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Showing posts with label reallife. Show all posts

Plan International

We stand with girls in over 80 countries to tear down barriers, save lives and build a world where equality for girls leads to progress for all.

Plan International



A Girl with a Dream Deserves a Chance:

"Around the world, millions of girls are denied the chance to go to school, speak up, or decide their own future — simply because they were born female. Plan International is working to change that, and you can be part of the solution."
Every child deserves to grow up safe but for girls, that safety is often out of reach.
Violence at home, in schools, online and in public spaces continues to limit girls’ freedom, choices and futures. With millions of children displaced by conflict and crisis, the risks are growing.
We work with girls, young people and communities to prevent harm and create safer environments.
Together, we challenge the root causes of inequality and build lasting solutions that help girls to live free from violence. Too many girls are being blocked from opportunities.
Two-thirds of the world’s 1.2 billion young people lack the skills they need to access decent work. One in 5 are not in education, employment or training, limiting their futures before they’ve even begun.
We equip girls and young women with the tools to thrive, from vocational training and entrepreneurship to financial literacy, mentoring and life skills. We help them build confidence, access opportunities and shape their futures on their own terms

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Book Trust - Inspire the love of reading



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Every child deserves the joy of discovering their first favorite book — the one that makes them laugh, dream, and believe in magic. But for many families across the UK, books are a luxury they simply can’t afford. That’s where BookTrust comes in — and where we can all help.

BookTrust is more than just a charity — it’s a lifeline for children who might otherwise miss out on the chance to fall in love with reading. Through free book packs, reading resources, and support for families, BookTrust gives every child the opportunity to start life with stories.

In this post, I’ll show you how supporting BookTrust — whether through donations, spreading the word, or simply sharing your love of reading — can make a real difference in a child’s life.



What is neurodiversity? Neurodiversity describes the way every brain works differently. Neurodiversity can include autistic spectrum conditions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, traumatic brain injuries and many more.

Representation through reading. We know that representation is vital in helping motivate children to read. Diversity and representation in stories, characters and illustrations in children’s literature affect how young readers see themselves and the world around them.
Diverse, inclusive and representative children’s literature can ensure that children benefit from a richness of perspective, nuance in narrative and good stories from the earliest age.

Disability and Books 

We know that representation is vital in helping motivate children to read. Diversity and representation in stories, characters and illustrations in children’s literature affect how young readers see themselves and the world around them. 

Diverse, inclusive and representative children’s literature can ensure that children benefit from a richness of perspective, nuance in narrative and good stories from the earliest age. 

From babies to children in their early years and all the way through to early teens, reading brings profound and wide-ranging benefits that can have a lifelong positive impact on children’s lives.

BookTrust is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We know that children who read are happier, healthier, more empathetic, and more creative. They also do better at school.  

Working with every local authority and across every region in the country, and supported by Arts Council funding, we reach over 3 million families a year via partners in schools, children’s centers, health visitors and libraries. This incredible network helps us to get children reading across the country.

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Are your friends really, you're friends?

Thoughts and feelings.

Travelling around I have come to realise that the people I thought where my friends really are not.

You see the whole reason I came to Australia is to spend some time with my friends and ever since getting here I am just a big inconvenience in their lives. 
None of them wanted to spend time with me, none of them wanted to put me up after saying they would and in the end, I ended up at one of the parents' houses in the spare room no one came to visit me, no one got in touch unless I messaged first. 
Not quite the start I was expecting.

Last year they all encouraged me to get a working holiday visa and said I could stay with them then when I got here it was a different tune, they were singing. 
I am very upset about it all and a little pissed off to be honest.

Getting here was expensive and bloody hard work if I knew they would be like this I would have stayed in Thailand and visited another part of it but no I trusted them. 
Now I'm sat in the middle of a park somewhere in the Gold Coast waiting to check into my hostel (which was an added cost along with the train to get here) I didn't account for that 400 AUD because I was supposed to be staying with them.
If I knew this was going to happen, I wouldn't have gotten my visa and just used the money for continuous travelling.

My feelings are valid
I am allowed to be angry I am assuming it will pass eventually but right now I am angry.

Updated: it did pass but it took a few months.
I have now officially left Australia my working holiday visa is up and I am now living in Cambodia.


Leaving Party and new friends

Leaving party and new friends


Life Update.... What's Next

Hello everybody who reads my blog I have been gone for a hot moment there, but I am back, and I have so much to tell you all because so much has happened and so much is going to happen heading into next year.

First things first, I quit my job!

I am at peace with my decision. I am no longer angry within myself, and I feel the need to take some time out I was becoming not a very nice person which I didn't want, nor did I like.
I have started swimming again about 3 times a week so I rejoined the gym as a pay and go customer till January then I will move onto a membership. I am very happy with that.
I have started walking again and I love it, just walking all wrapped up in all weathers... I just walk.

On to the next part I am finally going to Australia (insert crazy scream)
My beautiful friend Becky and her Fiancé Stephen are getting married in January and I am invited (YAY) and I'm going.
Visa, Flight, cattery, trains all booked, exciting times.

I paid off my working holiday to Australia and hopefully the visas will open in time for me to leave in March. It is taking so long because I am older that the current visa age limit, but the company said the age limit is changing to 35/36 but when they do is anyone's guess.

So that's a rough lowdown on life.
I promise to keep up on my blog, but its contents might be changing a bit to Travel, Food, DIY Projects and sustainability, Climate change.



Life Update 15th March 2021

 Hello you beautiful people on the internet (cheesy wave) Well a little life update if you all have time?

 I am almost finished my second year of university the course i am doing is bloody hard but need it if i want to be a teacher!

I must endure and persist.... 
My assignments are still going in by the skin on my teeth, i really must learn time management.

The bad news - 
 Like everybody else in March i was placed on furlough with my two jobs.
The pub where i worked decided to shut permanently so in June 2020 i was made redundant. Then in October the convenience store i worked at informed me i was going to be made redundant again, when i heard that i was devastated i loved that job.
Luckily my old boss from the pub passed my name on to a supermarket and they phoned me in November so i started working in a store in town and i have been there ever since, i am grateful for my old boss and his wife.

Good news - 
i have passed my online TEFL certificate with additional Advanced Grammar, which means now i can teach abroad and online.

Even more and more good news i am now registered with a Education Agency and i am finally getting some classroom experience in which i love, i love, i love! I lost my placement in 2020 thanks to the pandemic.

Teaching Assistant/ Cover Supervisor is what i am doing at the moment i love it, i love it, i love it! Wish me luck 🙏

Stay safe
 Wear a mask
Wash your hands
Use your common sense
Stay blessed.

Support and Resources For Men

Victim Support Men’s Helpline

https://mensadviceline.org.uk/ 

Providing support for men who are suffering any form of Domestic Abuse. 


https://www.haloproject.org.uk

The Halo project provides support for all forms of Domestic Abuse that include FGM, Forced Marriage and Honour Based Abuse.

Support Resources

Humdard provides help and support for Asian women who are experiencing domestic abuse. They provide a 24 hour helpline as well as outreach support and emergency accommodation.

Humdard – Humdard (24 hours) (Domestic Abuse Helpline for Asian Women) Victim Support - 0121 569 7980.


Karma Nirvana Charity is led by Jasvinder Sanghera the author of ‘Shame’ which is recommended as further reading following this course. The book is about Jasvinder’s life and her sister’s. Her sister was set fire to and murdered. The book is a compelling read and an insight into pressures from families where ‘shame’ is viewed. 

Jasvinder Sanghera CBE A survivor of a forced marriage, she is the founder of Karma Nirvana, a national award winning charity that supports both men and women affected by honour based abuse and forced marriages. She is a highly acclaimed international speaker and an expert advisor to the courts in matters of child, civil and criminal proceedings. 

Jasvinder’s memoir ‘Shame’ was described in the House of Lords as a ‘political weapon’ and, along with ‘Daughters of Shame’ are Sunday Times Top 10 Bestsellers. In 2018, she was awarded Honorary Doctor of Law by De Montfort University, Leicester, and Woman of the Year by Leeds City Council and in 2019, she was awarded the Robert Burns Humanitarian of the Year Award and also the Sikh Woman of Substance Award.

Karma Nirvana Charity link http://www.karmanirvana.org.uk/


https://www.freedomcharity.org.uk/

The Freedom Charity aim to empower young people to feel they have the tools and confidence to support each other and have practical ways in which they can help their best friend around the issues of family relationships which can lead to early and forced marriage and dishonour-based violence.

They achieve this by placing informative material in schools, running schools’ programmes and by using social media such as a web site, Facebook, Twitter and apps.


#ENDCHILDPOVETY

I am not generally one for bringing politics to this blog but this Free School Meal debate is making me very angry, because it shouldn't of been up for debate in the first place.
When I was at school me and my sibling got free school meals because my parents couldn't afford pack lunches your lucky if we could afford a school uniform, I lived in hand me downs me and my sisters style where so different.

I know personally how much free school meals are needed and even more so now the virus has wiped out most peoples employment and benefits are being reduced, when it comes to looking for a job it 500 people to 1 job, its impossible now supermarkets are rising prices on food and believe me that's hit even me hard so just imagine how its going to hit young families.
Mental health is at a all time high already, suicide has been rising throughout lockdown at an alarming rate now your taking away the one thing we need to live a basic life right, the thing that keeps us alive, FOOD!

What gives you the right to take away peoples food?
Who gives you the right to say who lives and who dies? 
You are not god!
You are a government and can be replaced!
The people of England are stronger and better than you, any and all of you!

link here for petition on free school meals LINK HERE

Children should not pay the price for and adults mistakes.

Families have experienced food insecurity over the last 6 months.
Families have lost income as a result of Covid-19.
Demand for food banks this winter is predicted to be 61% higher than last.

With the Child Food Poverty Taskforce, I am calling for Government to allocate money to:

- Expand free school meals to all under-16s where a parent or guardian is in receipt of Universal Credit or equivalent benefit
- Provide meals & activities during all holidays
- Increase the value of Healthy Start vouchers to at least £4.25 per week, and expand the scheme.

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