The communications and marketing teams are holding a week of engagement between 10-14 June which will showcase our work around how we are helping to build stronger communities and create opportunities for people from disadvantaged backgrounds. As part of this, we want to hear from staff who have their own inspiring stories around our widening participation agenda that we could highlight as part of the campaign. Please contact Ashley Taylor with your stories should you wish to be involved.

Here is an example of a student care leaver who’s gone on to study here and has received a lot of support from the University.

 https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/giving/your-impact/jake-woodall

But it doesn’t have to be people who have been in care, it could be anything – underprivileged families, a disability etc – anything that may have put a barrier to them accessing higher education or work and where Hallam has had a huge positive impact on getting them to where they are now.