Trident Training & Consulting is an organisation that works on issues of sexual misconduct, diversity & inclusion, and restorative justice. Based in the USA and acting globally, Trident is headed by Andrew (he/him), who loves sharing his experiences with others and helping teams and individuals to grow.

Andrew is passionate about social issues and making our home, work and cultural environments ones in which we can thrive and be our authentic selves. These kinds of environments don’t come into existence out of nowhere- they need to be intentionally created and consistently re-affirmed. Trident hopes to be a part of creating and initiating ever-greater change towards a more just and equitable world for everyone.

One strong focus area for Trident is diversity & inclusion, with special expertise in LGBTQ issues, Restorative Practices, Institutional Bias, and Strategic Development for Inclusion. Trident also has expertise in policy-writing, particularly in the areas of sexual misconduct/harassment, bullying, and discrimination. Any organisation can reach out to Trident and discuss how our expertise can best meet your needs. Trident offers workshops, longer courses, and individual/group consultations.

Loud & Proud Education Ltd. is an educational training and consultancy company. The founders, Anna & Bex Bothwell-O’Hearn (she/her) are both serving teachers in the primary and secondary sectors and are openly gay in the classroom. Together, they draw upon their own contrasting lived experiences to provide dynamic LGBTQIA+ awareness and training. Alongside this, Loud & Proud Education Ltd. provides diversity and inclusion training, curriculum design support and CV writing services. Loud & Proud Education Ltd. is committed to helping create Loud & Proud Schools- where all voices are heard and embedded in the curriculum.

Bex was a contributor for Diverse Educators: A Manifesto.

Based in Bradford, The Linking Network is a charity striving to develop and deepen young people’s knowledge and understanding of identity, diversity, equality and community, creating space for discussion of these issues within the school curriculum and supporting teachers to address them.

We aim to enable children to develop skills of enquiry, critical thinking, reflection and communication, as well as providing the opportunity for children and young people to meet (virtually at the current time), build new relationships, work together and contribute to the wider community. We do this through the high quality resources and planned programmes that we offer. We also produce materials and guidance, and offer training for teachers and headteachers, around SMSC; providing wider support for schools and teachers through lesson plans, curriculum resources, school ethos audits and we work with #iwill on Youth Social Action and Intergenerational Linking. There is strong evidence that high levels of meaningful contact between people from different backgrounds can reduce prejudice, increase trust and understanding between groups and lead to a greater sense of togetherness.

We support a network of facilitators who lead local schools linking programmes in their own area. There are now 29 such locally led areas across the country.

Formed in 2013, Journey to Justice is an education charity (No. 1170886) bringing together educators, youth, communities, human rights and faith organisations, artists, film makers, lawyers, musicians, historians, curators and trade unionists. Our mission is to galvanise people to take action for social and economic justice through learning about human rights movements and the arts. We have a wealth of resources on a variety of topics, including anti-racist education, disability rights and the link between the environmental and economic justice. Our activities include holding exhibitions, events, workshops and training courses – telling little known stories of solidarity of people involved in the US and UK civil and human rights movements and struggles for economic justice in the UK.

We have a podcast series exploring action for economic justice and understanding wealth inequality in the UK. The podcasts are part of our Economic Injustice project, a unique resource housing stories of action, non-violent tactics and expert analysis of the roots of economic inequality. Available here.

Economic Injustice
Civil Rights exhibition

Blueprint for All diversifies education through free Careers Programmes. We believe talent is everywhere, however opportunities are not, and we can change the outcome for many. We provide young people of diverse ethnic heritage and/or from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds with the employment skills to build their career aspirations. We run a number of Programmes, which include workshops, workplace visits, and talks delivered by aspirational industry professionals.

Our programmes provide strong and impactful support to both participants and teachers. We incorporate the Gatsby Benchmarks into our practices and empower schools to ensure all their students, regardless of race, ethnicity, or background, are provided with tangible opportunities to thrive.

Research: Life Chances Insights report and Race Terminology.

End Sexism in Schools is a grassroots organisation campaigning for an education system free of sexism that allows all children to fulfil their potential. We want women and girls to have equivalent representation within the curriculum as men and boys and to have an equal share of school resources.

We carry out research into the content of the school curriculum, we create resources and provide CPD for teachers to help them to diversify their lessons, and we partner with other organisations to tackle wider areas of gendered inequality, such as school uniform.

Our research exploring the gender balance of texts taught in the English curriculum at Key Stage 3 shows that 77% of schools researched teach only one or no whole texts – a novel or a play – written by female authors and 99% of the plays taught are authored by men.

Read our ‘Balancing the Books’ report into gender bias in the English curriculum at Key Stage 3.

In our latest research report, we analyse the content of the GCSE English Literature set text lists and the choices of texts schools make from these lists, with a focus on the representation of female authors and female protagonists. Our research shows that in 2022 only 2% of GCSE pupils studied a whole text written by a female author. Read our ‘Pride and Who? Jane Where? The Missing Women in GCSE English Literature’ report.

To find out more about our current research project focusing on the history curriculum at Key Stage 3, click here.

To view our resources and CPD for teachers to help them to diversify their lessons, click here.

Our staff flagship program is ‘Overcoming Unconcious Bias – Become a Healthy Ally’. The culture we live in was not created overnight and it won’t be changed solely through legal and policy change – it will require each and every one of us to change how we think and act. In order to create a better world, we need to engage with ourselves so that we can better engage and support others. This is not a one-session, ‘fix all’ solution for instant behavioral change. Overcoming unconscious bias takes commitment, deep self-awareness, and ongoing work.

Staff are introduced to the concept of unconscious bias and explore tools collaboratively, for overcoming it.

Together, we discuss what it means to become an effective ally and become change agents within our communities.