The Government made childcare a central component of its election manifesto. Mr Cameron insists that his Government...
Tag: Children’s Centres
Back to blogGet off the diet kicks and learn to eat, serve and advise on nutritionally sound food.
Admit it, you're either going on a diet, thinking about a diet or have just given up...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Welcome and please join us, as we boldly go…
After much debate, discussion and procrastination, we have finally dipped our toes into the wild world of online...