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Mainstream education has been disrupted following the government‚’s decision to close schools to curb the spread of COVID-19. Most schools have responded by providing at least teaching online. Independent schools in particular quickly moved to provide online teaching, needing to demonstrate value for money to fee-paying parents. Variability of educational opportunity, particularly the generally betterContinue reading “Widespread adoption of online teaching provides a golden opportunity to address inequalities in education.”

Covid-19 produced a crisis that produced an extraordinary crisis response by ordinary people. Third sector organisations have been propping up statutory services for ages, and this became abundantly clear after 23rd March when a genuine disaster presented itself for thousands of vulnerable people. The simple kindness and willingness of good people to do great thingsContinue reading “What does a community centre for the 21st Century look like?”

Schools have been closed on and off for a large part of the year. As a result, the 32 thousand schools across the country have worked hard to make online learning resources, probably in the millions! In this short year, the sheer breadth and depth of resources created could educate a child from their veryContinue reading “How to Best Use the Online Resources Made by Schools in Lockdown?”

During the pandemic more people have turned to cycling, for both leisure and everyday transport. This has helped their own wellbeing and that of the wider community. At the same time, e-bicycles and e-scooters have extended the option of low-impact personal transport to more people. Uptake of these has increased during the pandemic. Consequently, airContinue reading “Making cycling, e-cycling and e-scootering a more attractive option for commuters and shoppers”

COVID-19 has presented us with an opportunity to radically transform the high street in towns and villages across Britain. Once the epicentre of community life, the high street has been in decline for years. A number of factors have contributed to this, namely: (i) the proliferation of online shopping, which has given large corporations theContinue reading “The opportunity to radically reform the high street after COVID-19.”

The recovery from the coronavirus crisis has been described as K-shaped. People that could work from home while retaining their jobs have accumulated savings ‚- inflows of household liquid assets have increased substantially since the start of the pandemic according to the Bank of England ‚- while many others, who often started out on lowerContinue reading “Bridging the ‚’K‚’”

Giving all people a purpose in life [young and old] this is done through mential and physical activity and this can only be done through education. We are social animals, and very all have with different qualities to bring to the table. At a young age, we need too to be helped too broaden ourContinue reading “mental and physical well being, post pandemic.”

If we are to move towards an economy of care, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a twofold crisis. Firstly, care and domestic labourers in institutionalised spaces of work and at home have been marked as essential ‚’key workers‚’, yet, government cuts to social welfare and its undervaluation of paid care and domestic labour has meantContinue reading “Revaluing Care and Domestic Labour”

Children‚’s poor mental health has been a growing concern for parents and staff in schools over the last 10 years and the pandemic has only exacerbated the problem. ¬º of young people feel unable to cope with life (Princes Trust 2020) As specialists in children‚’s emotional wellbeing and behaviour, we are seeing an increase inContinue reading “Increase in mental health concerns for children”

The pandemic has taken an enormous toll on the mental health of the nation and in particular young people. Young people were already struggling as were CAMHS, primary care and schools in dealing with this mental health ‚’epidemic‚’. Despite that we have many experienced mental health charities and experience of a previous revolution in mentalContinue reading “Mental Health well-being hubs for young persons in schools”