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Famly Sessions 2020: A Free Virtual Coronavirus Conference

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Right now, getting reliable information is tricky. Getting your questions answered by people qualified to answer them? Even harder.

That’s why we’ve set up Famly Sessions, the UK’s first Free Virtual Early Years Conference on Wednesday 8th April, 10:00-12:30 all about the coronavirus and how you can respond. 

 

Sign up, submit your questions, and join us on Wednesday to have them answered by some of the most trusted experts in the UK. Here’s the agenda:

 

  • 10:00-10:40 - Business Sustainability: Stay financially secure and get through to the other side 
    • Tricia Wellings - Bright Kids and MBK Training
    • Roopam Carroll - Beeston Nursery and The Nice Boss

 

  • 10:45-11:10 - Staffing: HR and staff wellbeing in the age of furlough
    • Beverly Bacon - The Key Leadership
    • Imogen Edmunds - Red Wing Solutions

 

  • 11:15-12:00 - Home learning: How to support parents and families at home
    • Dr Sue Allingham - EY Out of the Box Consultancy
    • Ruth Swailes - Assure Education

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With thanks to MBK Training , The Nice Boss , The Key Leadership, Red Wing Solutions , EY Out of the Box Consultancy , Assure Education , Early Years TV, CEEDA and EY Matters .

Tricia Wellings

Early Years Trainer and Nursery Owner, MBK Training

Tricia Wellings has 21 years experience of running her own early years business and currently has 5 day nurseries. Alongside this she has also set up an Early Years Training company which trains her own and others teams. Tricia also undertakes individual consultancy for settings, mainly on their management of funding and finance.

Roopam Carroll

Founder and Nursery Owner, The Nice Boss

Roopam has decades of experience as a senior manager in the NHS and as the Owner of Beeston Nursery. She now is on a mission to help you to run your business the Nice Boss way, with love, authority and confidence.

Beverley Bacon

Co-Founder and Educator, The Key

Beverley Bacon is the co-founder at ‘The Key’, an early years consultancy focused on HR, leadership and management. She has also previously worked in talent management at Busy Bees Nurseries, one of the UK’s largest nursery groups with 379 settings across the UK and Ireland.

Imogen Edmunds

Managing Director, Redwing Solutions

"I’m Imogen Edmunds, Managing Director of Redwing Solutions (please see error below) a HR Consultancy that specialises in HR for Early Years. Redwing is 16 years next month and we have a small team of 5 working from an office in Redditch, Worcestershire. I am a mum of 1, (2 if you count the husband!) and I am surviving WFH by drinking lots of coffee!"

Dr. Sue Allingham

Early Years Consultant, Early Years Out of the Box Consultancy

Dr Sue Allingham has both an MA and a Doctorate in Early Childhood Education from the University of Sheffield and is an independent consultant and trainer with her company Early Years Out of the Box Consultancy. She is the author of Transitions in the Early Years and writes regularly for Early Years Educator – EYE – magazine where she is Consultant Editor.

Ruth Swailes

Early Years Consultant , Assure Education

Ruth has over 25 years’ experience in primary education, working as a School Improvement Advisor, Early Years consultant and moderator in several Local Authorities, primary Headteacher, and Ofsted inspector. Ruth now support settings and schools throughout the UK and is also National senior leadership consultant with Early Excellence.

Matt Arnerich

Head of Content & Brand Voice, Famly

Matt Arnerich is Famly's Head of Content and for the past three years he's worked on producing content in a range of formats including blogs, guides and interview to highlight key early years industry issues and help ensure staff are well equipped with up to date knowledge.