Want to challenge homophobia? Want to create an LGBT friendly school where all staff and students are valued and feel safe?
Then, check out the above power point presentation of a very inspiring conference in London on 17th November 2011 by Elly Barnes, on how to create an LGBT friendly school.
TACKLING HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA IN SPORT
The Government Equalities office has launched a Charter for Action, calling for all those involved in sport to unite to tackle the above.
The Charter aims to increase awareness of the prevalence of both homophobia and transphobia throughout sport in Britain.
Do encourage colleagues to sign up to the charter, which is supported by the Football Association, The London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Rugby Football League.
Visit http://www.equalities.gov.uk/pdf/FINALcharter.pdf
FIT DVD-CHALLENGING HOMOPHOBIC BULLYING
‘Brilliant! The best anti-bullying film I’ve ever seen. Should make a real difference’-these are the words of Sir Ian Mckellen about ‘Fit’, and I couldn’t agree more having watched the film.
‘Fit’ is an intelligent, powerful and entertaining film which tackles the issue of homophobic bullying in schools (the second most common form of bullying).
It is an excellent resource, which is part of Stonewall’s Education For All campaign.
The film has been especially created for KS3 and 4 students, particularly complementing various learning objectives for PHSE, Citizenship, Performing Arts and English.
We now have five copies of the film in our office, four of which are available for our members to use with their students.
If you want to borrow a copy, please contact me at our office or email me on Alison@bradfordnut.org
EQUALITIES SURVEY
Please would you spend a few minutes having a look at our new equalities survey, which is for all our Bradford NUT colleagues to complete. We are trying to get an overview of the issues facing our members; for it to be representative, we need as many members as possible to complete it. Thank you in advance for your time and effort.
Please follow the link here Equalities Survey
Equalities monitoring in schools
How does your school record and deal with incidents against staff and students involving race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, transgender, religion etc? Does the reporting form cover all the ‘protected characteristics’ or only some eg race and religion? Do your electronic reporting systems (CMIS for example) specifically have codes for all the ‘protected characteristics’?
The equalities group is trying to build a clear picture about what is happening in our schools; please email me at Alison@bradfordnut.org with what’s happening in your school.
Many thanks.
Alison Hill Equalities Officer
THE GEOFF ROBINSON MEMORIAL FUND AWARD
Could you and your pupils use some funding for a project aimed at promoting community cohesion through educational activities undertaken in Bradford District schools?
Bradford NUT will make available up to £1000 for a project of this nature.
Expressions of interest should be received by Friday 31st December 2010, with a brief outline of your ideas. The project should be something new, over and above the normal work of the school.
This annual award is in memory of NUT member Geoff Robinson, for his lifelong fight against both racism and fascism.
Please contact Alison Hill, equalities officer at the union office for further details or simply send your application by letter or email to her (alison@bradfordnut.org).
