We are thrilled to announce an exciting prize draw for Supporter schools who teach Key Stages 3, 4 or 5, thanks to Fearless Futures. If you have registered as a Supporter by Friday 31 May, your school can be entered into a prize draw to win places on a CPD course. This exciting, interactive 2-hour workshop from  Fearless Futures, is designed “to support teachers and school leaders to grow their equalities cognisance and capability”.

Sarah is a co-founder at TogetherEqual.com, who produce conversation cards which challenge social stereotypes. The cards raise money for charities while having a social impact through conversation. Follow Sarah and Together Equal @betogetherequal @sarahairdmash.

Professor Becky Francis is an expert on inequalities in education and is currently the Director of the UCL Institute of Education, one of our founding partners. She was one of Tes' 10 most influential people in the world of education in 2018. Following her keynote speech at our launch, Professor Francis spoke to us about inequalities in education and the power of Gender Action.

We have written a piece for PACEY - the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years - about how Gender Action can work in early years settings, making reference to our focus areas and Glyn Hawke’s blog for us.

You can read our article here.

Megan Perryman is a teacher in Hackney with a background in managing projects for the public and not-for-profit sectors. She is a co-founder of Let Toys Be Toys, a campaign group that challenges gender stereotypes in childhood. Since the campaign began, fifteen major UK retailers have stopped signposting toys specifically for boys or girls and eleven children’s publishers have agreed to stop marketing books explicitly to boys or girls.

An afternoon lesson in Year One and we’re acting out Goldilocks and the Three Bears. I invite the children, one row at a time, to stand at the front of the class and act out each section of the story…