There is much talk at the moment about the importance of measurement, including a reference to it...
Category: Early Years
Back to blogBig society grants: plus ça change…
I have learned that if I am to truly avoid all contact with the world of work,...
Ready to grasp the nettle of our ‘hands-free’ future?
What would Lord Shaftsbury, Mary Carpenter or Dr Barnardo make of the ongoing political battle of what to cut...
Children’s Centres: A Way Forward
This has been an interesting week or so for the sector... Firstly, Graham Allen MP (who spoke...
A Call to Arms: Save Our Children’s Centres
We are already halfway through January, having returned from a long break to the order and pattern...
Sing a song of sixpence
The year is once again fast drawing to a close. Each one seems to go by faster...
The Social Enterprise Tea Party
This week I overheard a member of staff commenting on my blog. She had just begun to...
Ideas to make your head spin in Bethnal Green
I have had the most interesting week. Despite the weather and incompetent overground trains trying to keep...
Let’s stave off a tsunami of social disaster
Our 4th Annual Margaret Horn Lecture last Thursday evening went off with a bang. We were oversubscribed...
Colleagues, be careful what you wish for…
The Daycare Trust Conference yesterday was the site of another announcement by our new Minister Sarah Teather...
Can we risk early intervention becoming a cliché ?
Global Entrepreneurship Week kicks off on Monday. Who cares you say? Well, we do - particularly since...