Several trips worth of donations were collected by a Brentford nursery for a local food bank last month to bring some festive joy and connect with the wider community.

The Pump House Day Nursery, part of the CC Nurseries Group, has collected donations across November for the Brentford-based Hounslow Community FoodBox, as part of a collective group-wide initiative to spread some joy this Christmas.

Parents and families of the nursery donated dried and tinned goods alongside festive treats across the month in order to support families during the festive period.

Alongside donations left by kind-hearted parents, the Pump House team were able to 'top-up' the goods, thanks to a monetary donation from CC Nurseries, with some much-needed items including feminine hygiene products and nappies.

Donations were delivered to the food bank by team members and children on Wednesday 8 December.

Pump House Nursery Manager, Michelle Sexton said: "Having recently joined the Pump House as Nursery Manager, I am so proud of the kind-hearted donations left by our generous families and teams.

"We've enough donations to make several trips across December, and it is wonderful to be able to reach so many new families through our work within the community.

"Part of our vision and values is to ensure our children learn more about where they're from and the wider world, and it is through activities such as this that we are able to extend their learning.

"We look forward to doing even more fundraising and good deeds in 2022."

CC Nurseries Group provides Early Childhood Learning and Care to nearing 800 families in settings across England and Scotland, and the group has recently been nominated as finalists in the Business Development Category of the Nursery Management Today (NMT) Awards 2021.

Pump House Day Nursery has places available for children aged 12 weeks to five years in 2022.

More information can be found at www.phdaynursery.co.uk