Wilder Kent Gold Award 2024 - Pennies Day Nursery - Hockers Lane, Maidstone

Recipient: Pennies Day Nursery - Hockers Lane, Maidstone

Date: Sunday 01 Sep 2024

Pennies have been working towards some demanding targets set by others offering environmental awards. Our aim in achieving these awards is to learn from experts and add our own creativity and passion to bring about a level of achievement that means we can show we are making a positive difference when it comes to sustainability. In 2022 the company set a target that each setting would achieve an award and we reached this when Hockers Lane and Newnham Court both earned Wilder Kent Gold Awards.

In the case of the Kent-based settings, our awards were up from 2021 when we achieved silver and we were thrilled to be amongst the first ever winners of a gold award (first given out in 2022 when amongst 50 winners there were only four at gold standard, two of these being our nurseries). We retained the Gold status in 2023 and have once again received it in 2024.