Educate & Celebrate
Educate & Celebrate is a UK based charity with the vision to build a future of inclusion and social justice. The charity equips individuals and communities with the knowledge, skills and confidence to embed gender, gender identity and sexual orientation into the fabric of organisations. With a focus on the experiences, representation and inclusion of LGBT+ people (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender), every day they work to make society a more welcoming place for everyone.
Educate & Celebrate supports all schools, both pupils and staff, beginning at nursery, through to primary, secondary, college, sixth forms and universities. They support all types of schools too, including special, single gender, faith, urban, rural and pupil referral units.
The charity works for the public benefit to promote equality and diversity of the LGBT+ community through:
· The elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religion
· Advancing education and raising awareness in equality and diversity
· Promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds
· Conducting or commissioning research on equality and diversity issues and publishing the results to the public
In 2012 Ofsted recognised ‘Educate & Celebrate’ as ‘best practice’ for taking a whole-school approach to tackling homophobic bullying and ingrained attitudes in our schools ‘This approach has been highly successful.'[1]
In 2015 Educate & Celebrate was one of eight national organisations that successfully bid for part of a £2m sum awarded by the government to challenge homophobic, bipohobic and transphobic bullying in schools.[2]
Great Rainbow Bake-off Competition[edit]
In 2014 the organisation initiated the ‘Great Rainbow Bake-off Competition.’ In partnership with Gay Star News the competition was launched during national Anti-Bullying week in November along with the theme ‘creatively dealing with bullying’. The ten winning entries participated in a live final in London in February 2015.’ Judges were Elly Barnes, Scott Nunn, Director of Gay Star News and professional chef Allegra McEvedy.[3]
Allegra McEvedy MBE, Chef, Writer & Broadcaster said: “I am totally behind the Great Rainbow Bake-off as a way to promote anti-gay bullying in schools. All children have a right to the playground and the classroom being safe places, ones free from prejudice of sexuality, race or religion. It’s a truth that children can sometimes be mean, especially when it comes to differences; in some cases they need help to understand that all being different is a cause for celebration, not aggression. I wish when I was at school a campaign like this had existed.”
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Good Practice Resource - A whole school approach to tackling homophobic bullying and ingrained attitudes: Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form". Ofsted. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ "Awards announced from £2 million homophobic bullying fund". GOV.UK. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ "Check out the amazing cakes baked by these school kids for LGBT History Month". Gay Star News. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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