The Trans and Non-Binary Education Network is a network of volunteer educators working together on campaigning and wider education related to trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people, particularly where this relates to young people, schools and colleges and/or educators.

Their website focuses on current topical issues, as well as highlighting ways in which educators, parents, students and activists can each find out more and get involved in wider campaigning. They serve as a community hub, working closely alongside and signposting to key organisations and resources across sectors.

Dr. Emily Meadows (she/her) is an LGBTQ+ consultant for international schools. In addition to her doctoral degree, Emily holds master’s degrees in both Sexual Health and Counseling, and has worked as an international school counselor for over a decade. She researches, publishes, and trains school communities on equitable policy and practice, while also teaching for the LGBT Health Policy & Practice graduate program at George Washington University. Emily is a Council of International Schools affiliated consultant and an International Schools Services affiliated consultant, and has developed inclusion standards, referenda, and trainings for professional organizations such as the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), the International School Counselor Association (ISCA), The Fulbright Commission, the Association for International Educators and Leaders of Color (AIELOC), the Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE) and the American Psychological Association (APA). Having spent more than half of her life in international schools, Emily specializes in culturally-relevant solutions to promote LGBTQ+ safety, equity, and belonging worldwide.

Dr Enya Doyle’s unwavering commitment to driving social change has been recognised across the British Isles for almost fifteen years. It started with using music to campaign for peace and further reconciliation in Northern Ireland. Enya was the first Northern Irish Recipient of the Diana Award (Courageous Citizen) Prize and was awarded the National Young Peacemakers Prize and Beacon of Hope Scholarship for innovative work with young people. She has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts for nearly ten years.

Enya is proud to passionately prioritise undervalued and marginalised voices and specialises in challenging gender-based discrimination, sexism, and sexual misconduct. Intersectionality sits at the heart of her work. In 2020, Enya completed her PhD which explores and interrogates four key barriers to gender equity in contemporary music-making. She has presented her research across the world including in the UK, North America and in Australia and was awarded a variety of research prizes and an Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

Raised in Ireland and now based in London, Enya has been delivering training workshops broadly on inclusion, anti-harassment, and allyship, as well as specifically on gender, sex and sexuality, across the world for seven years. In addition to consulting, Enya was Director of Inclusion and a Designated Safeguarding Lead in a large school for a few years. In that role, she had the enormous privilege of leading the school’s response to better understanding the experiences of children and young people who had experienced sexual violence during their time at school as made public through Everyone’s Invited. This involved devoting hundreds of worthwhile hours engaging with their testimonies, online and in person, and creating and embedding change for current and future generations. Enya also built phenomenal relationships with parents and carers of the pupils at the school, creating inclusion networks and began to embed a sense of belonging for marginalised families who existed in the minority. She is particularly proud of the work she did to amplify the perspectives of parents and carers of children with African and Caribbean heritage.

Creating an inclusive company and a culture of belonging is an ongoing process that requires continuous learning, self-reflection, and improvement. You deserve to work with someone who brings that same commitment to the relationship. Working together with me can offer many benefits and advantages for individuals and organisation as a whole. Explore Enya’s website to learn more about how you can work together.

Overall, working with Enya can accelerate your work which centres marginalised perspectives. She will provide expertise and help you navigate challenges effectively. She will bring specialised knowledge, facilitate growth and learning, and assist in developing strategies that foster an inclusive and equitable environment.

Amnesty International UK creates human rights education (HRE) resources, online courses, teacher training and youth activism coaches training so that more people have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to take action on human rights and the human rights movement is stronger, larger and more diverse.

Amnesty’s HRE team create free lesson plans and activities for students to do independently – we have everything you need to start teaching children aged 3 – 5, 5 -11, and 11 - 18. Introduce human rights generally, or explore a range of themes such as LGBTIQ+ Rights and Women’s Rights.  Our resources are free to download and order. Welsh language and bilingual resources are also available.

We also create free online courses – these are perfect for if you want to learn more about human rights or are looking for engaging online courses for secondary and FE students. The Human Rights Academy includes introductions to child rights and courses for schools. On Futurelearn, you can find more in-depth courses on climate change, the right to protest and the UK political system. View all our courses here.

We also run other programs, including Teacher Training and Youth Activism Coaches.

GAEd supports schools and settings across the education sector with LGBTQ+ inclusion. We work strategically with leadership teams, governors and DEI leads looking to make organisational culture change.

Through auditing, training and coaching we help schools:

• develop inclusive policies and systems
• build representative environments
• reflect on the use of language
• plan for pupil advocacy
• create an intersectional curriculum
• educate their communities

Gerlinde Achenbach (she/her, founder GAEd) is a former primary headteacher, senior consultant in education, leadership coach (listed on the Diverse Educators Coaching Directory) and keynote speaker. Her career in education began the year Section 28 was introduced. To this day she is working to dismantle its legacy and foster acceptance and inclusion in our educational settings.

Visit www.gaedschools.uk for more information about the range of services offered.

GAEd continues to collaborate with a range of organisations including Teach First and The Chartered College of Teaching.

Better Bilingual comprises a dedicated team of proactive and client-focused education consultants, with a wealth of experience in supporting school improvement. We specialise in enhancing educational provision for pupils from the rich diversity of ethnic backgrounds, many of whom are multilingual, with English as an Additional Language (EAL).

Our Vision

Better Bilingual’s vision is an educational ethos which harnesses linguistic and cultural diversity to empower all our children and young people to reach their academic potential.

Our Values

Equity Diversity Inclusion
Inclusivity Collaboration Social justice

Our Mission

Better Bilingual’s mission is to improve academic outcomes in multilingual classrooms through ‘language aware’ teaching. We work with educational settings so they understand both the benefits of being multilingual and how to develop the academic English for success.

Successfully collaborating with schools and partners since October 2016, we set up as a social enterprise (a Community Interest Company or CIC) in September 2020 to benefit multilingual pupils and families in our home city of Bristol in the southwest of England.

Our ongoing mission is to improve educational provision in diverse, multilingual classrooms in Bristol and nationally. We do this through consultancy, coaching and training, including ITE and CPD, as well as direct pupil teaching, assessments, action planning and resource development.

At Better Bilingual, we highly value collaboration with parents, carers and communities from diverse ethnic and linguistic heritages, as well as Bristol organisations which align with our mission. If you’d like to be involved in a multilingualism-related education project, please contact us: info@betterbilingual.co.uk

Our Director / Co-Founder, Catherine Brennan, has published a number of articles/resources for teachers and school leaders on EAL and multilingual classrooms, including:

EAL and Multilingualism Toolkit
Accessing Accurate Funding for Your EAL Pupils Through the October Census
Leading EAL in Your Primary School

Also Better Bilingual was shortlisted for The Batook Pandya Award for Inclusion at the Bristol Social Impact Awards 2024 (organised by VOSCUR)