOR RAINBOW CHARITY WALK

Iain Ferguson Children of St. Bride’s Nursery in Onich will be marching out in style to take part in a walk supporting the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) charity in their Rainbow Walk event.

The pre-school age youngsters and staff will be dressed in colourful clothes to recognise the importance of children’s hospices around Scotland. One of the themes of the Rainbow Walk is wearing bright clothes so the children will be wearing their lovely new outdoor gear, kindly donated by the Nether Lochaber Community Council, which protect the children from the best and worst of the Lochaber weather.

Their stripy, red and white, highly visual all-weather clothing is also adaptable for walks on the beach, into the woods and into the nursery’s own specially designed garden.

St Bride’s Nursery sits in the heart of the Nether

Lochaber community and enrols children between the ages of 3-5 from the wider Ballachulish area and also has the capacity to accept children from Fort William, Ardgour and Argyll under the Scottish Government Early Education and Care,1140 hours entitlement.

The nursery has a fully resourced outdoor learning area and garden, with a bright, airy indoor space and has regular visits from their friends in the primary school with whom they share learning experiences across the Early Years classroom.

Staff and children also love having visitors to the nursery and before Covid-19 restrictions came into force had regular visits from senior members of the community who would come in to read stories and share experiences with the children. This has always been a very popular activity and a great opportunity to meet people, while learning interesting information about the community and listening to stories delivered in different ways. When Covid restrictions finally come to an end the children hope that once again they will be able to welcome friends and neighbours back into the nursery.

Head Teacher of St. Bride’s Nursery and Primary and Glencoe Primary School, Malcolm McGregor said: “The children are really excited about taking part in the walk and helping CHAS, which does really important work.

‘All who attend St Bride’s Nursery thrive in our warm, nurturing environment and benefit from the high quality experiences. They can’t wait to welcome visitors back in to speak with them.”

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Compensation available for miss-sold Provident loans.

If you had a loan with Provident between 6th April 2007 and 17th December 2020 you could make a claim for compensation if you think you were miss -sold.

At a court hearing on 30 July 2021Provident’s “Scheme of Arrangement” was approved because Provident could not aff ord to pay full refunds to customers who were winning complaints. The loans came from four diff erent brands: Provident, Satsuma Payday Loans, Greenwood and Glo.

To make a claim, set up an account on the scheme portal. This needs your Scheme ID number – this will be on emails and letters you may have been sent. Your name has to be spelled the way Provident has it on their record. (If you weren’t sent a letter or email, phone Provident on 0800 056 8936, or email soa@provident. co.uk)

If you had 2 accounts with Provident you’ll want both your accounts to be looked at as a single account, not 2 separate ones, as this may mean you get a larger refund.

You can make a new claim now if you had complained before and been rejected. Key Points to remember: 1. Provident didn’t make good aff ordability checks so a lot of people should get refunds. 2. The more loans, the larger they were or the worse your situation, the better your chance of getting a refund.

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