E & D Bulletin October

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Autumn Term October 2014

Welcome to our first Equality and Diversity Bulletin of the year. Many thanks to Angela Dalgleish for bringing this bulletin together. As you will read, we are already very busy promoting and celebrating the diversity of our college community and that of our wider national and global communities. We hosted a Macmillan Biggest Coffee Morning event in September and raised a fantastic £200 for this charity. This month we are focussing on raising awareness of Mental Health issues. I’m sure we all know someone who has experienced mental health issues and so please support Danielle with her awareness raising event in the Dining Room on Wednesday 8th October. I’m delighted to hear that our Journalism students are getting actively involved in our E&D work this year and I look forward to reading Aimee’s article on the Civil Rights movement, inspired by Black History Month. And finally, whilst I am genuinely glad that as a society we are trying to recognise more the valuable contribution older people make to society, I was a little bit sad that my daughter’s effort to recognise this was to ask for a selfie with me to post on her face-­‐ book page!!

Angela

I hope you like the new look bulletin. A big thank you to Katie Nicholls for her hard work on the design!

8th October

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We’re raising money for Mind – come and join us in the canteen 10.30 am – 2pm!

There will be: • A Photobooth – with ‘I love me props’.

• A giant brain and post-its for students and staff to write positive thoughts on.

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Sticker making - students and staff can create stickers that say something positive about

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themselves.

Thank you, Danielle Brockley

17th October

International day for the eradication of poverty We are having a ‘bring a tin’ day to create food parcels for those in need - the collection point is in Zoe Shackleton’s office.

Thank you for your support.

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The Diversity Team is teaming up with students from the Journalism Enrichment Group who are reporting on Equality & Diversity themes. October is Black History Month and to mark this, Aimee Jarvis is writing an article on the American Civil Rights movement.

1 st October Older Persons

International Day of

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H eld every O cto ber to raise awa reness of the impact of an ageing pop ulation and the need to ensure people c an grow old with dignity. http://globaldimension.org.uk/calendar/event/4398

Age Positive

The link below has over 30 real life examples showing how employers from various sectors and of different sizes have made the best of the opportunities and effectively managed the issues presented by an ageing workforce. ttps://www.gov.uk/government/collections/age-positive

10 th October

World Mental

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Health Day

http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/help-information/mental-health-a-z/

16 th October

Wor ld Fo od D ay

One of the objectives of World Food Day is to heighten public awareness of the problem of hunger in the world. http://www.altiusdirectory.com/Society/world-food-day.php  Â

October is: Down Syndrome Awareness Month Richard Davis' daughter, Victoria, is seven. He talks about the impact Down's syndrome has had on Victoria and family life.

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"She's probably never going to go to Oxford or Cambridge and become a rocket scientist, but that's not going to disappoint me because I didn't do that either. Whatever she achieves is going to be great. I'm going to celebrate what she can achieve and not worry about what she can't.

Read Richard’s story at http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Downs-syndrome/Pages/Victoriasstory.aspx

October is: Black History Month

The aim of the month is to promote and celebrate Black contributions to British society, and to foster an understanding of Black history in general.

Wangari Maatha

- First African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize