19th

Dec

Harmony Childrens Services is live !

Posted by Mark Raw in Harmony Childrens Services

Welcome all to the first blog of what I hope is many days, months and years of Harmony Childrens Services on what is a historic day in my life. After many, many years of planning, thinking, hoping, dreaming, worrying, calculating and wishing, my hopes (and fears!) have finally come to fruition. The last few months have been all about labouring over spreadsheets, finding investors, selling my vision, writing and re-writing documents, checking and double-checking policies and minimum standards and simply putting everything, and more, into making my long-held dream happen.

Today, Thursday 19th December 2010 is a historic day for me, and for Harmony Children’s Services. The money is deposited in the bank, the documents are signed and there’s no turning back…….onwards and upwards.

As we put pen to paper, the room at the solicitors had a great feeling in it. We all knew that what we were signing up to do would make a real difference to the children, with me at the helm steering it as I have always wished for. Daunting but very, very exciting! We toasted our new found company not with champagne (we all drove in, bad planning) but with cups of tea and biscuits – a cup of PG Tips never tasted so sweet.

The plan is simple enough; ‘provide high quality childcare, at a simple reasonable price’. I am excitedly looking forward to the future where Harmony is ‘meeting needs and exceeding expectations’. However I am clear from the start; Harmony should not grow too big that I will not know the names and issues affecting all of the children in our care and that I know each and every staff member and they know me. It is all about building a family ethos that will run though Harmony and everything it does.

So, papers signed, the hard work has only just started. Where do we go from here? We have been looking at a number of houses and I am keen to ensure that our first house is perfectly suited for our (and the children’s) needs. We have identified one and now just need to get our offer accepted. It looks as if it’s designed for us; it meets all our needs, with great living space, good sized bedrooms and even an annex for the classroom. It’s ideal!

And I was looking for my first Christmas off in ten years….. I don’t think I will be getting it this year but I don’t care. My dream has just become a reality.

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