Maria Culley is a Famly Childrens Champion Award Finalist

The Famly Children's Champion Award 2022

Maria Culley, a nanny from Silsden, West Yorkshire, is a finalist for The Famly Children's Champion Award 2022!

The Children's Champion Award recognises the incredible effort Early Years professionals put into their work and the impact they have on the adults of tomorrow.

Maria is dedicated to the early years and has worked across the sector for over 15 years. Having experienced first hand what challenges the sector faces, she is currently working with her local MP Robbie Moore to take steps towards regulating the nanny industry. 

Maria says, "Receiving a nomination for The Famly Children's Champion Award 2022 was amazing in itself but to be finalist as nanny is an huge honour!'

The Road To Nanny Regulation is currently a working report on how the nanny industry can become regulated in order to safeguard and protect children and young people.

Maria says, "I stand by my previous statements published in 2019 that the road to regulation, all be a bumpy one, IS vital to safeguard and protect children."

Since the original campaign was closed, listening to and understanding the needs of families, parents and nannies, including feedback in previous correspondence from Vicky Ford (Education Minister at the time), it was thought that the best way to begin regulating the industry is to move forward in a different direction then originally proposed. 

MP Robbie Moore has said, “I fully support Maria’s call for stronger regulation in the nanny industry. Currently nannies do not have to go through any DBS checks or have first aid training, despite the important role they play in a child’s upbringing. Not only does this devalue their industry, but it also raises concerns regarding the safeguarding of children."

 "I will continue to lobby ministers on behalf of Maria and all those who are working to make the nanny industry safer and fairer.”

Click here to find out more about The Famly Childrens Champion Award 2022