LEYF News and CEO Blog

There is much talk at the moment about the importance of measurement, including a reference to it in many of the speeches I listened to during the…

Alongside the delight of being Chief Executive of LEYF, I am also chair of Paddington Farm Trust.  Established as a charity 20 years ago…

What would Lord Shaftsbury, Mary Carpenter or Dr Barnardo make of the ongoing political battle of what to cut and what to save? …

This has been an interesting week or so for the sector… Firstly, Graham Allen MP (who spoke with such conviction about Early Intervention at our annual…

We are already halfway through January, having returned from a long break to the order and pattern that work gives us. We have cheerily greeted everyone with a Happy New…

The year is once again fast drawing to a close. Each one seems to go by faster and faster; and this one especially was twelve months at quick march time.

This week I overheard a member of staff commenting on my blog.  She had just begun to read it and was surprised at just how much it told her about…

I have had the most interesting week. Despite the weather and incompetent overground trains trying to keep me at home, the 209…