Lucy Potter (CF F2013) updated us to say that Baby Week (the early years city wide initiative that she founded in 2016), following her Fellowship is now in its eighth year and is being adopted by eight other cities.
Baby Week became a charity in 2018 and is now located in Cheshire Merseyside, Bradford, Nottingham, Torby, Calderdale, Redcar, Cleveland, Coventry and Newcastle. Every city has embraced its success and sharing with communities to help engage more families to help raise awareness in the critical growth stages of the early years.
The charity is a successful and recognised cross sector multi professional event that helps bridge maternity and early years services together.
Visit Baby Week's website to find out more.
At Rotary Stratford's 5th Annual East London Community Heroes Awards, charity Streets of Growth won Community Group of the Year. Darren Way (CF 2000), is a co-founder of this youth intervention charity. Picture above from the award ceremony: Darren is in the suit with a blue tie, third from the right.
By Darren Way,
Care Farm Director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) been selected as one of three Rachel Carson Visiting Scholars for 2023/24 by Chatham University Pennsylvania.
By Joy O'Neill,
Care Farm Director, Joy O'Neill (CF2020) has been awarded a Clore Social Fellowship. This is aimed at Voluntary and Community Leaders in and around Oxfordshire focused on social impact and is linked to her Oxford Climate Alumni Network work. The fellowship includes a fully funded 6 months leadership programme starting in September 2023.
By Joy O'Neill,
Nicole Devlin (CF 2023) has featured in the Belfast Telegraph. Tyrone based Nicole is visiting the USA to find out how violence prevention programmes can be adopted in Northern Ireland. The article states that Nicole was motivated by hearing about the stories of women who have died in the country as a result of violence. Northern Ireland’s femicide rate is among the worst in Europe. Nicole will be learning about the Coaching Boys Into Men programme, which is run by the US-based Futures Without Violence organisation. She says: "We need to change these attitudes and behaviour from very early on if we are to see a cultural shift in tackling misogyny and reducing violence against women.” Though the initiative is global, it has not been established in Europe so far. She also explains how her PhD work ties in with her Fellowship project.
By Nicole Devlin,
