As part of the Fifth Edition of the Caravan Festival for Visual Arts that took place earlier this year, 25 works by various inter-generational artists in London will be exhibited in a London cathedral between 30 August and 20 September.
One of London’s oldest and most iconic cathedrals, Saint Paul, will exhibit a selection of 25 of the Caravan Festival’s donkeys out of the original 90 that were displayed in Cairo in May.
One year on from the Paralympics, the event’s legacy “hangs in the balance” as attitudes towards disabled people fail to improve, charities have warned.
Disability charity Scope called the Games’ success a “breakthrough moment”.
To mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech, BBC Radio 4 asked notable figures to record a recital of the celebrated text.
Click on the link below, listen to it in full and see striking images from a period of American history which became a tipping point for social change.
World Breastfeeding Week takes place between 1 – 7 August and as such, we have chosen someone who has combined their role as a mother with a successful working life as our Diversity Champion for August.
Diane Abbott is a mother and politician. She has been the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987, when she was elected to the House of Commons and became part of the first Black and Asian intake in Parliament for almost 100 years. She was the first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons. In 2010, she became Shadow Public Health Minister after unsuccessfully standing for election as leader of the Labour Party.
She has a record of differing from some party policies; voting against the Iraq War, opposing ID cards and campaigning against the renewal of Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons. She has been seen as a “maverick, a free-thinker, willing to rebel against the party machine”.
Improvements to disabled facilities at Charlton Athletic’s stadium are among the ideas pitched to the club by students from the University of Greenwich.
The students, who have all just graduated from the university’s School of Architecture & Construction, met with representatives from the Championship club and its Community Trust to discuss their ideas to improve The Valley’s away section in the South Stand.
Christine Gausden, Senior Lecturer at the university, says: “The students were set a brief which required them to come up with proposals to improve the seating arrangements for disabled supporters in the south stand at The Valley. They were also asked for ways to maximise the benefit on non match days from the strip of land in Valley Grove, which is currently leased by the club from the Thames Water Authority, for use as a match day car park. More … http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2013/a2700-greenwich-students-offer-big-plans-to-charlton
The annual BME into Leadership conference examines how BME leaders, at whatever grade, can utilise their strengths and become the leader they aspire to be.
This conference involves hands-on advice and coaching, featuring contributions by inspirational speakers from all levels of the civil service and beyond. The event will also provide an opportunity to network with colleagues and counterparts across Government, many of whom are working to tackle the challenges facing BME Public Servants and looking for opportunities to further their own careers in the public sector.
Attending this conference allows delegates to:
Hear from the Head of the Civil Service, Sir Bob Kerslake
Explore the challenges currently facing BME leaders looking to further their career in the Civil Service and discuss how to overcome them
Network with peers and counterparts from across Government who are also contemplating furthering their career in the Civil Service
Share experiences, learning and best practice with peers across the country
