50 years of impact driving a future full of ambition

Why attend?

Build real connections in your community: Our conference has become the place for home-based childcare professionals to come together as a community and support each other. When many normally work alone, it is important to be able to meet your peers to share experiences and ideas and celebrate each other’s successes.

Learn from leading early years experts: Inspiring, energising speakers on early years topics including child development, safeguarding aswell as a focus ony our own personal development. Workshops designed to support you in your practice including inspection, MTD and insurance support. Specialised clinics aimed to advise and support.

Find new inspiration: Take a Saturday to prioritise your own personal development and wellbeing. Meet your peers, learn about new topics, celebrate the little wins and be motivated to take your childcare business even further.

Speakers

Eunice Lumsden OBE, Emeritus Professor of Child Advocacy at the University of Northampton and the former Head of Childhood Youth and Families.

Patrice Laurence MBE, nationally award-winning author of Orangeboy, winner of the Bookseller YA Prize and the Waterstones Prize for Older Children’s Fiction.

Jan Dubiel, internationally recognised Early Childhood Education specialist, Independent Consultant and Adviser

Amit Kalley, Founder of For Working Parents, former Deputy Headteacher and digital parenting and safeguarding specialist

Meggie Fisher, Head of Quality at Dingley’s Promise and specialist in high-quality inclusive early years practice

Sue Lee, Partner Relationship Director at Morton Michel and experienced childcare, care and education insurance leader

Pennie Akehurst, author and early years leadership specialist with over 30 years’ experience in the sector

Aftab Hussain, ANNA Money's Tax and Accounting expert, with over 20 years' experience across accounting, tax and business advisory.

Workshops

Ofsted inspections: Insight into trends, themes and takeaways – Pennie Akehurst

Making Tax Digital - Aftab Hussain, ANNA Money

It’s your business – protect yourself – Sue Lee, Morton Michel

Headline sponsor

We’re delighted to announce Morton Michel as the Headline Sponsor of Coram PACEY’s Childcare and early years conference 2027.

As we celebrate 50 years of impact driving a future full of ambition, we’re thrilled to have Morton Michel supporting this special anniversary conference and helping us bring together the home-based childcare community for a day of learning, connection and celebration.

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