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Earthquake in Nepal

Bhim, the trekking guide,and his family and niece, Kalpana are alive. House destroyed and living outside in a makeshift tent with tremors still continuing. No help reached them yet! Donations please via the…

Venturefest 2015, April 14th

Our Partnership will be exhibiting in the Social Business Hub of Venturefest East Midlands, in Nottingham, on Tuesday 14th April 2015. Supporting the Social Business Hub visitors in their exploration of the newly…

Parent Champions’ Training for Family and Childcare Trust

Parent Champions’ is a volunteering project established by the Family and Childcare Trust and has become hugely successful in the last seven years.   As one of their trainers for the project I…

Seasons Greetings

With thanks for our work together this year and looking forward to projects in 2015 and beyond. Tim Smith and Sue Martin SmithMartin Partnership LLP

The Code Generation

‘ Learning how to program is the new Literacy,’ says Marina Bers from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. An article by Niall Firth in the New Scientist 6.9.14, shows how children are using…

Alison McGovern,
new Shadow Childcare Minister

Alison McGovern has been appointed as the new shadow childcare minister. She replaces Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell, appointed to the shadow early years brief in October 2013, has led Labour’s campaigns over…

Tailor Made: How do community groups improve society?

  Research from the Community Development Foundation shows that vital contributions from small community groups are making huge benefits nationally to society. Today sees the launch of a research project ‘Tailor Made: how…

E-Reading for South Africa

  World Reader and Cambridge University Press, South Africa (CUP SA) are working in partnership on e-readers and mobile phones. This means that anyone with a phone (non-smart phone), in South Africa can…

Digital Knowledge – how smart are you?

Digital Knowledge – 6 year olds are as smart as 45 year old adults, with a peak for digital understanding at 14 – 15 years! (Ofcom findings). In a report published by Ofcom,…