( #1 - Anti Bullying
Week: We’re better off
without bullying
( #2 - Black History
Month: Journeys
( #3 - The Story
Behind the Medals:
Going for Gold!
( #4 - Training:
New Equality &
Diversity now online!
Issue 3 | Autumn 2012
November: Anti-Bullying Week.
ounded in 2002 by NSPCC
and National Children’s
Bureau, the Anti-Bullying Alliance
(ABA) brings organisations, local
authorities, schools, colleges
and individuals into one network
and, since 2006, they have coordinated Anti-Bullying Week.
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‘We look to develop a consensus
around how to stop and prevent
bullying. We aim to influence
policy. And we work to develop
and disseminate best practice.
Together, we’re working to end
fear, working to bring hope to
thousands of children and young
people affected by bullying every
year.’
You may remember ABA from
last year, when a group of STA
learners from Blackpool won a
competition to design a poster.
Anti-Bullying Week 2012 runs
from 19 to 23 November and this
year’s theme highlights the effect
bullying has on achievement:
‘We’re better without bullying’.
Key aims
This Anti-Bullying Week we have
an opportunity to raise awareness
who may have been affected
of the effects of bullying on
by bullying
the lives of children and young
• Create opportunities for
people and to bring about positive
children and young people
change.
to use their unique skills
and talents to send a clear
Together we aim to:
message that we’re better
• Raise awareness of the effects
without bullying.
of bullying on the lives of
children and young people Resources
both in the short and long term Anti-Bullying Week Campaign
• Encourage children and young Packs and other merchandise will
people to challenge bullying
be available from September, so
wherever it happens - whether get involved!
in school, in sport, in other
activities or in cyberspace.
Visit the ABA website at
Make sure that all children and www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk
young people feel confident
to take part without bullying or
intimidation.
• Make sure that all schools,
colleges, sports clubs and
youth providers take active
steps to prevent bullying and
are inclusive of all children and
young people
• Empower children and young
people to take the lead in
bullying prevention in all areas
of school life including sports
and extra-curricular activities
• Take active steps to support
children and young people
Black History Month
Black History Month
n the UK we have celebrated
Black History Month since 1976.
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The theme for 2012 is ‘Journeys’
and events are currently being
planned nationwide. Liverpool’s
International Slavery Museum are
already organising activities and
further information on planned
events will soon be available
from the BHM website at www.
blackhistorymonth.co.uk.
The Olympic Games gives us
a great starting point to look at
some notable sporting journeys
and raise awareness of some of
the UK’s Black sporting stars.
You probably all recognise Usain
Bolt, pictured opposite, winner
of three Olympic gold medals in
London.
But do you know McDonald
Bailey?
McDonald Bailey grew up in
Trinidad and Tobago and came
to Britain to fight in the RAF
during World War II. After the
war, he stayed on, and became
an athletics star, often called ‘the
black flash’.
He was a sprinter and one of
the first black athletes to win an
Olympic medal for Great Britain.
He jointly held the 100m world
record at 10.2 seconds between
1951 and 1956.
We sometimes think that Britain’s
multi-ethnic diversity in sport is
a relatively recent phenomenon,
perhaps starting when
Viv Anderson first joined the
England football team in 1978.
But there is a longer history, going
back through the public outcry
that finally allowed Basil d’Oliveria
to be elected for cricket’s South
African tour in 1968; to the nearly
all-white crowds that cheered
Bailey on in 1948; and even to the
19th Century, when newspapers
insisted that Indian Maharajah,
Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, should be
included in England’s Ashes team
for 1896.
Olympic heroes have often
been the British-born children of
immigrants, from Daley Thompson
and Kris Akabusi to Sebastian
Coe, chair of the London 2012
Organising Committee, whose
grandfather was Indian. Lord
Coe’s mother, Angela, was
brought up in Delhi.
Even Harold Abrahams, the hero
of the iconic film Chariots of Fire,
was the son of a Jewish immigrant
from Russian Poland.
By the 1980s, Team GB included
a number of black British athletes.
You may recall Tessa Sanderson,
a female javelin thrower who
became the first black British
woman to win a gold medal 1984.
At the same Olympics Tessa’s
great rival, Fatima Whitbread had
to be content with the bronze
medal.
There have been other gold medal
winning black British women since
then: Denise Lewis, Kelly Holmes
and Christine Ohuruogu.
There have been other gold medal
winning black British women since
then: Denise Lewis, Kelly Holmes
and Christine Ohuruogu.
Image sourced: myroyalmail.com
Nicola Adams won the first ever
Yet, the winner of a Team
gold medal in women’s boxing this GB’s last gold medal, super
year.
heavyweight Anthony Joshua, has
pledged to stay in amateur boxing.
A big fan of snowboarding,
Born in Watford, of Nigerian
Nicola is pictured celebrating her parents, Anthony was also quoted
achievement beside the newly
in the Telegraph. ‘Look, I’m not
painted gold post boxes in her
blind to see what’s in the papers,’
home city of Leeds.
he said of his potential value. ‘I
know what people are saying I’m
worth. But honestly I’ve not had
Another Olympic hero, Mo
any approaches. And in any case,
Farrah, was born in Mogadishu
I’m not ready.’
in Somalia. He spoke very
little English when he moved to
To bring us back to the theme
Britain at the age of eight. The
of Black History Month 2012,
PE teacher at his school in West
Anthony Joshua said to a BBC
London spotted his potential
News presenter after his win:
though. And the rest, as they say, ‘That medal represents my
is history: Black History.
journey. It’s much more than a
Mo won two gold medals, in the
5,000 and 10,000 metres, and
celebrated his success trackside
with wife Tania and daughter
Rhianna.
He has since been snapped up
to promote the speed of Virgin
Media’s broadband along with
Usain Bolt. Look out for Mo,
with a Richard Branson goatee
beard, and in his famous ‘mobot’ pose! The Telegraph on
22 August suggested that Mo
could earn more than £2 million
in sponsorship and advertising
following his success!
gold medal, it’s a life experience.’
The story behind
the medal
The Olympic medals’ circular form
is a metaphor for the world. The
front of the medal always depicts
the same imagery at the Summer
Games – the Greek Goddess
of Victory, Nike, stepping out of
the depiction of the Parthenon to
arrive in the Host City.
Medal specification
• The London 2012 Olympic
medals weigh 375-400g, are
85mm in diameter and 7mm
thick.
• The gold medal is made up of
92.5% silver and 1.34% gold,
with the remainder copper (a
minimum of 6g of gold).
• The silver medal is made
up of 92.5% silver, with the
remainder copper.
• The bronze medal is made up
of 97.0% copper, 2.5% zinc
and 0.5% tin.
Editor’s note
Welcome to the Autumn edition
of Fair Choice, where we take a
closer look at Equality, Diversity
and Inclusion.
We are featuring articles on Black
History Month and Anti-Bullying
Week this time. I trust that you’ll
also be pleased to read about our
more flexible approach to Equality
and Diversity training through
investment in online training
modules.
You will already know that, here
at STA, we take Equality, Diversity
and Inclusion very seriously: it’s at
the heart of everything we do.
At STA we already deliver Equality
and Diversity training and advice
to staff, learners and employers.
We are in the process of making
the training more flexible to your
needs through investment in
a range of new online training
modules.
or need further information on
your rights and responsibilities
here are some good starting
points:
We will be able to offer four
different courses to our learners:
from a classroom-based and
tutor supported module to an
assessment only option for those
who are already knowledgeable
and just need a quick update.
Whatever option the learner
chooses, they will receive an
individual certificate of completion.
The Government Equalities
Office at :
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/equalities
The Equality and Human Rights
Commission at
www.equalityhumanrights.com
The TUC at:
www.tuc.org.uk/equality
The Equality Duty, which stems
from the 2010 Equality Act (the
main piece of Equality and
Diversity legislation) requires that
we give due regard to (meaning
constantly think about) three aims:
• eliminate unlawful
discrimination
• advance equality of
opportunity
• foster good relations
In future editions we aim to
feature ‘Success Stories’ that
demonstrate our commitment
(and that of our learners,
employers and staff) to those
three aims. Could you be a role
model for others?
We want to hear from you if you’re
proud of who you are and what
you’ve achieved. So, if you’re
breaking a stereotype, let us
know! Sharing your story may
motivate others who share some
of your characteristics.
Look out for further information
when we roll-out Staff and Learner
online courses soon!
In the meantime, if you have an
interest in Equality and Diversity
Dawn Wadsworth,
Equality & Diversity Subject Matter Expert