Ruth Sinhal
@ruthsinhal.bsky.social
Ex-Primary Teacher on an antiracism journey since the 80s
Founder of Project FREE -Connecting Communities CIC
Leicester Schools Linking Projects Facilitator
Founder of Project FREE -Connecting Communities CIC
Leicester Schools Linking Projects Facilitator
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You’re invited to join us for the next event in our Changing The Narrative series; it will address the xenophobic, racist & Anti-Muslim hate prevalent in many of our communities & explore concrete actions you can take in your school or community
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“Beyond the Welcome Posters”
A free online event for educators : it will directly address xenophobic, racist and Anti-Muslim hate prevalent in many of our communities and focus on concrete actions you can take in your school/setting.
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A free online event for educators : it will directly address xenophobic, racist and Anti-Muslim hate prevalent in many of our communities and focus on concrete actions you can take in your school/setting.
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January 18, 2026 at 12:16 AM
“Beyond the Welcome Posters”
A free online event for educators : it will directly address xenophobic, racist and Anti-Muslim hate prevalent in many of our communities and focus on concrete actions you can take in your school/setting.
Sign up ⤵️
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A free online event for educators : it will directly address xenophobic, racist and Anti-Muslim hate prevalent in many of our communities and focus on concrete actions you can take in your school/setting.
Sign up ⤵️
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Reposted by Ruth Sinhal
You’re invited to join us for the next event in our Changing The Narrative series; it will address the xenophobic, racist & Anti-Muslim hate prevalent in many of our communities & explore concrete actions you can take in your school or community
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December 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
You’re invited to join us for the next event in our Changing The Narrative series; it will address the xenophobic, racist & Anti-Muslim hate prevalent in many of our communities & explore concrete actions you can take in your school or community
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You’re invited to join us for the next event in our Changing The Narrative series; it will address the xenophobic, racist & Anti-Muslim hate prevalent in many of our communities & explore concrete actions you can take in your school or community
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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December 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
You’re invited to join us for the next event in our Changing The Narrative series; it will address the xenophobic, racist & Anti-Muslim hate prevalent in many of our communities & explore concrete actions you can take in your school or community
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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We have all heard coded language being used to limit who is considered worthy of empathy and respect and who is by default deemed unworthy
But did you know the ‘Racist word of 2025’ is ORDINARY
www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news...
But did you know the ‘Racist word of 2025’ is ORDINARY
www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news...
‘Ordinary' emerges as the Racist Word of the Year following analysis of language used by far-right figures - Voice Online
‘Ordinary’ has been named Racist Word of 2025 as it supports racist tropes when it is used as a synonym for ‘white’
www.voice-online.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We have all heard coded language being used to limit who is considered worthy of empathy and respect and who is by default deemed unworthy
But did you know the ‘Racist word of 2025’ is ORDINARY
www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news...
But did you know the ‘Racist word of 2025’ is ORDINARY
www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Reposted by Ruth Sinhal
This is an important insight into the tactics of the far right that everyone in the UK needs to be aware of ⤵️
Nationalist vigilante ‘street patrol’ groups with ties to Reform UK and the far right are falsely claiming to be working with the police, while seeking to infiltrate local school networks in order to “protect” women and children
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
The Reform-Backed Far-Right Street Patrols Coming to British School Gates
EXCLUSIVE: Nationalist vigilante groups, with links to Neo-Nazis, and the support of senior Reform figures, have been falsely claiming police backing while attempting to infiltrate local school networ...
bylinetimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This is an important insight into the tactics of the far right that everyone in the UK needs to be aware of ⤵️
Heard of #SchoolsLinking?
Well @theguardian.com have!
They’ve chosen the charity that created this programme for their Christmas Appeal!
@projectfree.bsky.social runs this in #Leicester & #Leicestershire
It happens in 25 other areas in England & Wales
More info ⤵️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Well @theguardian.com have!
They’ve chosen the charity that created this programme for their Christmas Appeal!
@projectfree.bsky.social runs this in #Leicester & #Leicestershire
It happens in 25 other areas in England & Wales
More info ⤵️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
A guide to the Guardian’s 2025 charity appeal partners
This year’s appeal theme is hope – we are partnering with five charities supporting grassroots community work that challenges division, hate and despair
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Heard of #SchoolsLinking?
Well @theguardian.com have!
They’ve chosen the charity that created this programme for their Christmas Appeal!
@projectfree.bsky.social runs this in #Leicester & #Leicestershire
It happens in 25 other areas in England & Wales
More info ⤵️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Well @theguardian.com have!
They’ve chosen the charity that created this programme for their Christmas Appeal!
@projectfree.bsky.social runs this in #Leicester & #Leicestershire
It happens in 25 other areas in England & Wales
More info ⤵️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
As the local facilitator of #SchoolsLinking at @projectfree.bsky.social here in #Leicester & #Leicestershire this is such excellent news!
We’ve been included in @theguardian.com Christmas Charity Appeal!
This is an opportunity to showcase our #SchoolsLinking work that brings together classes from different schools in the same local area, to explore identity, #community & #belonging
Find out more ⤵️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is an opportunity to showcase our #SchoolsLinking work that brings together classes from different schools in the same local area, to explore identity, #community & #belonging
Find out more ⤵️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Communities are our defence against hatred. Now, more than ever, we must invest in hope
For this year’s Guardian charity appeal we are asking readers to donate to Citizens UK, The Linking Network, Locality, Hope Unlimited Charitable Trust and Who is Your Neighbour?
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
As the local facilitator of #SchoolsLinking at @projectfree.bsky.social here in #Leicester & #Leicestershire this is such excellent news!
Any UK based #teachers / #educators here?
I’m trying to rebuild the incredible community I had over on the bird platform …. And connect with new people too
#education #schools #teaching #edusky
I’m trying to rebuild the incredible community I had over on the bird platform …. And connect with new people too
#education #schools #teaching #edusky
a cartoon of a man with a beard wearing a hat and goggles with the word where above him
ALT: a cartoon of a man with a beard wearing a hat and goggles with the word where above him
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Any UK based #teachers / #educators here?
I’m trying to rebuild the incredible community I had over on the bird platform …. And connect with new people too
#education #schools #teaching #edusky
I’m trying to rebuild the incredible community I had over on the bird platform …. And connect with new people too
#education #schools #teaching #edusky
Do you teach in #Leicester?
Are you looking for ways to ensure all your pupils #belong & #thrive?
Our #SchoolsLinking programmes do just this
Find out more - and join us - it's FREE
www.projectfree.co.uk/linking-proj...
Are you looking for ways to ensure all your pupils #belong & #thrive?
Our #SchoolsLinking programmes do just this
Find out more - and join us - it's FREE
www.projectfree.co.uk/linking-proj...
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Do you teach in #Leicester?
Are you looking for ways to ensure all your pupils #belong & #thrive?
Our #SchoolsLinking programmes do just this
Find out more - and join us - it's FREE
www.projectfree.co.uk/linking-proj...
Are you looking for ways to ensure all your pupils #belong & #thrive?
Our #SchoolsLinking programmes do just this
Find out more - and join us - it's FREE
www.projectfree.co.uk/linking-proj...
Teachers, how is your school challenging hate and anti- asylum seeker rhetoric?
#edusky
#edusky
The work of building welcome continues.
Whilst this gov cooks up yet more cruel plans - tens of thousands of people are doing something different: creating communities of welcome, support & opportunity.
We do this because we know you cannot strip others of their humanity without losing your own.
Whilst this gov cooks up yet more cruel plans - tens of thousands of people are doing something different: creating communities of welcome, support & opportunity.
We do this because we know you cannot strip others of their humanity without losing your own.
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Teachers, how is your school challenging hate and anti- asylum seeker rhetoric?
#edusky
#edusky
Unseal official documents relating to Nottingham's 1958 Race Riots, so academics in #Nottingham can work with the community to restore the true narrative. Other 1958 Race Riot files were released early, exposing extensive police failures & institutional #racism
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Release the official court records relating to the Nottingham Race Riots of 1958
Unseal the official documents relating to Nottingham's Race Riots, so that academics in Nottingham can work with the community to restore the true narrative. Notting Hill's 1958 Race Riot files were r...
petition.parliament.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Unseal official documents relating to Nottingham's 1958 Race Riots, so academics in #Nottingham can work with the community to restore the true narrative. Other 1958 Race Riot files were released early, exposing extensive police failures & institutional #racism
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
When most British people don’t understand the role Britain played in slavery it’s not surprising reparations are not favoured by them….
Again it’s the role of missing information in our education…
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Again it’s the role of missing information in our education…
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
When most British people don’t understand the role Britain played in slavery it’s not surprising reparations are not favoured by them….
Again it’s the role of missing information in our education…
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Again it’s the role of missing information in our education…
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
FREE online event for #IslamophobiaAwarenessMonth open to all looking to #FlipTheScript & challenge racist, dangerous rhetoric too commonly platformed against Muslims
Be proactive in your classroom & be part of the push-back
UK 🕔 with break for Maghrib
Sign up www.projectfree.co.uk/learning-eve...
Be proactive in your classroom & be part of the push-back
UK 🕔 with break for Maghrib
Sign up www.projectfree.co.uk/learning-eve...
November 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
FREE online event for #IslamophobiaAwarenessMonth open to all looking to #FlipTheScript & challenge racist, dangerous rhetoric too commonly platformed against Muslims
Be proactive in your classroom & be part of the push-back
UK 🕔 with break for Maghrib
Sign up www.projectfree.co.uk/learning-eve...
Be proactive in your classroom & be part of the push-back
UK 🕔 with break for Maghrib
Sign up www.projectfree.co.uk/learning-eve...
Unseal docs relating to #Nottingham Race Riots, so academics&community can restore the true narrative.
Notting Hill's 1958 Race Riot files were released early, exposing extensive police failures & institutional racism
Nottingham’s were sealed for 100 years!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Notting Hill's 1958 Race Riot files were released early, exposing extensive police failures & institutional racism
Nottingham’s were sealed for 100 years!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Release the official court records relating to the Nottingham Race Riots of 1958
Unseal the official documents relating to Nottingham's Race Riots, so that academics in Nottingham can work with the community to restore the true narrative. Notting Hill's 1958 Race Riot files were r...
petition.parliament.uk
October 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Unseal docs relating to #Nottingham Race Riots, so academics&community can restore the true narrative.
Notting Hill's 1958 Race Riot files were released early, exposing extensive police failures & institutional racism
Nottingham’s were sealed for 100 years!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Notting Hill's 1958 Race Riot files were released early, exposing extensive police failures & institutional racism
Nottingham’s were sealed for 100 years!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Signed up and looking forward to this!
For our next webinar we are delighted to also be joined by Professor Emeritus Henry Maitles, who will talk as through how educators can navigate complex topics in the classroom - from Nazism to apartheid and genocide. Sign up now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/education-...
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Signed up and looking forward to this!
Muslims have been part of our communities, all across the UK, for centuries. Our 3 speakers will share aspects of this history from #Wales #Scotland and #NorthernIreland
#FlipTheScript
Details in the sign up form ⬇️
#FlipTheScript
Details in the sign up form ⬇️
If you are an educator looking for ways to address #Islamophobia then this FREE online event in Project FREE’s #ChangingTheNarrative series is a great opportunity to explore Hidden Histories of Muslims in The UK.
Sign up and more info in this link
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Sign up and more info in this link
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October 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Muslims have been part of our communities, all across the UK, for centuries. Our 3 speakers will share aspects of this history from #Wales #Scotland and #NorthernIreland
#FlipTheScript
Details in the sign up form ⬇️
#FlipTheScript
Details in the sign up form ⬇️
Project FREE’s recent online event “Education as Resistance” was an opportunity for educators to explore how to resist traditional teaching practices, ditch deficit thinking, develop anti-racist practice, & build learner-led, collaborative spaces centring unconditional support & care.
October 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Project FREE’s recent online event “Education as Resistance” was an opportunity for educators to explore how to resist traditional teaching practices, ditch deficit thinking, develop anti-racist practice, & build learner-led, collaborative spaces centring unconditional support & care.
If you are an educator looking for ways to address #Islamophobia then this FREE online event in Project FREE’s #ChangingTheNarrative series is a great opportunity to explore Hidden Histories of Muslims in The UK.
Sign up and more info in this link
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Sign up and more info in this link
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October 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you are an educator looking for ways to address #Islamophobia then this FREE online event in Project FREE’s #ChangingTheNarrative series is a great opportunity to explore Hidden Histories of Muslims in The UK.
Sign up and more info in this link
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Sign up and more info in this link
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Understanding how ( a child’s) heritage is woven into our national story makes it easy to see why representation matters – and how recognising it can transform a pupil’s sense of #belonging.”
Today's Belonging Effect (formerly Diverse Educators) blog is by Yasmina Koné
Celebrating ESEA Heritage Month: Building belonging for every student – and why it matters right now
www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk/celebrating-...
#Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Belonging
Celebrating ESEA Heritage Month: Building belonging for every student – and why it matters right now
www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk/celebrating-...
#Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Belonging
Celebrating ESEA Heritage Month: Building belonging for every student – and why it matters right now | Belonging Effect
Schools that invest in belonging are investing in better outcomes both in and outside the classroom...
www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Understanding how ( a child’s) heritage is woven into our national story makes it easy to see why representation matters – and how recognising it can transform a pupil’s sense of #belonging.”
Today's Belonging Effect (formerly Diverse Educators) blog is a provocation by one of our associates, Adrian McLean
Whose Values Are They Anyway?
www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk/whose-values...
#Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Belonging
Whose Values Are They Anyway?
www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk/whose-values...
#Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Belonging
Whose Values Are They Anyway? | Belonging Effect
The dare is this: stop treating values as safe branding. Start treating them as dangerous commitments.
www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
As Assata Shakur said “No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.”
But @zinnedproject.bsky.social sure will try!
But @zinnedproject.bsky.social sure will try!
#tdih 1919 #RedSummer Black sharecroppers met in Elaine, Arkansas to organize for fair pay for cotton.
More than 100 of them were massacred by a white mob.
Twelve Black men were sentenced to death for "riots." #Terrorism #TeachOutsideTextbook 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/el...
More than 100 of them were massacred by a white mob.
Twelve Black men were sentenced to death for "riots." #Terrorism #TeachOutsideTextbook 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/el...
Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre
Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates ...
www.zinnedproject.org
September 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
As Assata Shakur said “No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.”
But @zinnedproject.bsky.social sure will try!
But @zinnedproject.bsky.social sure will try!
Reposted by Ruth Sinhal
Are you a Secondary teacher in the UK, responsible for #SMSC #PSHE #Citizenship or #PersonalDevelopment?
If so, you are invited to join our National SMSC Leaders Network. We meet online once a term & provide space to discuss SMSC Leadership & teaching
Find out more
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If so, you are invited to join our National SMSC Leaders Network. We meet online once a term & provide space to discuss SMSC Leadership & teaching
Find out more
www.linkedin.com/posts/thelin...
Leading SMSC - The Linking Network | The Linking Network
Are you a Secondary teacher, based anywhere in the UK, with responsibility for #SMSC #PSHE #Citizenship or #PersonalDevelopment?
If so, you are invited to join The Linking Network's National SMSC Lea...
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September 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Are you a Secondary teacher in the UK, responsible for #SMSC #PSHE #Citizenship or #PersonalDevelopment?
If so, you are invited to join our National SMSC Leaders Network. We meet online once a term & provide space to discuss SMSC Leadership & teaching
Find out more
www.linkedin.com/posts/thelin...
If so, you are invited to join our National SMSC Leaders Network. We meet online once a term & provide space to discuss SMSC Leadership & teaching
Find out more
www.linkedin.com/posts/thelin...
Reposted by Ruth Sinhal
“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways.
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
UK faces ‘battle for the soul’ of the country, says Starmer amid Reform threat
In a rallying cry to progressives around the world, the Prime Minister said allies must stop the ‘politics of predatory grievance’.
www.independent.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways.
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Are you a UK educator keen to share the histories of #Windrush? This Sunday Sept 7th, join a FREE online workshop that will leave you in no doubt why this is necessary in your classroom
#education #racism #antiracism #history #BritishHistory #BlackHistory
#education #racism #antiracism #history #BritishHistory #BlackHistory
September 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Are you a UK educator keen to share the histories of #Windrush? This Sunday Sept 7th, join a FREE online workshop that will leave you in no doubt why this is necessary in your classroom
#education #racism #antiracism #history #BritishHistory #BlackHistory
#education #racism #antiracism #history #BritishHistory #BlackHistory