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	Info & Bytes > Articles Here is a selection of articles that we have produced over the past few years. Some are good examples of the kind of content service we have provided to clients. Others were commissioned by national newspapers and some are extracts from and summaries of recent publications produced by Genderquake. The features, comment articles and high profile interviews of key players experienced in partnership working were initiated by Genderquake Limited and delivered as part of its content strategy for the www.ourpartnership.org website, a partnership project involving us, the Cabinet Office, CMPS and the NCVO. Creche Barriers: how Britain can grow its childcare industry published by Genderquake and Demos. Family policy expert Helen Wilkinson calls for the creation of a childcare development agency to help grow the commercial childcare industry, while enabling social entrepreneurs and community groups to provide services. To read the Creche Barriers executive summary as a PDF, click here Dot Bombshell: women, e-quality and the new economy published by Helen Wilkinson, by The Industrial Society's Futures Division. The new economy promises a nirvana for women. Gone is the old boy network that dominated British businesses; gone the manual jobs which put men at an advantage. Women, with stronger skills in networking, interpersonal interaction, team-building are poised to surf to the forefront of the net-based e-conomy. To read more, click here Bringing the creche barriers down by Helen Wilkinson and Paul Skidmore, Sunday January 20 2002, The Observer. The government has set out ambitious plans to expand childcare provision. But it needs to take childcare seriously as an new growth industry if it wants to succeed. To read more, click here Opportunities for growth by Helen Wilkinson, Monday January 21 2002, The Guardian. The national childcare strategy is in trouble. Reinventing it as a business opportunity might work better for parents and the economy. To read more, click here Child care through partnership. Helen Wilkinson finds out how the Fast Track programme, run by children‚s charity 4Children, has been helping local authorities to meet government child care targets. To read more, click here The mother load by Helen Wilkinson, Tuesday March 26 2002, The Guardian. Until the government acts to boost investment in childcare provision, mothers will continue to be kept out of the labour market. To read more, click here A benefit to old and young by Helen Wilkinson, Friday March 21 2002, The Financial Times. The move to pay grandparents for looking after their grandchildren is of great practical and symbolic value. To read more, click here Alcohol strategy review falls flat. Helen Wilkinson finds that some voluntary groups are less than happy with the government's recently published Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy. To read more, click here Partnership players – are you a shaper, a coordinator, a planner or a complete finisher? by Helen Wilkinson. People make partnerships work. If you get the right mix of people, then a great deal can be achieved – often against the odds. While people are crucial to successful partnership working, team work is also key. Dr Meredith Belbin is the guru of team work and the value it brings to organisations. To read more, click here Getting it right in Hackney? Helen Wilkinson discovers that - despite Diane Abbott voting with her feet - education is getting better in the beleaguered borough of Hackney with the help of partnership working. To read more, click here Interview with Lord Warner. Helen Wilkinson, who runs Genderquake and is a consultant to the ourpartnership.org.uk steering group interviews Lord Warner, a health minister and chairman of NCVO. To read more, click here Transcript of Interview with Lord Warner. To read the complete interview, click here Glenys Thornton profile. Helen Wilkinson, who runs Genderquake and is a consultant to the ourpartnership.org.uk steering group interviews Glenys Thornton, a social activist with many years of successful partnership working to her name. To read more, click here Transcript of Interview with Glenys Thornton. To read the complete interview, click here Interview with Victor Adebowale. Helen Wilkinson meets Victor Adebowale and finds a straight-talking Yorkshireman who is an experienced and skilled partnership worker. To read the complete interview, click here Transcript of interview with Victor Adebowale. To read the complete interview, click here Email a contact Print this page Back to top     Home About Us What We Do Info & Bytes Partners Contact Us     © Genderquake Limited 2001 – 2004. All Rights Reserved. Your use of this website and its resources is taken as acceptance of our Terms and Conditions. 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