Appendix 2: The candidate's CV
Anne Longfield OBE
Education
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, BA Hons Degree
(History with Politics and Philosophy) (1978-81)
Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley, West Yorkshire
(1971-78)
Awards
Awarded an OBE in the Millennium Honours for services
to young people
Gained Freedom of the City of London in September
2013 for services to children in London
Current role
· CEO
of 4Children, the national children's charity for children and
families.
· Established
national advocate and policy shaper for children with strong track
record of policy development over two decades including leading
involvement in policies for childcare, early years, youth, family
support, parenting, vulnerable children.
· Established
strategic developer of national programmes including national
childcare programmes 1993-2006, Sure Start 2000-2014, youth support
2006-9, early intervention and social care 2012-date.
· Strategic advisor:
DfE VCSE Strategic Partner for Children and Families 2011-present;
Youth Ministerial Critical Friends Group 2010-12; Prime Minister's
Strategy Unit 2001-2.
· National commissions
and consultations; 2000/1-Childcare; 2006/7-Young People; 2010/11
Families.
· Recent Campaigns:
Give me Strength (preventing family crisis 2010-12); Fair for
Families (2013); Making Britain Great for Children and Families
(2014)
· Recent Publications:
Crash Barriers (preventing family crisis, 2010); Suffering in
Silence (mental health, 2011); Over the Limit (alcohol and drug
abuse, 2012); The Enemy Within (domestic and family violence,
2012); Making Britain Great for Children and Families (A manifesto
for the future, 2014).
· Current service
delivery: The charity runs over 100 Sure Start Children's Centres
as well as childcare, youth and family support supporting 100,000
children and young people across 150 sites.
· Responsible
for all aspects of the operation of the £30m organisation.
Professional history
Chief Executive, 4Children
(1994-present)
Major national charity for children and families
delivering services and support to 100,000 children and families
through 150 local sites around the UK with a highly regarded policy
and advocacy reputation both locally and nationally.
Founding Trustee Early Intervention Foundation
(2013-date)
Established and now Trustee of the new Foundation
to evidence and support early intervention for children.
Non-Executive Director, Social Investment Business
(2008-2011)
Non-Executive Director of the social investment organisation
supporting new approaches to third sector investment.
Strategic Policy Advisor, Prime Ministers Strategy
Unit, Cabinet Office (2001-2002)
Policy advisor and strategist on a major children
and families review.
Director of Development, Kids' Clubs Network
(1990-1993)
Responsible for operational activities and managing
20 local offices throughout England and Wales to develop childcare
programmes and places. Established and managed local strategic
partnerships with health, employment, leisure and local authorities
to support children. Established and delivered a national consultancy
service to develop support for children and Families.
Inner Cities Development Officer, National Out
of School Alliance (1987-1990)
Delivering development support to local authorities
and children and family providers in targeted urban areas of England
to enable them to develop and deliver childcare.
Community Projects Manager, London
(1983-1987)
Managing community based projects for children, young
people and families in Tower Hamlets and Wandsworth, London.
Researcher, Save the Children
(1982-1983)
Research into a range of policy areas including a
major programme on maternal traveller healthcare in partnership
with the Home Office
Current membership of boards/Chairs of groups
· Chair
Acevo VSCE Children and Families Special Interest Group
· The Children's
Partnership—Co-Chair, The DfE VCSE Strategic Partner for
Children and Families
· Early Intervention
Foundation—Trustee
· Making Britain
Great for Children and Families—Chair of the policy programme
· All Party Parliamentary
Group on Sure Start—Service support
· End Child Poverty
Group
· Royal Society
of Arts Fellowship
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