During May, we welcomed the wonderful Janie to Bumbles. Janie is a professional masseuse (qualified in Swedish, Sports and Pregnancy massage) and our collaboration is to help promote and enhance our team well-being. Janie, who is also a Bumbles parent, is hosting walk-in massage sessions at both our Nursery and Bumbles on the Hill settings. We hope to continue these whilst varying times and settings, making sure all of our team have the opportunity for many massages as the months go on.
A massage during work time? Yes, please.
Patsy has wanted to introduce this idea into nursery for a long time. Working in childcare for some can be long days. A short burst of pure relaxation in the midst of the working day offers a little respite in between lots of fun, play and messy meal times with the children!
Janie’s treatments work on releasing tension in the back, neck and shoulders and feedback from our team, who have enjoyed a 15 minute treatment so far, has been brilliant!
Our industry is quite complex in terms of being able to have members of our team out of ratio to enjoy something like this. However, we rose to the challenge and with careful planning and suitable cover we made it happen, and will continue to do so without compromising ratios. There are many other industries this would be a doddle for who should be able to offer this!
Click here to find out more about Janie and all of her different work.
We would love to hear from more Bumbles parents and families who may have skills or expertise in other areas. We love collaborating with our parents. You keep us in business and if we can return the favour, Bumbles would love to work with you too.
Please speak to a manager or send a message through the Famly app to our Office team if you have an idea that might work for us both! We have parents who cut our hedges, have organised previous landscaping of settings for example and these type of skills and businesses are exactly what we require for the everyday running and continuing maintenance of Bumbles.