Nursery World - Early Years Strategic Partnership - A 'critical friend' to Government

As 4Children's tenure as the lead in the early years strategic partnership enters its final phase, its chief executive talks to Catherine Gaunt about the role and sector concerns.

In 2011 4Children was awarded £1m over two years as the strategic lead for early years voluntary organisations under the banner Foundations for the Future.

As the two-year programme enters the final stages, chief executive Anne Longfield spoke to Nursery World about 4Children's role as the lead partner in the early years strategic partnership.

The Department for Education has not yet announced what will happen next year once 4Children's role comes to an end, but is understood to be putting together a prospectus on this shortly.

Ms Longfield says, 'The strategic partnership is in its last six months. We believe it's really important for early years to gain greater recognition and increasing emphasis on the importance of early intervention.

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