Support manager Mohammed Dhalech (CF 2019) was shortlisted for Outdoor Personality of the Year in The Great Outdoor Reader Awards this month. The nomination was in recognition for his work championing diversity and inclusion in the outdoors.
Charity CEO Freya Aitken-Turff (CF 2017) contributed to a report published on 14 October that provides recommendations for understanding and supporting London’s Chinatown in its response to Covid-related racism. The report draws upon knowledge gathered as part of Freya’s Covid-19 Action Fund project.
By Freya Aitken-Turff,
Social enterprise founder Yvonne Field (CF 2012) was named a Pandemic Pioneer by Charity Times on 18 October. The award was in recognition of Yvonne’s work to ensure the voices of minoritised racial groups are heard during the pandemic through her social enterprise Ubele.
By Yvonne Field,
Artist Leon Clowes (CF 2011) has been interviewed for the mental health podcast The Two Of Us, which was broadcast on 5 October. Leon shared his experience of kinship care and his work to raise awareness of kinship carers’ contributions to society.
By Leon Clowes,
Cultural engagement strategist Anita Shervington (CF 2015) has become co-investigator on Engaging Environments, a platform that is working to solve climate injustice, this month. Anita has drawn upon her Fellowship, which explored ways of engaging under-represented groups in STEM through the arts.
By Anita Shervington,
