The Crèche at WCLDN: Your Questions Answered

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With it being the first year a crèche has been provided at WordCamp London, naturally there are a lot of questions. Here we attempt to answer as many as possible but if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to ask us. You can email directly at london@wordcamp.org or leave a comment below.

Who is providing the crèche?

The crèche is being provided by a professional mobile crèche company – Nipperbout Ltd. They have been delivering conference and event childcare to exhibitions, conferences and festivals for 21 years and are regularly inspected by Ofsted.

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Making WordPress at Contributor Day

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Contributing back to WordPress is one of the most important ways of maintaining, improving and developing the platform. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never contributed before, all you’ll need to get started is your laptop and a willingness to learn!

WordCamp London 2016 will hold a Contributor Day on Friday 8th April at London Metropolitan University in the Graduate Centre, and we’d like to warmly welcome all and every skill level to come along and make WordPress with us.

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Thank you to our Splendid Piccadilly sponsors!

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WordCamps are sponsored by all sorts of different businesses and companies. Sponsors help get WordCamp’s up and running and provide us with the opportunity to ensure we can include everything that matters to you.

We’re super grateful to each and every single person who supports and assists the team in making WordCamp London possible. Say hello (and a big thank you!) to our wonderful Piccadilly sponsors!

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Accessibility at WordCamp London 2016

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Accessibility is a priority in the WordPress Community, and this year WordCamp London 2016 is proud to be fully accessible to the deaf and hard-of-hearing, wheelchair users, parents and lactating women.

We’ve added a few additional facilities to ensure WordCamp London remains accessible to everyone for the duration of the event. If you’d like more information regarding any of the below, please get in touch with us at london@wordcamp.org.

Hearing Loops

All rooms holding sessions and presentations are fitted with audio induction loops. This includes the Henry Thomas Room, Great Hall and GC1–08 (in the Graduate Centre).

Speech to Text Reporters (STTRs)

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Say hello to… SiteGround!

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Lily YakimovaLilyana Yakimova is the Marketing Director @ WordPress hosting specialist SiteGround.com. She joined the company since its very foundation, and has led all marketing and communication strategies to date. Effectively communicating SiteGround’s strengths, Lilyana’s vision has helped grow the company from a single client to an international business, building the brand to what SiteGround is today.

Who is SiteGround? And what are you guys doing?

SiteGround is a cool web hosting company that has been around for more than 10 years. We have servers in the USA, UK, the Netherlands and Singapore. We have offices in Bulgaria and Spain. We host 200K WordPress sites plus thousands of others too.

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