It’s great to see parents set up a petition on this issue. Children should have free home to school bus travel, especially in a city where many travel long distances to school. Sign here! change.org/p/make-school-…

An excellent piece by Sally Weale feat work by Lee Elliot Major & Emily Briant on unconscious bias against working-class pupils in schools. Echo's much of what we see and hear in our community, and in the podcast, which is a "deep listening campaign" in itself. theguardian.com/society/2023/o…

We announced in our newsletter at the weekend, we are offering an early bird discount… the first 30 people who use the discount code ‘STEPUPCOMMUNITY’ will get 20% off our London Leadership Day. Meaning our ticket price goes from £8 to £6.40! eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-lond…

Today we’re having to launch #IfWeFundThis because we’re finding it harder than ever to give young working-class people a platform to create change - harder financially and harder politically. justgiving.com/campaign/ifwef…

It's a post that no CEO ever wants to write but the current financial and political environment is threatening the future of our beloved organisation RECLAIM - we desperately need your help. If you are able to, please donate to our campaign: justgiving.com/campaign/ifwef…

Really honoured to be involved in this discussion. Lenny Henry 3 Little Birds is an example of how are stories can be used as a stimulus for creative writing. Please share and sign up

Congratulations to this year’s top 75 Social Mobility Index Employers. 🎆 It’s great to see all these employers taking action to ensure there is equity of who gets in, who gets on and who belongs in the workplace. 👏 Read the report 2023: socialmobility.org.uk/employerindex #SMFIndex23

To those of you in my network who are educational leaders and based in the North… Join us on Saturday 20th April for our Step Up Network CIC Manchester Event. Hear from Krissi Carter 嘉敏兒 🇭🇰 FIoL FRSA FCCT FCoT @NBeniams Louise Jaunbocus-Cooper Adam 🏳️‍🌈✨🪩 Vicki Maguire Akeim Mundell BEM ★ £5 each. eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-manc…

We’re really excited to be speaking at the International Working Class Storyfest next weekend. Get tickets here. eventbrite.co.uk/e/internationa…

As one teacher says in the piece: “There is this simplistic, romantic idea that education lifts people out of poverty, but you have to do something to mitigate the impacts of poverty or children can’t learn.” It’s time to #GuaranteeOurEssentials theguardian.com/education/2024…

🚨 Child poverty should not be normalised 🚨 Today, new shocking figures from @DWPgovUK show 100,000 more children are living in poverty than last year. There's no excuse for children to go without food, warmth, or basic necessities. It's time for the UK government to

Teachers we need you! Class Divide is building a teachers network in Brighton & Hove. If you care about the class divide in our city and want to help us change it, find out more and show your interest here: classdivide.co.uk/news/we-are-bu…

New research exclusively seen by Channel 4 News shows just 1 in 12 creatives working in TV and Film in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are from working class backgrounds. Actor Samira Ahmed says her experience of drama school made her realise "you need connections".

If you are a working class person who wants to work in radio or podcasting, send me a DM 🎙️📻 I will look to offer some mentoring / some sort of open online sessions after the summer.

🩸 🩸URGENT: O-type blood donors needed after London cyber-attack - pls RT 🩸 bbc.com/news/articles/…