At 4Children's Children's Stars Awards last Thursday, Gerry Garvey was honoured as joint winner of the Newcomer category, alongside childminder Michelle Cotterill. Mr Garvey told Nursery World he had decided to leave the army after 23 years when he came home on leave from Afghanistan and his six-month-old daughter Abigail, now five, failed to recognise him. While in the army he had worked as a volunteer in an after-school club for five to-12-year-olds. On leaving the forces, he initially ran training in the children's services department at Cumbria County...