Racism Is a Mental Health Issue COVID has had a profound impact on my health and mental health, in ways I never could have imagined a year ago. I grew up in a predominantly white, small coastal village in sunny Essex and although I had experiences of racism growing up…

Today was a reminder of the power of telling your story and owning your own narrative. Meera shared her journey to becoming a Director, all the challenges that she has had to overcome, as a Black woman who started life as a looked after child and who became disabled overnight…

What’s in a name? The first day of BALI10 started with introductions. First question — who are you? What does your name mean? Well…. while many reflected that their given names had strong religious or personal meanings, family names were not unusually slave names. Several of us also recalled stories…

One of the great joys and challenges of working with data is often being asked the answerable. There may be many answers, none at all, lots of related statistics but no one all-encompassing fact or figure that says it all. Imperfect answers only. On that note, here is a list…

Like many others, I am disheartened and dismayed by the Sewell report which has brought into question the existence of systemic racial inequality in the UK. Evidence to the contrary is staggering. …

Wednesday morning started with a family trip to our nearest Lateral Flow Testing site. Results back within the hour via SMS and email, which got me thinking about the way public services are delivered and how we can and have had to modernise at an unprecedented pace this past year. …

Mondays are typically a coffee fuelled catch-up from my non-working Fridays when I get to be a parent first and employee second. Scanning my inbox I find an acceptance email for the Black and Asian Leadership Initiative (BALI) programme run by @staff_college so a great start to the week. Since…