LEYF Early Years News & CEO Blog by June O’Sullivan OBE

I operate in two worlds; Early Years and Social Enterprise. Every now and then they converge, and I find myself invited to a most unusual or unexpected event. That happened…

Many will have watched the Extinction Rebellion unfolding on the streets of Westminster with probably a mixture of bemusement, support and irritation. In the last week I have experienced all…

Everything starts somewhere, and as the notices for International Women’s Day (IWD) started to proliferate, I wondered about its origins and its purpose. IWD can be traced back to…

I am not always great at taking my own advice, which in this case is to take a few days away from the office to “think”. I have just had…

Yesterday was Kindness Day, and today we are halfway into Trustee Week, a good reason to thank all  trustees and to attract new ones*. Being a trustee is…

If anyone ever asked me what my favourite Champagne was, I would have struggled to answer and probably remark on the benefits of the affordable Prosecco. However, since my recent…

Many of you have broken up this weekend (or broken down!) and the rest of us continue to work flat out until Christmas Eve (another reason to support nurseries designed to…

Are you a feminist from the 1970s? Did you look forward to reading the monthly Spare Rib? Was your diary the Spare Rib diary?…

The EECERA Conference is an annual event and I always try and attend accompanied by LEYF staff where possible. It’s much better fun when we go as…

This week I visited the West Country to speak to a group of people working or interested in working in social enterprise. I really wanted to have a day at…

I have been looking for a house since we sold ours last November and so the issue of housing in London is very real to me. I have been shocked…

This National Apprenticeship Week it is time to celebrate the joy and enthusiasm good apprentices bring into an organisation. I have been a supporter of trainees and…