Recently been reading more and more about the Suffragettes movement and how it all came about, and I was fascinated to discover that Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, the daughter of the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire in Punjab and his Christian missionary German/Ethiopian wife, was a prominent figure who pioneered the cause of women’s rights in Britain.
Realising this, being a British Sikh myself born and bred here in London, this prompted me to delve deeper into her unique story which was unbeknown to me all these years.…
I went along to the recent private view of ‘Croydon School Of Art’ at the Museum of Croydon, which celebrates its 150th anniversary as one of Croydon’s key cultural institutions, and came across some pretty looking banners draped across the tables…
My curiosity prompted me to find out more about them, so met Lindsay Ould, the Borough Archivist, who mentioned they were for a London-wide project celebrating 100 years of votes for women, made by community groups, museum visitors, school pupils and Museum of Croydon staff inspired by the borough and its history.…
It’s always nice when someone asks you back to deliver a workshop based on the amazing delivery you did a year before, and a year before that, and a year before that etc…
So when Pearl, Citizenship Coordinator at Riddlesdown Collegiate, got in touch once again for me and the team to deliver another Human Rights based workshop for their Citizenship and Anti-bullying Week, we were only too happy to oblige.…
Another year, another PINS workshop at Riddlesdown Collegiate down in Sowf London…think it’s the fourth year in a row now, lost count, but every year a fresh batch of Year 7s, around 360 to be exact, all on a Human Rights hype, always a pleasure…no proper dessert (apple crumble n custard etc) this year though 🙁
