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Welcome to our February highlights dear ALLFIE Member

The latest news from our campaigns, projects & events

Campaign News: February briefing; APPG; London Elections; DBLM
Project News: Strengthening capacity within our movement
ALLFIE News: Bank account update; New staff

Campaign News

February briefing

ALLFIE had a positive start to the New Year, meeting with Vicky Ford MP, Children and Families Minister, about improving the quality of mainstream education for Disabled children. Our February briefing includes news on SEND reform and how the third Coronavirus lockdown impacts Disabled learners:

ALLFIE Inclusive Education Briefing: February 2021

SEND All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)

In December ALLFIE made a written submission to the SEND APPG's Covid-19 Inquiry. We also met with their MPs, and Simone Aspis, Campaigns and Policy Coordinator, presented evidence at their December meeting, including on ALLFIE’s Inclusive Education Lockdown Survey - available on replay below:

SEND All Party Parliamentary Group: December meeting

London Elections

The Mayoral and Greater London Assembly (GLA) elections take place on Thursday 6 May. ALLFIE is working with Inclusion London and Transport for All to develop a Disabled and Deaf People's manifesto for an inclusive London, including the development and funding of an inclusive adult education service:

More information about Mayor of London and GLA responsibilities

Disabled Black Lives Matter

ALLFIE's DBLM group has hosted a training series on recognising racism and intersectional discrimination, which is now feeding into our Inclusion Champions work. Check out DBLM's excellent film review highlighting the intersect of disablism, racism and intersectional discrimination within education:

Reflection on Steve Mcqueen's 'Small Axe: Education' film

Project News

Strengthening capacity within our movement

We begin 2021 with the announcement of an exciting new project! 'Our Voice' is a national participation project around Covid-19, to amplify Disabled Young people's voices and address the erasure of their education experiences.

ALLFIE’s Inclusion Champions Network has also been busy strengthening our capacity building and campaigning work, including:

Held meetings to encourage to members to tackle racism and intersectional discrimination as a central part for their work.
Delivered a 2-day practical training workshop on Social Business Model Canvasing to build the capacity of Disabled People’s Organisations.
Released a 2021 monthly webinar programme, packed with speakers and topics you don't want to miss! (Book via Justine Jones):

Inclusion Champions Training Programme 2021

Making Things Happen

We are excited to share our new report by Young people, about understanding their rights, published on December's International Day of Disabled People:

Making Things Happen Research Project Report

ALLFIE News

Notice to our members

We are asking our members who joined ALLFIE many years ago to check your yearly payments or standing orders are being paid to CAF Bank. Many of you have moved to this account but we still have many members who are still paying your valuable contribution to ALLFIE into our old Lloyds account.

The bank account to make your membership or donation fees to is:
Bank name: CAF Bank
Sort code: 40-52-40
Account number: 00020824
Name on account: Alliance for inclusive Education

New staff

Armineh Soorenian has returned to ALLFIE after the successful launch of the Accessibility Plans report, and is very excited to be setting up the 'Our Voice' project. For more information email Armineh Soorenian.

We also welcome Saifur Valli to the team as Operations and Digital Officer.

In Solidarity

Memberships and donations

Thank you for your support during challenging times!

We appreciate your donations to make inclusive education a right, not a struggle. Working together we can make inclusion a reality!

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