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No Outsiders enables children to recognise and embrace the diversity around them in preparation for global citizenship. The ethos teaches that ‘there are no outsiders here because everyone is welcome’. The resource uses the Equality Act 2010 as a foundation to ensure no protected
characteristic is left out.

42 picture books are used in the scheme with lesson plans from EYFS- Y6 to ensure consistency and progression. Assemblies are used to reinforce the ethos and plans are uploaded weekly to the no-outsiders website.

Andrew Moffat currently works as Personal Development Lead at Excelsior MAT, Birmingham.

Published resources:
No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in primary schools (Speechmark, 2015)
Reclaiming Radical Ideas in Schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain (Speechmark, 2017)
No Outsiders: Everyone different, Everyone welcome (Speechmark, 2020)

Awards
MBE, 2017 (Education for Equality and Diversity)
Top 10 finalist in Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, 2019
Pink News ‘Role Model of the year’, 2019
Attitude Pride Awards, 2019
European Diversity Awards ‘Hero of the year’, 2019
Honorary Doctorate, University of Worcester, 2019
Midlands Zone Readers’ Award ‘LGBTQ Hero of the year’, 2020
Midlands Zone Award ‘Outstanding Contribution to The LGBTQ Community’ 2020
University of Sunderland Visiting Professor, 2020
Pride Power List 2020

Research
Andrew Moffat is a qualified Senco and has a MA in Emotional and behavioural Difficulties (University of Birmingham). He is currently studying part time for a PhD in Citizenship teaching (University of Birmingham).

Mosaic LGBT+ Young Persons Trust supports, educates and inspires young LGBT+ persons age 13 – 19 as well as those around them through innovative co-designed services and training.

Pride in London ‘Future Activists’ Award

Ben Cohen’s Foundation Stand Up Foundation’s Charity of the Year 2019

About Mindful Equity UK

Mindful Equity UK was founded by Aretha Banton and Youlande Harrowell. We are a brand new service supporting Black and Asian women educators right from the start of their careers – from trainee teacher onwards. Our mission is to ensure that more Black and Asian women educators join the teaching profession, stay in the teaching profession and move into leadership in the teaching profession.

Mindful Equity UK run a peer networking service providing advice, guidance and coaching to Black and Asian women throughout their early teaching careers. We encourage solution focused conversations about representation and inclusion within the education sector with the aim of influencing changes within educational policy and practices. Our consultancy strand supports, ITT providers, employers and leadership teams to implement frameworks that will increase the diversity amongst student teachers, early career teachers and leadership teams. We work with the most amazing allies and are proud to be part of a wide ranging and truly representative network.

Our Founders

Aretha Banton is an Assoc. Vice Principal EYFS- P16 specialising in SEND, Safeguarding and Inclusion.

She is proud to have worked in a range of diverse schools and Academies improving outcomes for vulnerable and disadvantaged students. She is driven by a passion for social mobility and meaningful change.

Youlande Harrowell is an Assistant Headteacher working in an inner London secondary school and is experienced in leading successful sixth form provisions, CEIAG and developing key stage 5 curriculums. Youlande is a proud champion and advocate for visibly diverse leaderships in education.

Inspiring, empowering and connecting teachers choosing to complete continued professional development whilst on parental leave.

We believe that parents are entitled to make decisions that support their wellbeing and the wellbeing of their families.  Wellbeing means different things for different people: our nationwide network empowers those choosing to maintain a sense of that ‘teacher’ identity during the “break” of parental leave.

We think creatively about the type of activities that have a positive impact on our students and can therefore be considered effective professional learning, and we love exploring the simplicity or problem-solving challenge(!) of enjoying these with babies and toddlers. Our two-module Accreditation formally recognises the ‘tricky to certify’ CPD completed by our community during parental leave. Underpinned by six sessions of coaching from our amazing coaching team, our participants tell us this is one of the most transformational and liberating CPD programmes they have ever completed.

Our community has a significant impact on the culture of schools, influencing organisations to be more equal and more inclusive. The ramifications of our work make teaching not only a family friendly career choice for mothers and fathers, but also improves working conditions for all teachers.

We also collate and complete research pertinent to The MTPT Project community, including: % of teachers on maternity and paternity leave and women aged 30-39 staying in, and leaving teaching.

The Leading Women’s Alliance aims to empower women to become headteachers, so that every child can benefit from going to a school led by a great headteacher.

In addition to campaigning to change the systems and practices that deter and prevent women succeeding in headship, through our LWA Pledge, we provide practical support for women applying for headship and those in the first two years of their headship. This is achieved through our LWA.

IKWRO is a registered charity (Registered Charity No: 1151507 and the Company registration number is: 8140751), set up to help women and girls from the UK’s Middle Eastern communities (Iranian, Kurdish, Arab, Afghan and Turkish) who are facing “honour” based violence, forced and child marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM) or domestic violence. Our staff, volunteers and management committee include women survivors of gender based violence. We aim to preserve Middle Eastern women’s rights and equality, to combat discrimination and violence against women, and to empower women to access their rights and entitlements in the UK. Currently we have four main areas of work: Advice/advocacy/outreach/counselling, training, campaigning, and our own refuge.

Our True Honour Awards: the True Honour Award was launched first in 2011 in memory of all victims of “honour” killing, and in recognition of those who work to end “honour” based violence around the world.

WE BELIEVE THAT ACHIEVING EQUALITY WILL ENSURE A BETTER, FAIRER, MORE PROSPEROUS SOCIETY FOR ALL.

Inclusion can only occur when we all work together, which is why we are the Global Equality Collective (GEC).

The GEC is an ever-growing online community of 15K+, a ‘Collective’ of 350+ DEI subject matter experts (academics, grass-roots groups and change maker organisations) and the world’s first App for Diversity, Equality and Inclusion – the #GECApp – all the data, information and education for breaking your own new ground.

Within the #GECApp, you will explore, educate and take action when it comes to the 9 characteristics of the Equality Act PLUS socio economic status and single parents, by being educated by our GEC Collective. We’ll give you a DEI 360 on leadership and teacher attitudes to ensure you’re creating inclusive settings for your staff, your students and your families.

“We are partnering with #DiverseEd – as we believe in working collaboratively with everyone in the spaces of Diversity and Inclusion. The GEC is in a unique position to bring parents, teachers, leaders and organisations together – in one community, one collective. So we are. We are excited about standing shoulder to shoulder and arm-in-arm with DiverseEd in offering THE benchmark for D&I, THE assessment audit for your settings, and all your eLearning in one place – made up by our Collective, many who are part of the DiverseEd community. We both respect and admire DiverseEd and support all they do with our actions and vision #BetterTogether”

Nic Ponsford, Co-CEO and Founder, GEC

Established in 2002, the Anti-Bullying Alliance is a unique coalition of organisations and individuals who come together to unite against bullying. Membership consists of large scale children’s charities to smaller local anti-bullying organisations.

Our work is underpinned by evidence, a rights-based approach and the expressed needs of children and young people.

The Anti-Bullying Alliance works closely with its members to reach consensus and Government and high profile stakeholders including online industry to focus on better and more evidence based approaches to addressing bullying online.

The Anti-Bullying Alliance is part of the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), a leading charity driving change across society so all children grow up safe, secure and supported. Anti-Bullying Alliance staff are experts in their field and are employees of National Children’s Bureau.

The Centre is committed to challenging all forms of prejudice, discrimination and marginalisation towards individuals and collectives in schools and colleges who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/ Questioning and others who have gender identities or sexual orientations that differ from the heterosexual and cisgender majority. Through our research we provide evidence-based recommendations to support the development of LGBTQ inclusion in education. Our research enables us to better understand the experiences of LGBTQ+ people in educational institutions, including the experiences of children, young people and staff and provide voice and agency to those who have been marginalised.

Through our research informed professional learning, and the production of research informed resources we seek to transform the cultures of educational institutions so that individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ can experience a sense of belonging through a positive affirmation of difference.

The Centre for Race, Education and Decoloniality Centre aims to challenge everyday racism and structural race inequalities in education through research, evidence-based practice and the professional development of pre-service and in-service teachers nationally and internationally.