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New Year Wishes 2023: Overcoming challenges while supporting families

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As we say goodbye to the events of 2022, we ask a selection of people who work with children and families in the early years what their hopes and dreams are for the next 12 months
What will the new year bring?
What will the new year bring?

James Hempsall

Unbelievably we are approaching three years since the start of the pandemic, and naturally we remain in the grip of its impact on all aspects of our work and lives. We are all busy doing what we can to counter this and help children and families through high-quality early years and childcare provision, and wider services. That must remain our primary focus.

To do that we must look after ourselves. I am certainly expecting to continue supporting children, families, practitioners and providers to cope both in wellbeing and in business terms, and indeed thrive, despite the enormous challenges we all face socially, professionally, educationally and economically. That is a huge task, we can all agree on that.

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