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Editor's view: Why a new Coalition means business

Editor’s View
The newly formed Early Education and Childcare Coalition has the potential to make the sector heard with a united voice

With more than 30 members, the new Early Education and Childcare Coalition provides a 360-degree view of our sector – taking in every aspect of its very varied landscape (news, 22 August).

Spanning children’s charities, parent campaign groups, provider membership bodies, anti-poverty campaigners, NGOs and business lobbying groups, its members bring a variety of perspectives to a new campaign which could potentially be very powerful. There are some big ambitions for levelling up; the Coalition’s host is feminist think-tank the Women’s Budget Group, while funding is from the Kiawah Trust, a charitable foundation that supports initiatives to tackle educational and gender inequality.

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