Thank you for your review. Please be assured that the decision to charge for bank holidays is not one that has been made lightly. In order to provide sustainable childcare, we have to ensure that our parent's fees cover the cost of the childcare provided. On bank holidays we still have to cover all of our normal costs such as the cost of our colleague's wages, in much the same way that the majority of our working parents will be paid for the bank holidays. <br>As a Co-operative any profit we make only goes towards re-investment in our business, the local community or in the dividend vouchers that are paid out to all of our members, including our parent members. We don't have greedy shareholders taking large dividends from us like other providers. Although we are not profit-driven, we do have to make sure that our nurseries are sustainable so we are able to continue to run them.