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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.

A week is a long time…

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  • Monday, November 21, 2022
  • | CYP Now
As I write, it is still a few days until the Chancellor delivers his deferred autumn statement, but by the time this is published we will all be analysing the impact his plans will have on us, our organisations, and our communities and it feels that whatever is announced the winter is going to be a tough one.

Working together

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  • Monday, February 13, 2023
  • | CYP Now
At the time of writing, ADCS members across the children’s sector will be reflecting on the government’s response to the independent review of children’s social care.

The Children Acts; tour de force not tour de France!

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  • Friday, November 29, 2019
  • | CYP Now
I was inspired by the powerful insights provided by ADCS President Rachel Dickinson, ADCS past presidents and Vice President Jenny Coles as they looked back at the Children Acts 1989 and 2004. However, their insights also highlight concerns that there is an increasingly large number of disadvantaged children in our country whose rights, which are set out in those acts, are ignored on a daily basis.

Opportunity knocks

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  • Tuesday, April 11, 2023
  • | CYP Now
As we move into spring it’s a time of change and I have the privilege of taking up the ADCS presidency for the next year, following on from the formidable Steve Crocker who has left me with very big shoes to fill.

Please mind the (mental health) gap

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  • Monday, July 31, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Cast your mind back to January 2021, the country is in its third and most miserable lockdown, schools are closed to the majority of children again and not even the weather or novelty of a staying home is there to ease the pain. I remember worrying right at the beginning of lockdown just what this would mean for our children’s mental health and sadly it didn’t take long to find out.

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…

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