These tips can support all families and educators. We’ve chosen these tips especially for Cumbria where the population is 98.5% white and it can be harder to find people who aren’t white to hang around with, which is a shame as our first tip would always be to support friendships and get to know people. […]
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On 18th September every single Headteacher of Cumbria’s primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and higher education institutions, council leaders, MPs and educational leaders were sent the letter below. The Lakes School, QEGS and Cockermouth School also received petitions that had been organised by their own former and current pupils. Between them these petitions have attracted […]
8 Minutes and 46 Seconds When George Floyd was killed the world changed. Those 8 minutes and 46 seconds sent shockwaves felt across the globe from Pittsburgh to Poland; protests were held and raging debates took over our social media channels. It was clear the #BlackLivesMatter campaign was proving to be a movement not a […]
On 18th September every single Headteacher of Cumbria’s primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and higher education institutions was sent an invite to Anti Racist Cumbria’s first event alongside council leaders, MPs and educational leaders. You can read the full letter and sign to support it here. Our campaign is to challenge racism, encourage ALL Cumbrian […]
We are absolutely delighted to announce that our strong and courageous panel of Cumbrian voices will be joined by two of the UKs most highly respected speakers at our special education event for all Cumbrian schools on 22nd October 2020. Together, our panel’s voices will shine a light on the racism that still exists in […]