Kenny Spence
Kenny Spence is a tireless campaigner for the need to have more men working in childcare. He was responsible for the setting up and success of various childcare initiatives, including the hugely successful Men in Childcare Project, which has had over 900 male students undertake childcare training. The Project which started in Edinburgh expanded across Scotland and is now U.K. wide.
Kenny in partnership with One Parent Families Scotland was also instrumental in the setting up of the Lone Fathers Project, which enables fathers to gain better parenting skills as well as giving them a chance to mix with other men who are in the same predicament. As Manager of the Gilmerton Child & Family Centre he set in motion an easy learning and accessible computer system for children, which resulted in him being invited to speak at the IBM Conference in Amsterdam. Having spoken on the subject of Men in Childcare at conferences all over Europe he is now in partnership with a host of countries from the European Union, in the Men in Childcare European Network which helps push forward the Men in Childcare ethos on a European front.
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