Communication and Engagement Lead at Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust. Trustee @Covboysandgirls and ex-journo @bbcwm @bbcmtd @LBC.
Joined November 2013
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Great to have @GHRWestMids pop into @BournvilleSch to interview our Head Boy and Head Girl candidates.
Perfect timing as the whole country heads to the polls… our pupils are learning about democracy in real life. 🗳️💬
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Just one of the many brilliant stories from across our four schools. Read more here - fmat.co.uk/category/news/
May 1
Big day for our future broadcasters at Smith’s Wood Academy! 🎙️🔥
@DanStrangetv and Paralympian Clare Griffiths put our students through a full @Channel4Skills broadcasting experience - interviews, commentary, cameras, voiceovers and more.
#EnrichingLivesTransformingFutures
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Apr 13
Back to work after a lovely two week Easter break and @FairfaxSchool is looking different!
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Mar 24
Thanks to Nadia Ferraris from Hits Radio for coming to see the new specialist provision @BournvilleSch - which is changing the lives of young people who can't attend mainstream settings.
Read more - bit.ly/40T1XTT
Bournville School has opened a new facility for pupils with special needs.
A space they can go when classes get overwhelming and somewhere they can learn practical skills alongside their everyday classes.
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Mar 19
I enjoyed this little video project to help promote our maths vacancy.
My previous comms boss would have told me to keep it under a minute - but I just couldn't, too much good stuff in there!
Mar 19
📣 We’re hiring a Maths Teacher – Smith’s Wood Academy
4 days left to apply to one of the fastest improving schools in the country!
Take a look inside our classrooms and hear from our Head of Maths.
👉Apply: bit.ly/4st8cKo
Informal chat:📨 l.roe@smithswood.fmat.co.uk
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Mar 12
I can't keep up!!
Schools are such busy, busy places!
Mar 12
Two schools, two national award nominations, one incredible Trust🎉
🏆@BournvilleSch - Community Award
✅Food bank drives ✅Free uniform scheme ✅New community hub
🏆@FairfaxSchool - Best Practice in Inclusive Education
Following Wellbeing & ADHD Neurodiversity Award wins!
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I've been doing a lot of internal comms since starting my new role, but it has been great to get my first bit of media coverage @birmingham_live
Smith's Wood is on a journey & will keep going - but they couldn't have made these improvements any quicker birminghammail.co.uk/news/mi…
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Feb 27
Smith’s Wood Academy has improved in all areas, following its Ofsted Inspection 🚀
No other school in the country, has seen a bigger transformation under the new framework 🙌
Leadership, behaviour & attendance all at ‘expected standard’ No areas cause any significant concern
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Feb 10
✨One of the schools I now work with - Smith’s Wood Academy -has mentors walking the corridors to offer support to students.
To mark #childrensmentalhealthweek I met some of the team @MWIMPACT - who are working to normalise these conversations particularly among teenage boys.
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15 Dec 2025
I was more than happy to help Keith from Birmingham Community Boxing Project pull all the partners together for this one!
It's easy to forget how many genuinely lovely people there are out there who are giving up their time to support children and young people!
🙏Children were taught about the dangers of knife crime and gang culture at a hard-hitting #PreciousLives talk on Friday.
So many partners came together to make this a success! @WestMidsPCC @HoECF @WMPolice @ClarionFutures #MyTomorrow
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12 Dec 2025
Are you 16 and interested in a career in youth work?
🌟Free course on offer with @sandwellcouncil & @WestMidsVRP
❗ Starting on Jan 13th or Feb 17th at the Malthouse Stables Outdoor Centre, Hurst Lane, Tipton, DY4 9AB
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26 Nov 2025
This was my seat yesterday - listening to graduates doing a fantastic job delivering their knife crime campaigns for Birmingham.
All wanted more positivity, genuine support for young people & less poison on socials
Thanks for inviting me on the panel @BhamCityCouncil @DWPgovuk
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7 Nov 2025
'Let's not get overwhelmed by the negative.' - one comment that stuck with me when visiting this art project in Sandwell.
200 young people worked together on this - take a look at what they came up with 👇
Thanks for having me along @sandwellcouncil😀 #MyTomorrow
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3 Nov 2025
Really lovely to go along to Team Pumpkin Boxing gym again. Always such a warm and welcoming lot!
Spreading the word about places like this is the best.
More than 230 people turned up to the Team Pumpkin Boxing open day in Brierley Hill🥊
We funded this event to spread the word to more children, young people & families in the area!!
This is a great gym, safe space & community #MyTomorrow
Info - bit.ly/4oEyfwh
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20 Oct 2025
The most hard-hitting social media vid I've made since switching from journalism to comms..
Take a look inside a music and mentoring project helping two 14-year-old boys, from Dudley, look to the future #MyTomorrow
It's run by the Community Skills and Knowledge Network (CSKN) and funded by us & @WestMidsPCC
#MyTomorrow
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7 Oct 2025
Huge respect for Chris Clacken who treats youth mentorship as a 'lifelong' commitment 🙏
I went along to see one of the music sessions he runs, in Dudley, as part of the Community Skills and Knowledge Network (CSKN) and asked him what his job is really like #MyTomorrow
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30 Sep 2025
So happy to be supporting Sienna with this and bringing partners together to make this happen! #MyTomorrow
16yo Sienna is swimming, cycling & running - to kit out Wolverhampton with bleed kits.
@WolvesCouncil @TheDanielBaird1 @WV_Active helping to make this happen! #MyTomorrow #daggersdown
Support the mini-triathlon, which will end in West Park @WolvesPolice @wlv_uni @Sureena4WNE
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19 Sep 2025
Very happy to say I am officially on the Board of Trustees for @covboysandgirls A fantastic charity & huge youth club in Coventry and home of the MAC Project. Check it out! What We Do | CBGC (covboysandgirlsclub.co.uk)
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15 Sep 2025
Another interesting couple of weeks collaborating with young people, youth workers and partners across the region - who are all empowering young people to shape their own futures #MyTomorrow
The past month has been a busy one for the #MyTomorrow campaign - with so many collaborations to empower youth voice & more exciting plans to come! @WalsallCouncil @WestMidsPCC #TeamPumpkin #CSKN @WolvesCouncil
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11 Sep 2025
I met Sienna at the #MyTomorrow launch in Wolverhampton. She is so impressive & passionate we just had to support her efforts and her own campaign #daggersdown
'Operation kit out' - will bring life saving bleed kits to the hotspots of violent crime in Wolverhampton @lynnebaird8
We're proud to be supporting Wolverhampton's youth MP in her campaign against knife crime #MyTomorrow #youthvoice @WolvesCouncil @positiveyouthUK @InPowerUK
We're supporting with distribution & education after the challenge.
Read more 👇and donate 👉 bit.ly/3JXUa1J
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