Welcome to Inspire: The Nurture Nursery Conference 2024! Get ready for a day filled with inspiration, learning, and networking in the beautiful setting of Low Port Centre. Join us on Sat Sep 21 2024 at 09:00 AM for a day dedicated to reinvigorating you and your staff with a focus on contemporary issues in early education and childcare. Our lineup of speakers will inspire you to take your nursery to the next level. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals and gain valuable insights to help your nursery thrive. See you there!
First keynote speaker: Alice Sharp
Alice is an inspiring and motivational presenter for early years training and continuous professional development. As a teacher, creator, author, mum and imagineer Alice is both nationally and internationally renowned as an expert in leading learning in early childhood.
Second keynote speaker: Liz Pemberton
Liz Pemberton (she/her) is the Director of The Black Nursery Manager Ltd – a training & consultancy company which focuses on anti-racist practice within Early Years. Liz’s mission is to continue to promote inclusive practice in the Early Years sector, with a particular focus on how race, culture and ethnicity should be considered in this practice.
Third keynote speaker: Zero Tolerance
Zero Tolerance is Scotland’s expert organisation on primary prevention of men’s violence against women and girls (VAWG). We work to end VAWG by tackling the root cause: gender inequality. Many of you will be familiar with the Gender Equal Play guidance.
Katie Horsburgh – Policy and Practice Officer: Children and Young People
Katie’s work focuses on embedding primary prevention in early years, schools and youth work spaces.
Joanna Zawadzka – Campaigns and Engagement Officer
Joanna’s role involves connecting with a wide range of stakeholders to help boost awareness on gender equality issues and improve gender based violence prevention practices across the media, voluntary and statutory services. She co-created Gender Equal Play guidance and delivered a You Can Be Campaign for early years practitioners to help them improve gender equal practice in their settings.
Fourth keynote speaker: Laurie Eyles
Laure is a registered dietitian and dietetic service lead in NHS Lothian and has worked as a dietitian in NHS Scotland for over 20 years. Laurie also has a role as professional advisor in the population health directorate at Scottish Government advising and supporting policy teams, ministers and clincians on diet and healthy weight. Laurie has a particular interest in body image, body positivity and healthy relationships with food
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