“As a society, we value the lives of some people more than others.” The Grenfell Inquiry final report shows how “working class” and “racialized communities” are not listened to by authorities, Deborah Coles, executive director of human rights charity Inquest, says.

So excited to be spending time with Dr Ron Dodzro & Juvenis this morning alongside colleagues from MOPAC & London's Violence Reduction Unit to hear more about this important research. We’re also hearing about the vital See Us, Hear Us research from Milk Honey Bees🐝 milkhoneybees.co.uk/see-us-hear-us…

Reality is this. A Nursery worker earns roughly £10 per hour. That’s a person who teaches, cares for, builds brains and develops your child while in nursery.

Applications for the Stuart Hall Fellowship at School of Media, Arts and Humanities are now open. The Fellowship will run during the spring term of the 2024/25 academic year, with a funding award totalling to £5000 to support the fellow in devising several works. Learn more: stuarthallfoundation.org/opportunities/…

It can be done. Australia are giving their ECEC workers increase of at least $103 per week from December 2024 and $155 by Dec 2025 For Nursery workers in the UK that could be an extra £210 per month increase raising the average salary from £18,914 to £21,434 today 2024

Our Vice President Professor David Wilson shares why he is backing our campaign to #KeepPrisonersConnected by making a donation this autumn: newbridgefoundation.org.uk/autumn-campaig… #prison

Balancing Numbers or Addressing Needs? Child to Adult Ratios, Practitioner Well-being, and Quality of Provision in Early Years Settings in England researchgate.net/publication/38…

In their latest series of reports called 'A Place to Call Home', Action for Children looks at what makes a high-quality home, and what steps governments can take to make them a reality for every child in care: actionforchildren.org.uk/our-work-and-i… #ChildrenAtTheTable

Our Space to Connect sessions are continuing! If you work with young people, join us, NYA and the Network of Regional Youth Work Units for a space to share best practice, resources and more. 🔗ukyouth.org/what-we-do/sup…

🚨CfP: "young people, future lives, and austerity" - lightning talks with early career researchers. We want to learn about your work at our online international symposium on 16th October! Submit a 250-word abstract by 24/09/24 via email. See below for more details #AALCSymposium

The annual report from the chief inspector of prisons is utterly dire. One of the worst examples of state failure.

This Alliance for Youth Justice briefing/manifesto is excellent, and should set the agenda for how the new government considers youth justice issues

Build Up is a bloody brilliant organisation to collaborate with. If you work with young people aged 10-23 who might be interested in & benefit from designing and/or building a new outdoor space, get in touch with them

"We always hear of people going to probation with a bag of clothes, because they don't know if they're going to be recalled or not. To live with that level of stress every day." youtube.com/watch?v=7tBzt6… UNGRIPP

This film about Homegrown in Tottenham is vital. So much in there about how gentrification is racialised, classed, gendered. If policymakers care about "social infrastructure" (GLA has an 100+ page report on it), Homegrown should have a permanent space (& more) theguardian.com/uk-news/video/…