Empowering education: Uniting investors and operators

After 35 years working in early years, Cheryl believes the sector has a responsibility to safeguard the healthy and prosperous future of children by embedding sustainability in every decision. Gecco is a charity that shares good practice in sustainability within the early years sector, while Tops was the first large group of nurseries where all settings had achieved Eco Schools Green Flags, SAS Plastic Free Champions, and to operate at net zero CO2e emissions overall. After studying sustainability with Cambridge University as a post-graduate she will defend her doctoral thesis on sustainability in the early years in 2024. She was the founder sponsor of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Childcare and Early Education in 2017.