TUESDAY - Meet with an organisation called Common Purpose, which is helping a local charity develop a plan to ensure its survival and is talking to others about working with looked-after children here in Southampton to gain a wider picture about who has the most influence. I go into overdrive when talking about our services - I get so passionate about the inequalities that still exist. I stress that having a clear framework of values is essential to providing the best services to children. They seem to grasp what I am saying.
WEDNESDAY - It's Happy Club tonight and we're doing healthy eating. The children arrive in the kitchen, all smiles with their school bags and furry toys, which need to be put away before we start - but first I have to give Cutie the cat a quick cuddle.
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