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The First Three Years

The First Three Years

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The First Three Years’ podcast is a 4-part series exploring the state of early years childcare in the UK today, focusing on those crucial first three years of life and asking the question, why is there no subsidised government support in those years?. We’ll be looking at the ripple effect that lack of access to childcare has on wider society, the toxic cultural norms we need to dismantle before we can improve the system and finally we’ll be casting our minds into the future to ask, what’s next for childcare?

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The First Three Years Podcast is presented by Alexandra Jones. It was written by Amy Thomson and Alexandra Jones. The lead producers and editors were Amy Thomson & Nick Thomson. Niall Killeney-Taylor was the executive producer and Sharmadean Reid was Editorial Director. The series has been brought to you by The Stack, production support by Podcast.co.

https://thestack.world/news/society/campaigns/the-first-three-years-1616506478263

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Episodes
  • Ep 4. The Future of Childcare

    Ep 4. The Future of Childcare
    Jun 7 2021

    In this final episode, we’re looking at how we move forward from here, which countries have successful childcare systems and what an ideal childcare system would look like here in the UK. 


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    The First Three Years Podcast is presented by Alexandra Jones. It was written by Amy Thomson and Alexandra Jones. The lead producers and editors were Amy Thomson & Nick Thomson. Niall Killeney-Taylor was the executive producer and Sharmadean Reid was Editorial Director. The series has been brought to you by The Stack, production support by Podcast.co. 



    https://thestack.world/news/society/campaigns/the-first-three-years-1616506478263

    https://thestack.world/news/society/campaigns/the-first-three-years-how-the-system-fails-parents-in-the-uk-1619433749901


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    27 mins
  • Ep 3. The Childcare Culture Shift

    Ep 3. The Childcare Culture Shift
    Jun 7 2021

    In episode three, we’ll be looking at how dads are affected by the system, if we need a cultural shift in order to make childcare work for everyone, and what businesses are doing to accommodate a change.

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    The First Three Years Podcast is presented by Alexandra Jones. It was written by Amy Thomson and Alexandra Jones. The lead producers and editors were Amy Thomson & Nick Thomson. Niall Killeney-Taylor was the executive producer and Sharmadean Reid was Editorial Director. The series has been brought to you by The Stack, production support by Podcast.co. 


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    24 mins
  • Ep 2. The Childcare Ripple Effect

    Ep 2. The Childcare Ripple Effect
    Jun 7 2021

    In episode two, we’ll be looking at the socioeconomic ripple effect caused by a family’s access to childcare - and how that affects mothers and children in particular. As well as discussing the question of - Is more free childcare the solution?


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    The First Three Years Podcast is presented by Alexandra Jones. It was written by Amy Thomson and Alexandra Jones. The lead producers and editors were Amy Thomson & Nick Thomson. Niall Killeney-Taylor was the executive producer and Sharmadean Reid was Editorial Director. The series has been brought to you by The Stack, production support by Podcast.co. 



    https://thestack.world/news/society/campaigns/the-first-three-years-1616506478263

    https://thestack.world/news/society/campaigns/the-first-three-years-how-the-system-fails-parents-in-the-uk-1619433749901


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    26 mins
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