Tatiana Suliga, a nursery worker in Manor Park, was a guest of Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a special reception on July 15 to pay tribute to the work of child care workers during the COVID emergency.

Tatiana is a Lead Early Years Practitioner staff member at Sheringham Children’s Centre and Nursery in Manor Park. She was nominated by her colleagues to join a select group of nursery workers at the reception held at 10 Downing Street.

Tatiana met the Prime Minister and some of his team to discuss the contribution of nursery staff working through one of the most challenging periods in recent UK history.

She said: “I was really privileged to be nominated by my colleagues to attend. It was a short, socially distanced meeting, a great experience to listen and talk to the Prime Minister about how we’d found working through COVID, and the challenges we’d all faced.

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