Earlier this week I found myself listening to a debate about the best way to care for...
Category: Social Enterprise
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On Friday, 1st July, over 200 LEYF staff - now spread across Barking & Dagenham, Camden, Tower...
Childhood futures in Dublin’s fair city
This week I went to visit Dara Hogan at Fledglings Nurseries, part of An Cosán, a community organisation...
So we are all Social Enterprises Now? LOL!
I read in this week’s Third Sector magazine that Kevin Carey chair of the RNIB told the ...
Social franchising and the LEYF Experience
For those wonderfully supportive people who follow this blog, you may have noticed a gap in production;...
No half measures when it comes to social impact
There is much talk at the moment about the importance of measurement, including a reference to it...
Down on the farm, cultivating an organic approach to Big Society
Alongside the delight of being Chief Executive of LEYF, I am also chair of Paddington Farm Trust. ...
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...