Join BrewEY and build the early years grassroots movement

The grassroots movement is when the ordinary people get together and use collective action from the local level to affect change at the local, regional, national or international level.

In the early years, we are marginalised within the education establishment. To get real engagement we need to build and use a collective power to make the changes needed to ensure that all children have access to high quality early years education.

The Ofsted Big Conversation #OBC is a grassroots movement to improve the relationship with Ofsted by re-balancing the power dynamic. The idea, once sown, was taken up across the country by members of the early years sector, many of whom confessed to me that they had never got involved in anything "like that before". But it has made a difference and we have seen a much better relationship emerging. It's alive and kicking - just this weekend, the inimitable Jennie Johnson and Jo Kinloch organised the #NWOBC in Bolton and 715 people attended.