On the first anniversary of the death of George Floyd, Action Tutoring HR and Safeguarding Manager, Jasmin Bemmelen, reflects on the steps the organisation has since taken to improve diversity and inclusion across the charity. Equality, inclusion, diversity – words… [continue reading]
Social Action
Giving Tuesday’s #GiveBack2020 campaign encourages us all to take something positive from this year by making a difference
As we move towards the final part of 2020, I think it’s fair to say that this year has been an unusual one. Since March, the coronavirus pandemic has dominated global attention, as the virus stretched health systems and threatened… [continue reading]
Celebrating Black History Month at Action Tutoring
Action Tutoring Programme Coordinator for Birmingham, Grace Brooks, talks about her experience coming from a mixed heritage background and discusses with colleague Fleur Nicholson, about steps we can take to increase equality and diversity in the school curriculum, in Action… [continue reading]
Open up the doors
This GCSE results day, CEO Susannah Hardyman explores how Ofqual’s exam grading system reproduced the long-standing disadvantage that Action Tutoring exists to tackle, and looks at the consequences of the government’s grading U-turn for this and next year’s school leavers. … [continue reading]
Ikigai
A couple of staff members from Action Tutoring recently attended a conference where Ian Windle, a TEDx and Leadership Speaker, introduced us to the concept of Ikigai, a Japanese term that roughly translates to “reason for being”, or “the happiness… [continue reading]
