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NCMA member wins Woman of the Year

NCMA member Jackie Millerchip has won ITV1's Lorraine Inspirational Woman of the Year Award.

 

Jackie was nominated by her friend Sarah Fildes and was chosen from hundreds of nominees to become Inspirational Woman of the Year.

 

Three finalists appeared on ITV with Lorraine Kelly last week and viewers were then invited to vote online for the Inspirational Woman of the Year. Jackie was announced the winner yesterday during the Women of the Year Lunch, at the Intercontinental Hotel in London.

 

Jackie, from Hinckley in Leicestershire, has been a registered childminder for 20 years and is dedicated to caring for disabled children alongside non-disabled children in a home-from-home environment.

 

Jackie now cares for up to 20 disabled children and has invested thousands of pounds in her setting, creating a special sensory cabin in her back garden and converting the entire ground floor of her home.

 

Jackie Millerchip

Jackie with one of her minded children

 

 

Sensory cabin at Jackie's setting

Outside the sensory cabin