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Dawn Newman: Careers and the rise of an online community

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When CACHE Alumni launched in late 2017, the online service aimed to provide early years practitioners with a place to come together online. Seven years later, it now boasts 25,000 members, says its Alumni communities manager.

With a shared set of values, skills, and behaviours, early years practitioners are invested in their qualifications and already feel like a community. I remember people proudly displaying their CACHE pin badge on their work uniform to show their learning. 

After starting small, we’ve expanded to involve everyone working in the sectors supported by CACHE, including education, health, and social care. We've embarked on a mission, in line with NCFE’s charitable purpose, to promote and advance learning, irrespective of the qualifications practitioners hold.

Since that initial launch, over 25,000 practitioners have come to trust CACHE Alumni for support with their careers and the community just keeps growing. It's not because we have a giant marketing budget (we don’t!), but because our membership is very vocal in their support of our community.

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