Listen "291: Tiney - Your modern community of exceptional childminders with Brett Wigdortz"
Episode Synopsis
Brett’s lifelong mission is to help every child access an excellent education. He is the co-founder and CEO of Tiney.co, a digital platform and operating system enabling micro-entrepreneurs to launch and run childcare businesses from their homes and giving families access to quality, affordable and flexible early years education. He is also the non-executive chairman of the National Citizen Service Trust, the largest youth programme in the UK for those on the cusp of adulthood.He wrote the original business plan for Teach First and led the organisation for fifteen years, helping to build it into one of the UK’s leading movements to tackle education inequality and the largest graduate recruiter in the country. He is co-founder and was Deputy CEO of Teach For All, which has brought the model to over 50 countries around the world. He is also a trustee & co-founder of Teach First Israel and the UK Fair Education Alliance and on the board of Bite Back 2030 aiming to reduce youth obesity. He received an OBE for services to education in 2012.Websitewww.tiney.coSocial Media Informationwww.facebook.com/tiney.co/twitter.com/tineycowww.instagram.com/tineyco/Resources MentionedThe 100 Year LifeShow SponsorThe National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. Get a FREE e-copy of their professional journal at nape.org.uk/journal Mentioned in this episode:NAPE Al Kingsley Summit PromoWatch Mark Taylor interview Al Kingsley about 'Creating Digital Strategies for Schools' as part of the Primary Education Summit 2023 - Visions for the Future - presented by National Association for Primary Education (NAPE)
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