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The future of early years services

Nesta talks to… Liz Pemberton

In A fairer start

5 Apr 2022 13:00 – 14:00

Online

This event was held on Tuesday 5 March. The recording is available below.

Early years experiences shape children’s lives and dictate their future. How can we shape our early years services to ensure all children, from all backgrounds, thrive?

Liz Pemberton is the award-winning Director of The Black Nursery Manager Ltd, an anti-racist training and consultancy that provides tailored support to local authorities, early years organisations, teachers and practitioners to promote anti-racist practice. She joined Nesta's Louise Bazalgette on 5 April to talk about her extensive experience working in early years, the importance of community-based, anti-racist and inclusive practices and what she anticipates for the future of early years services.

Liz is passionate about promoting inclusivity in the early years education sector, with first hand experience witnessing the effects of systematic inequality in education and expert knowledge of the ways that race, culture and ethnicity should be considered in this practice.

Why you should watch

This event is essential listening for anyone who works with children or in early years education. Whether you’re a practitioner, researcher, campaigner or just interested in learning more about ensuring a fairer start for all.

Event Recording

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Liz Pemberton

Liz Pemberton (she/her) is the Director of The Black Nursery Manager Ltd - a training & consultancy company that focuses on anti-racist practice within Early Years. With 16 years experience in the education sector, Liz’s roles have included Secondary School Teacher (QTS), public speaker and up until recently, Nursery Manager, allowing her to teach, manage, support and educate Early Years students, practitioners and professionals in a variety of forums. Her mission is to promote inclusive practice in the Early Years (under 5’s) education sector, with a particular focus on how race, culture and ethnicity should be considered in this practice. During her career, Liz has developed a network of like-minded practitioners and professionals, broadening her focus from Nursery Management to sharing her expertise through media. Liz was awarded the 2021 Community Unsung She-ro award at the Multicultural Business & Community Champion Awards (MBCC) and is delivering CPD webinars, working closely with Local Authorities to consult on developing anti-racist strategy and collaborating with Early Years organisations to promote this best practice, as she knows that this is important and urgent work that we all need to do.