LEYF News and CEO Blog

You know you have grown up when you know the date of the budget, the Chancellor’s name and that of the…

Where has the month gone? I am scared by the speed by which our lives pass; it seems we have so little time to make any real, lasting difference. As…

Half way up and unable to move, Santa shouted out that from now on he was prepared to eat his five a day, give up chocolate teacakes and large glasses…

There has been so much for me to write about this week, it has been hard to choose! But as all blog guides say stick to one or two points,…

I have not written a blog for a week because some of you said you could not keep up with my output.  Others have since asked ‘where is the blog?’…

This week has been rather a fest of networking, the most noteworthy of which was one evening and one day attending the Conservative Party Conference.   A Conference virgin, I was…

I have just come back from presenting to the judges of the National Business Awards on the 27th floor of the Gherkin.  It was quite daunting, so…

Earlier this week I found myself listening to a debate about the best way to care for our elderly citizens – and was immediately struck by the similarities between good…

On Friday, 1st July, over 200 LEYF staff – now spread across Barking & Dagenham, Camden, Tower Hamlets and Westminster – came together in the beautiful garden…

This week I went to visit Dara Hogan at Fledglings Nurseries, part of An Cosán, a community organisation and charity in…

I read in this week’s Third Sector magazine that Kevin Carey chair of the RNIB told the  Charity Finance Directors Group that the charity…

For those wonderfully supportive people who follow this blog, you may have noticed a gap in production; this is because I have been staying in the Shropshire…