NEWS
Fleur Sexton of educational training providers PET-Xi named Businesswoman of the Year 2017
Fleur Sexton, managing director of Coventry-based PET-Xi, leading providers of motivational and inspirational results-based educational training programmes for young people, has been named Businesswoman of the Year 2017.
The awards panel praised her not only for her success in building a nationwide company with clear commercial and social aims, but also as a shining example to other women of how to never give up when the going gets tough.
Fleur co-founded PET-Xi Training in 1995 from a spare bedroom in her family home in Coventry and has turned it into a UK-wide business delivering learning programmes to schools and businesses.
Now an increasingly significant player in the sector, it lists helping more than 100,000 youngsters from Northumberland to Cornwall reach their academic potential amongst an impressive range of company activities.
“I am absolutely delighted to have won this award,” said Fleur. “I will do absolutely everything I can to inspire and encourage women to break barriers in their way”.
www.pet-xi.co.uk
Anita Wright of Global Radio (far left) Hayley Miller of HSBC (second right) and Lady Penny Cobham (far right) present Fleur Sexton (second left) with her Businesswoman of the Year award
Enable Me offers schools free workshops following rise in child hate crime
training to state schools within a 40-mile radius of its Littlehampton offices.
According to a BBC report released in October, hate crimes against disabled children in the UK have risen by nearly 150 per cent in two years, as 450 incidents were reported last year, a figure that has grown from 181 in 2014-15.
Given the budgetary restraints that schools are now facing, Enable Me believes that it is likely that disability awareness training in schools will be greatly reduced, meaning children will have fewer opportunities to develop their understanding and empathy for others with disabilities. Enable Me is aiming to help the schools struggling to find the budget, by offering them awareness training completely free of cost. This training will be uniquely delivered by Enable Me’s volunteers and staff - all people with disabilities, both physical and hidden.
Enable Me, the Littlehampton charity dedicated to raising disability awareness, has today responded to recent reports of increased hate crime towards children with disabilities.
In a bid to increase awareness of disability, the charity is offering free
If you are a school staff member that is interested in the free training, or your child attends a school that would benefit from Enable Me’s free enrichment days, contact Enable Me now on 01903 734400 or email
vicki@enablemeproject.org.uk
Friends of the Earth launch free primary school resource to help tackle air pollution
Environmental charity Friends of the Earth has recently launched its Clean Air Schools Pack - a free educational resource to help primary school students learn about air pollution. The launch of the pack, endorsed by the National Union of Teachers, coincides with new guidance from the National Education Union released this month which urges schools to monitor air pollution and learn about pollution in lessons.
Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of air pollution. Dirty air can cause and worsen asthma, impact brain development and even lead to smaller lung development. There are currently over 2000 schools, colleges and nurseries located in places with illegal levels of dirty air.
Geared towards Key Stage Two, the packs contain three lesson plans to help transform pupils into budding scientists; including air monitoring tubes which allow students to test for the harmful gas nitrogen dioxide. The pupils then get the opportunity to learn campaigning skills to make their voices heard; including how to write a persuasive letter to local politicians and how to run a poster competition to raise awareness in their school. Also included is a fun and active assembly plan, colourful posters and materials, and ‘I love Clean Air’ stickers.
The launch follows a successful pilot with 200 primary schools in which 97% of teachers and parents said they would recommend the pack.
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www.education-today.co.uk
To order a Clean Air Schools Pack go to:
https://act.foe.co.uk/act/order-your-clean- air-schools-pack
November 2017
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