On Loneliness Awareness Week, let’s remember the challenges of those for whom this is more than just a campaign. This week (15th-19th June) is Loneliness Awareness Week, with a focus on increasing the conversation surrounding loneliness. Participate in this discussion on social media by using the hashtag #LetsTalkLoneliness to remove barriers against discussing our struggles. …
Deaths of NHS staff are disproportionately those from BAME backgrounds
The UK proudly houses some of the highest numbers of foreign-born doctors and nurses working for our NHS. According to a parliamentary report from July 2019, around 13.1% of NHS staff are non-British, the nationalities of these staff are wide-ranging with up to 200 nationalities being included. Source: Commons Research Briefing CBP-7783 As a result …
Muslim students: Facing challenges before and during university
Embed from Getty Images In 2009, 3 students were stabbed exiting City University in London. Why? Because they were Muslim. A few days before, at the same university, a student’s skull was cracked open in an attack that took place because they were on their way to a prayer room. Islamophobic attacks at universities are …
Inter-generational living and the problems it raises in the current coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus, the current pandemic has overcome the world and nation in a matter of weeks. We’re all being advised to stay home in order to protect the elderly and vulnerable but what about those households who live with their elderly and vulnerable? In many ethnic minority households, the living situation is what we call ‘Multigenerational’, …
Domestic violence and abuse against women
Embed from Getty Images 241 women were killed by their partners or ex-partners between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2017 in England and Wales. This means that around 2 women are killed every week, although studies maintain that there are probably many more women killed by their partners than the data shows. Even though …
Online extremism – saving the next generation, by Nazir Afzal OBE
By Nazir Afzal OBE Empowering women to be active members of society is essential to building resilient communities. By unleashing the potential marginalised women can offer through education and training we can ensure women are integrated and valued members of society. In my own career as a prosecutor, I have spent decades working to defend …