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Pride Alliance: Sep 2021

This month the Pride Alliance invites you to celebrate the purple stripe of the Pride Flag.  This colour represents spirit.  Faith is an important part of many LGBT+ people’s lives.  However, the misconception that LGBT+ people cannot belong within faith communities has been deeply damaging.

Research by the LGBT+ charity Stonewall found a third of lesbian, gay and bi people of faith (32%) aren’t open with anyone in their faith community about their sexual orientation.  One in four trans people of faith (25%) aren’t open about who they are in their faith community.

Faith has this almost unparalleled ability to bring people from all walks of life together in the name of love. LGBT+ people of faith should feel respected and included in their faith communities, just as they need respect and acceptance in wider society.

There are lots of faith groups for LGBT+ people.  We have included their details below if you feel you need to reach out to them:

  • Diverse Church – Christian https://diversechurch.website/
  • Hidayah – Islam https://hidayahlgbt.com/
  • House of Rainbow – BAME https://www.houseofrainbow.org/
  • Imaan – Islam https://imaanlondon.wordpress.com/
  • KeshetUK – Jewish https://www.keshetuk.org/
  • Open Table Network – Christian https://opentable.lgbt/
  • Quest – Catholics https://questlgbti.uk/
  • Rainbow Pagans UK – Pagan https://rainbowpagansuk.wordpress.com/

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S1 Impact

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Pride Alliance: Aug 2021

Serenity – The Blue Stripe

This month the Pride Alliance invites you to celebrate the blue stripe of the Pride Flag.  This colour represents serenity.  Sometimes it can be very difficult to feel calm and serene, especially given current global events.  LGBT+ people around the world have had a difficult summer:

  • The participation of openly gay, lesbian and transgender athletes in the Tokyo Olympics has led to an upsurge in anti-LGBT commentary on Russian state TV.
  • Many LGBT+ around the world still face imprisonment and death, with the current situation in Afghanistan causing a great deal of fear in the LGBT+ Afghan population.
  • Governments in Europe are using anti-obscenity laws as an excuse to isolate and remove LGBT+ people’s rights.

However, there are more people doing good in the world to support LGBT+ people and to make them feel welcome and cared for in their community.  This is an easy thing for you to contribute to:

  • Be kind to the people around you, no matter the differences between you.
  • Question people when they use homophobic, biphobic or transphobic language.
  • Don’t share homophobic, biphobic or transphobic language memes, videos or comments via your group chats or social media. You can also report these sorts of comments anonymously to the social media provider.
  • If you hear or see anything that worries you in the school, bring it to the attention to a member of staff.

Serenity is about developing calm attitudes in the face of difficult circumstances and supporting others to do the same.  Let’s make Braidhurst a great wee school for everyone.

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IDL EVENT – EURO 2020

On Monday 14th June the Braidhurst community were given the opportunity to participate in a special IDL event during periods 6 and 7 to celebrate the Scotland team in their first match of the Euro 2020 tournament. Whilst watching the Scotland vs. Czech Republic game pupils accessed the ‘Learning through Football’ platform developed by the Scottish FA in an effort to engage more young people into football. Pupils and staff were also invited to wear something blue and donate £1 for St Andrew’s Hospice. Despite Scotland losing the match those in attendance still had a great time and managed to raise the fantastic amount of £210.

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Railway Safety

IMPORTANT message from the British Transport Police

As lockdown eases and the school holidays approach, we’re expecting trespassing to increase. 

If children and young people are drunk at a railway station or near the tracks, they’re heightening the risk that they will end up unintentionally getting injured on the railway. For this reason, we are urging parents to check in with their children as the summer holiday approach.

Do your teens know the devastating consequences of stepping on the tracks? Make sure your teens know that trespassing can have life-changing consequences by showing them the film at https://www.youvstrain.co.uk/

Stepping onto the track at any time or in any circumstance is dangerous. 25,000 volts of electricity can jump from overhead cables, the electrified third rail looks just like an ordinary rail, and modern trains can almost silently reach speeds of 125mph.