Nursery World - Interview - Jodie Reed, director at Isos Partnership

Jodie Reed leads Isos’s work on early years, childcare, early help and prevention, and is the co-author of Working for Babies: Lockdown lessons from local systems, which shines a light on society’s most vulnerable members during the spring 2020 lockdown. Ms Reed’s previous roles include the Early Intervention Foundation and the DfE.

Jodie Reed

WHAT ARE THE PROJECT’S AIMS?

The project was first commissioned in July 2020 by the 1001 Days Movement secretariat and undertaken by Isos Partnership with funding from Cattanach. The aim was to investigate the impacts of the coronavirus crisis on babies in the first 1,001 days and their families, drawing lessons for the future.

The focus was the spring national lockdown in 2020 and the aftermath – March to September. Research consisted of an online survey which canvassed the views of 235 service leaders, including health visitors and perinatal and infant mental health and breastfeeding support, as well as in-depth interviews and workshops with four local authorities.

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