LEYF News and CEO Blog

Given this is the beginning of a new decade, I glanced at some previous New Year blogs. Not my best idea! The world of Early Years is still Groundhog Day…

The boots are off, Santa is snuggled on a big comfortable sofa and he reaches for his book. Santa loves a book. He loves it because it brings him to…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day twenty-three of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on multi-generational approaches to community engagement… https://leyf.org.uk/using-a-multi-generational-approach-to-reach-into-our-communities/ What do we mean by multigenerational practice? …

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day twenty-two of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on homelessness…. https://leyf.org.uk/homelessness/ Homelessness is an issue that has become very prevalent across the…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day twenty-one of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on loneliness and taking a multi-generational approach to combat it… https://leyf.org.uk/can-early-years-be-the-bridge-to-helping-combat-loneliness-and-isolation-in-local-communities/ Here’s a video…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day twenty of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on the EYFS… https://leyf.org.uk/donts-dump-the-eyfs-just-tweak-it/ About a year ago, the Government suggested that it might…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day nineteen of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on volunteering and why it is good for social purpose… https://leyf.org.uk/volunteering-is-good-for-our-social-purpose/ I am always…

Dear Prime Minister Welcome, and I wish good fortune as you build the right team around you to deliver your election promises. While I realise there are big issues that…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day Seventeen of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on how important it is for all of us in the Early Years sector to…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day Sixteen of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on Social Enterprise childcare, should there be more? https://leyf.org.uk/should-there-be-more-social-enterprises-in-childcare/ We were asked to explore…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day fifteen of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on the FIRST EVER early years chef academy!!!… https://leyf.org.uk/the-launch-of-the-first-early-years-chef-academy/ We are so proud of…

Continuing with the Christmas Advent tradition, on day fourteen of Christmas Advent 2019 let’s reflect on child poverty… https://leyf.org.uk/child-poverty-affects-us-all-and-that-means-you/ The UK is the 5th richest economy in the world…