
The awards were presented by Jon Snow (Channel 4 news) and Shami Chakrabarti (Liberty) and the winners were invited to 10 Downing Street on October 7th, to meet the UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. A video of the award ceremony is available on the Sheila McKechnie Foundation website here.
To mark Pride London, Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, has written an article on LabourList.org highlighting the work done so far and what still needs to be done to fight prejudice in schools.
You can read the article and join in the debate it raised (in the comments) here.
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Schools OUT Blog
Schools OUT now has a Web Blog available by clicking the Blog Button on the left Navigation Bar. This is a great addition to the site which gives users a Forum to discuss their experiences or to find out what is happening in their areas. The Blog has three
separate areas, an Online area where users of the website can interact; a Subscribers area where current subscribers of Schools OUT can interact; and a third area for the Schools OUT Committtee. Click on the Blog Button on the Navigation bar and follow the instructions on the Welcome Message.
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