Widening Participation (WP) at LCF encourages and supports students from a working class background, who have no family history of higher education, to apply and successfully progress to the college courses or other courses within… View Full Post
I started in the photographic world when I was around my mid-twenties, so I was quite a late starter. I was lucky enough to have been mentored by my boss, Jeff Kwintner, in the book… View Full Post
Every morning, Dr. Shahidha Bari dresses for work and travels into London on a packed tube looking much like the people around her. But, as the child of immigrants growing up in a Bengali Muslim… View Full Post
Bags for Life is an inspiring collaboration between three Hackney based organisations: Cardinal Pole School, The Urswick School and St. Joseph’s Hospice. Bags for Life is a project involving LCF staff and students, students of… View Full Post
Last night, I attended the fifth Annual WIE Awards and Gala Dinner at Goldsmiths Hall and am delighted to have been given a WIE Award for Services to Education. I am honored to have been… View Full Post
Sometimes I wonder how many brilliant people didn’t manage to achieve much, or leave a powerful legacy, simply because they did not, in their lifetime, encounter the support and friendship of like minded individuals ready… View Full Post
The Saved Project is a collaboration between LCF and Sue Ryder Care, a national charity delivering health and social care services. There has been a two year successful development with Sue Ryder working with the… View Full Post
Threads, Style Young is a project in collaboration with Threads, the Peabody Trust, Children in Need, Discover Young Hackney Project and LCF’s Widening Participation Department. This project aims to engage with 14-16 year old girls… View Full Post
Experience Fashion, is a project supported by Hackney and Newham local authorities, in collaboration with the Pause Project, Experience Project and NHS Open Doors. Abigail Newbold. BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear) The aim of… View Full Post
I’m currently the CEO of Whistles, a brand that offers contemporary effortless fashion at affordable prices for both women and men. I haven’t always done this though, I started at the very bottom, in the… View Full Post