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Gecco
Champions for Change in the Early Years
GECCO is a registered charity, established to promote sustainability in Early Years Childcare and Education.
Advice, Support & Resources
Whether you own or run a nursery, are an early years teacher, or a parent or childminder, if you would like to become a more sustainable setting, environmentally, socially, financially, or ethically, you’ll find information here to help you make changes one step at a time.
There’s advice and ideas for adapting your day-to-day decisions and activities. Tips on making more sustainable choices when purchasing anything from vehicles to furniture, from cleaning materials to children’s toys. We publish research of interest, and articles on how plastic and air pollution, climate change and biodiversity are all things we can address in a childcare setting, for today’s children, todays’ nursery staff, and for those in the future. We must take action now and no action is too small.
Towards sustainable childcare and education
Cheryl Hadland, GECCO founder and Trustee, is also the Managing Director of Tops Day Nurseries and Aspire Training Team. Tops provides early childhood education and care (ECEC) to over 4,000 children that attend the 32 day nurseries, holiday clubs and Tops forest schools that she has developed across the south of England.
Sustainable growth is a huge part of Tops success; Cheryl is an outspoken advocate for sustainable business practice and education; natural world, social and financial. Through GECCO Cheryl and her team aim to share the knowledge, experience and lessons learned as they strive to provide more sustainable Early Years education and childcare in the UK.
Let’s Do It!
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"OMEP
GECCO provides accredited training and resources to support the OMEP UK Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Citizenship Award scheme (OMEP UK ESC Award)
"Real
Encouraging awareness about real nappies, enabling their use in nurseries, and inspiring parents to use them at home
"Targeting
It's about reducing the amount of water you waste, not restricting what you use – find out why & how…
"Targeting
Early years can turn the tap off on plastic pollution – we offer some ideas and inspiration…
Climate breakdown is a serious matter …
This is a timely reminder of the way climate breakdown is impacting our daily lives.
Please ensure you take sensible precautions to keep cool and comfortable during hot weather to reduce health risks.
Latest Blog Posts
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A worthy listen for everyone. This podcast celebrates how young children can discover the wonder of their whole world and adopt actions that care for it. Wendy Compson, champion for all things ecological, talks with Sarah, principal of Norwich Montessori Nursery, about their experiences working towards OMEP Sustainable Citizenship awards.
Resources
The Bio-D Company Sustainaility Report 2022-22 (PDF, 11Mb)
OMEP UK Newsletter, special edition Aug 2022 (PDF)
NCFE Early Years Sustainability Resource (PDF, 15Mb)
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SDG Playbook for SMEs at unglobalcompact.org.uk
Green Rate Relief – 01 April 2022 To 31 March 2035