Ben and Lisa, the current owners of Cherubs Early Learning Centre, are sharing this article to highlight the centre’s rich history and the pivotal moment when it returned to its roots, reaffirming its commitment to the high-quality care and education the community has come to trust.
SHARON Martin is the new owner of the Banora Point childcare centre, which was left in limbo when ABC Learning went into receivership.
By James Perkins, Tweed Daily News
less than 2 min read
March 27, 2010
SHARON Martin has returned to where her career in childcare began at Cherubs in 1995.
Mrs Martin has stepped up to become the new owner of the centre, which was left in limbo when ABC Learning went into receivership 16 months ago.
The Banora Point mum said she wanted to take the centre back to its roots, so she would be renaming it Cherubs Preschool and Early Learning Centre.
“We wanted to bring back the centre’s original name,” Mrs Martin said.
“There are a lot of Banora Point families whose children attended Cherubs and these families will be familiar with the high-quality standards of care and education that were associated with the Cherubs name. These quality standards are now back.”
Mrs Martin, who is the current director and authorised supervisor of the Kingscliff Mini School, had her first experience working in childcare at the same centre.
She began her early childhood career at Cherubs in 1995 and worked and studied her way from childcare assistant to the director of the centre in 2004, before leaving to take on the “new challenges” of a community preschool in 2005.
The centre will officially come under the new ownership next week.
Mrs Martin said the ABC Learning drama had taken its toll on the staff, and the new ownership gave them security.
“They were very, very nervous and unsure what their future was going to be, especially when the not-for-profit organisation set up to take over the ABC centres decided not to use the centre,” she said.
Yesterday, ABC Learning creditors delayed winding up the group to allow more time to negotiate sales.
“They were… unsure what their future was going to be” Source: The Daily Telegraph