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Last week, I had the privilege of celebrating the graduation of another cohort of LEYF degree students, apprentices and staff achieving professional diplomas. Watching them walk across the stage…
How Nursery Design Shapes Child Development, Wellbeing and Social Justice We spend a great deal of time talking about pedagogy, curriculum, leadership and workforce in the Early Years. Yet…
‘Who are you going to vote for, June?’ – This is the question I am regularly being asked by friends and colleagues. But what is the option? Do I vote…
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…
On the 8th of March we celebrate International Women’s Day which is increasingly turning into a month. In London, the WOW (Women of the World) festival shines…
Popping into our nursery in Soho which neighbours Chinatown I couldn’t help but notice the preparations to welcome the Chinese Year of the Sheep. Since my…
I just came across The International Random Acts of Kindness Week and was rather intrigued by the campaign. It stuck a chord for two reasons: Firstly, LEYF recently…
On St Brigid’s Day, I took to the skies courtesy of Aer Lingus (under threat of being sold at the moment, another icon in…
On Friday the 23rd of January, a date that will now be forever embedded in my memory, I received my MBE from Her Majesty’s Representative The Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, Sir David Brewer…
Last week was a cold and wet week to head to Manchester but I was warmed by the company of social entrepreneurs from across the UK. We come together as…
When I first submitted this blog to Jenny, she read it and then sidled up to me and said, “I see your point but could you not start the year with…
Can we have whizzed through another year? Can you remember it all? I can’t remember the beginning of the week let alone the previous months, although with old age comes…
