Blogs from Fellows and the team
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Blog: How to sustain the difficult work to end FGM
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a violent gender inequality. Globally over 200 million women and girls have been cut. Their families and communities will give many...
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Blog: How art can help vulnerable adults during lockdown
In March this year, Artlink West Yorkshire - the arts and health charity in Leeds where I work - had to close its offices and stop all delivery activity for the...
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Blog: LGBTQ+ community spaces
In October, Manchester City Council announced a housing scheme for people over the age of 55 who identify as LGBTQ+. This is the UK’s first extra-care housing scheme...
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Blog: From sleeping on the streets, to hotels, to where?
‘Frank’ had been sleeping rough in Bristol for 32 years. Can you imagine what that was like for Frank, especially given that he also suffers from military post traumatic...
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Blog: Protecting young people at risk of self-harm and suicide
Suicide rates among the under 25s have increased in recent years, particularly among 10-24-year-old females, according to the Office for National Statistics. Suicides...
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Blog: Protecting infants during the second lockdown
Official figures now confirm that what many of us feared has happened: violent abuse to babies under the age of one has risen in the year of lockdown. Data from Ofsted...
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Blog: Teaching controversial topics in the classroom
The tragic murder of a French history teacher in October has highlighted the perils and importance of tackling controversial topics in the classroom, and the need to do...
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Blog: The US Presidential election and fake news
As we approach tomorrow’s hard-fought election in the USA, legions of fact-checkers are attempting to keep up with the soaring number of false claims being made online....
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Long read: Embedding the arts in healthcare
As Greater Manchester launches its new Youth Mental Health Arts & Culture Evaluation Kit, I explain why a better understanding of the role of arts and culture in...
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Blog: Improving STEM education with new technology
I have had an interest in enriching the experience of schoolchildren, especially those at secondary level, ever since I made the leap from being a science researcher to...