It's been heartbreaking this week doing focus groups with new mums. Brutally unfair that children's centres & baby groups to have stay shut while the bloody pubs are full... So many women & babies struggling still, just desperate for support & connection.

Really enjoying this podcast

Reminding myself of this wonderful project today.

Such an honour to have worked with Ms Zohhadi. I have learnt so much from her.

This grips your heart.

It’s not everyday I pre-order a book. Hoping the book is as insightful as the blog.

It’s apparently unlawful to teach about structural racism DfE has pulled equalities and inclusion funding There are now more food banks than branches of McDonalds in this country Police ramping up powers to stop protests Anyone else seeing a pattern here?

“Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.” — C.S Lewis

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”

Jess Phillips: 'Motherhood made me feel like I mattered. I wish that wasn't the case' Just 24 hours to join in with Brummie the pound project crowd publishing project and get this little book. google.com/amp/s/amp.theg… Get Mother here for next 24 hours poundproject.co.uk/shop/mother

Access to #childcare is super important to achieve #GenderEquality. Hear what @amyrozelmartin from #RadicalChildcare thinks. #DYK: before #COVID19 pandemic, less than ¼ of countries guaranteed parents time off for childcare. #WomenBizLaw #Get2Equal wrld.bg/rVo050DWBfu

I could aspire to worse than grow up to be like this. "...revolution." 💛

Bringing the TL back this striking image of Stuart Hall on crèche duty at the Women’s Liberation Movement conference hosted at Ruskin College, Oxford, in 1970. Thinking today about how we organise childcare and education for liberation. Suggested readings welcome.

Five Steps Towards an Embedded Coaching and CPD Culture. teacherhead.com/2021/05/15/fiv… > Great response to latest post. Links to several related posts on this theme.

Reading widely builds resilience and critical thinking. The more widely we read, the less likely we are to be influenced by any one opinion. Occasionally reading books that express problematic ideas gives us the vocabulary to understand those ideas, and to combat them.

We loved meeting Faisal in Ladywood and it was a joy to help him to tell his amazing story in Voices of B16...On Tuesday night we will be premiering our full length film at the event which tells the story of the project...😍👇

You don’t get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as ‘Gesture Politics’ & then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we’re campaigning against, happens.

🥊 Galal Yafai is one step away from becoming Olympic champion 🥇 🏭 It’s a far cry from the factory job he gave up to pursue his dream. #TeamGB #Tokyo2020