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Leadership in troubled times

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  • Friday, July 24, 2020
  • | CYP Now
One of the lasting impressions left by my leadership development training with the Staff College was the idea of “Leadership in Troubled Times – from the swamp to the high ground”. This seems even more relevant now in the most volatile and uncertain of times.

Walk a mile in my shoes

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  • Monday, June 8, 2020
  • | CYP Now
I am a bit of a closet Elvis fan and the lockdown has led me to explore the backwaters of my record collection which, in turn, led me to 'The King’s' song ‘Walk A Mile in My Shoes’. This got me thinking…

Setting our priorities for the year ahead

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  • Friday, April 3, 2020
  • | CYP Now
This week marks my first as ADCS president. It promises to be an interesting and eventful year, more eventful than I realised it would be when I decided to stand for the role at the end of 2018!

Partnership: a renewed common purpose!

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  • Friday, August 14, 2020
  • | CYP Now
ADCS recently published a discussion paper Building a country that works for all children post Covid-19 which highlights both the challenges and opportunities the pandemic has created for children, families and the services they rely on.

What is education for?

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  • Monday, February 24, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Schools play a vital role in their local areas by widening opportunities for children and families, providing a pathway out of poverty, engaging with children’s services and early help, and serving their local communities.

A Christmas Carol

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  • Monday, December 16, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Predicting the future is always a fool’s game but thinking about the future of children’s services before knowing government policy for the next five years seems particularly foolish… although that’s never stopped me before!

Five ways to tackle post-Covid challenges for children's services

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  • Wednesday, June 17, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Latest research from the Children’s Services Funding Alliance, of which Barnardo’s is a member, estimates that between 2010/11 and 2018/19, funding for children’s and young people’s services has fallen by 23 per cent, from £9.7 to £7.4 billion, while funding per child and young person has fallen by an estimated 26 per cent from £571 to £425.

Doing the impossible

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  • Friday, May 28, 2021
  • | CYP Now
I want to start this blog with a quote from Francis of Assisi: “Start by doing what’s necessary; then what’s possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” - I think it’s what all of us working in children’s services do.

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