Lucy Bailey is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Bounce Forward. She is proud of her beginnings as a youth worker and her 17 years of experience of working in, developing, reforming and managing children’s services, prior to starting Bounce Forward. Lucy left school with a Math’s CSE and English O’level. In an era when women’s role in the workplace was limiting, she was offered the choice on a Youth Training Scheme of Typist or Hairdresser, she took the latter. Earning £25 a week, with rent of £16 she dreamed of success and strived to find it. Her experience is what drives her enthusiasm for enabling people to overcome setbacks and pursue their opportunities. Over the last fourteen years Lucy has focused on education. Her passion is to drive a movement to influence UK policy around education to form a positive system of change with psychological fitness at the core. Lucy has directed national research projects, has an MSc in Practice Based Research, a BSc in Social Policy and Criminology, and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education.