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Coram Hempsall to shape ‘future manifesto’

Karen Hart reports on Coram Hempsall’s recent event to mark its 25th anniversary, which brought together passionate advocates of early years care and development to discuss the current landscape and agree on priorities for the future.

Coram Hempsall marked its landmark 25th anniversary on 10 February with a Future Thinking Symposium, bringing together key industry figures, partners and supporters to reflect on the past, present and future of early years and the childcare sector.

James Hempsall, managing director of Coram Hempsall’s welcomed guests and keynote speakers with an acknowledgement of the ‘significant achievements’ made over the past three decades in terms of practice, quality, research, funding, evidence and data, although, he also warned of complacency, and the need for all those working in early years to come together as the ‘glue’ to hold this ‘too fragile’ early years system in place – a line of thinking that was echoed by several speakers on the evening.

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