17 Jul, 2024 Corporate sustainability and supply chain due diligence By Emma Watt The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ((EU) 2024/1760) (the Directive) comes into force on 25 July 2024 and introduces new...
10 Jul, 2023 ‘If not you, then who?’ The role of the HR function in ESG performance By Katherine Sinclair I wrote a blog published in Social Housing Magazine on Friday that includes some reflections arising from an interview that I did during...
24 Oct, 2022 Be inspired by these young people... By Anthony Collins Please spend a couple of minutes reading about this year’s Next Generation Awards (NGA) and the inspiring young people who took part. Run...
16 Feb, 2022 Levelling up in education - and a MAT collaboration By Anthony Collins In this short blog I’d like to highlight: Some national policy priorities for educational levelling up; andAn exciting local...
06 Jul, 2021 School leader mental health: prevent suffering or simply react to it? By Anthony Collins Prevent suffering or simply react to it? The answer should be obvious. This is a more personal comment than I usually write. Why? Because...
01 Apr, 2021 'Everyone’s Invited' – Some immediate actions for schools after experiences of ‘rape culture’ highlighted By Anthony Collins Co-written with safeguarding and regulatory expert, Kaleigh Grainger. The Everyone’s Invited movement, set up to highlight and tackle...
01 Apr, 2021 Becoming ourselves through each other By Anthony Collins Some thoughts on a radical reframing of relationships written for the Church Urban Fund's 'Living Theology Forum.' ...
26 Feb, 2021 Changes to academy trust membership rules By Anthony Collins The September 2020 edition of the Academies Financial Handbook introduced an important change to the rules around who can be members of...
01 Feb, 2021 Call for a £650m post-pandemic wellbeing funding package for schools By Anthony Collins The Education Policy Institute has called for a £650m post-pandemic wellbeing package for schools in its recently published study on the...
09 Dec, 2020 A British Standard for Social Value By Gayle Monk The British Standards Institute yesterday released a new Standard, the catchily titled BS 8950 "Social Value - Understanding and...
03 Nov, 2020 Head teachers and Covid stress - forming a new relationship with what life throws at us By Anthony Collins A recent Church Times article highlighted a high number of head teachers reporting being overworked and suffering mental health problems...
02 Nov, 2020 An opportunity to engage with social value reporting and accountability By Gayle Monk I was pleased to see that Social Value UK and Social Value International are inviting members to engage with them on their responses to a...