I write this blog with a sense of anger and despair. Even playing Verdi very loudly and...
Tag: Cuts
Back to blogMr Mayor, please take an interest in the childcare sector and build a London fit for the next generation
When I started working with children many many years ago, I never envisaged talking about children and...
Getting down to business: survival tactics for any good social enterprise
It’s always interesting to meet television journalists up close and personal - and that’s exactly what I...
Child poverty: will this new strategy finally make progress stick?
This weekend, I spent some time helping my sister (also in Early Years!) go through her old...
Is happiness the greatest gift we can give our children?
This weekend the TV presenters continually referred to the joy and happiness created by the Royal Wedding...
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...
Big society grants: plus ça change…
I have learned that if I am to truly avoid all contact with the world of work,...
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...
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...
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...