Financial Inclusion for Care Leavers: Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage

MyBnk is a charity dedicated to creating a financially fluent population. We work with over 50,000 people across the UK every year, delivering expert-led, high-impact financial education programmes. We bring the language of finance to life so that everyone can navigate their money with confidence, no matter where they started. At MyBnk, we are committed to empowering people, particularly those from marginalised and vulnerable backgrounds, with the financial knowledge they need at different stages of their lives, to build secure futures. One of the key groups we focus on is care leavers – young people navigating the transition to independence without the safety net of family support.

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Pride and Protest: A Personal Journey by Berkeley Wilde

    “ActUp fight back fight AIDS, ActUp fight back fight AIDS!” rang through the streets as we rallied against the discrimination faced by those living with HIV, challenging government, corporate, and media indifference. Established in New York City in 1987, ActUp emerged as a direct response to the US government’s failure to act and … Continued

An embodied approach to EDI – Judith Fitzsimons

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Metro Sports and Social Club of Vision Impaired People

Metro Sports and Social Club of Vision Impaired People, more commonly known as Metro Blind Sport is in its 50th year and recently won the Kings Award for Voluntary Service. This is the equivalent of an MBE for charities and is the highest honour that a charity can be awarded.  We are a member-led organisation … Continued

The state of the UN and global queer rights

Despite seeing the number of countries legally protect queer people increase in leaps and bounds from the 90s, there has been a concerning increase in anti-queer legislation proliferating my newsfeeds. What is causing this and how can international organisations help?

Decolonise the UK Education System: History Retold

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Supporting parents of premature and NICU babies

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Ground-breaking, one-of-a-kind access scheme

As a wheelchair user and assistance dog owner, I understand the anxiety of going somewhere new. Will I be able to get in? Will the customer service be accommodating? Will people help me and my dog? These fears used to stop me from going out independently, causing me to miss out on so much in … Continued

Work at MI6

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