Update: this event has unfortunately had to be cancelled at the request of the Hallam UCU Branch, but I am still raising funds to support the Snowdrop Project. You can read more here.   Over the last nine years I have organised film screenings to celebrate International Women’s Day and raise…

Today I joined campaigners backing ‘Know the Line’, an initiative to stop sexual harassment. The campaign was set up, with Safer Streets South Yorkshire, after speaking with local women and girls about their experiences of street harassment. It brought together a partnership of local groups and individuals who came together…

I met with members of the team at Ashiana last Friday to present the money raised at my International Women’s Day screening of ‘Desert Flower’ and to discuss their work, particularly in relation to women who are victims of human trafficking and their children.   Thanks to the generosity of…

I had a great day at Wybourn Community Primary and Nursery School for their school council elections. The way that the students organised themselves into parties around issues that mattered to them and then prepared and debated their manifestoes was an extraordinary lesson in democracy at its best.    I was so impressed by the approach of the…

I was pleased to launch ‘110 Outlet’, a new project set up by SYAC the South Yorkshire African Caribbean Business and Enterprise Training Centre (SYAC) to help entrepreneurs in the BAME communities to sell their products. The ‘110 Outlet’ allow new businesses to meet potential customers and test out their…