Four years ago, I started as Chief Executive of Services For Education and no one could have predicted what lay just around the corner,...

Somehow another school year has just begun - working in education, before we know it, Christmas will be upon us! Working in August always...

Day 5 began with chatting to 3 fellow volunteers on the train who were heading off to the Smithfield site, ready to welcome visitors to...

Day 3 started a little differently as I got to my shift via public transport. As part of Birmingham 2022’s commitment to being the most...

Volunteering day 1, was mostly about finding my way around .... working on the media team means that my pass allows me access to numerous...

The sporting action - and visitors from far and wide have come to the City. Over the last few weeks the City has been transformed with...

It’s hard to believe that back in Jan 2020 I was visiting family in Australia, attending the Australian Open – and Covid-19 was something...

Celebrating the value of Trustees! Whilst we should never need an excuse, this week – Trustees Week 2021, is the perfect opportunity to...

This blog was 1st published on the Services For Education website on 3rd Sept 2021 It only seems like yesterday when we reached the end...

As restrictions have eased back, competitive sport has returned to our screen – Wimbledon, the Euros and the weekend’s closing ceremony...

Last week I enjoyed three very soggy, windy days down in Dorset. As I drove back, I was struck that in more normal times, the bad weather...

This blog contains the main points and references in a session I delivered at the ICAEW Financial Controller's conference on 18 May 2021....

This blog was first published on https://www.servicesforeducation.co.uk/blog/leadership/going-global/ , 6 May 2021. One of the enduring...

This blog is based on a training session held virtually for Services For Education, March 2021, led by Dr Kate Middleton, Psychologist, ...

It's hard to believe that 23 March 2021 represents a year since the start of Lockdown 1.0 ... and yet in other ways it feels like...

Leading a charity with education at the core, 2021 kicked off with an all-team meeting and a session entitled ‘Building resilience in...

Covid-19 has disrupted everything that we knew to be normal – the roll-out of the vaccine programme at an incredible speed gives us hope...