Here's a version of a video we sometimes show in our development courses. The setup is simple. Children are presented with two dolls - one black and one white - and asked a series of questions: Which doll is the pretty doll? Which doll is the nice doll? Which doll is the ugly one? Why? Have a watch and see how you feel. When we showed a version of this to Ian Garlington from South West London and St George's he felt sick. It's just devastating to watch, devastating. It's bee

Do you know the difference between the social and medical model of disability? And could you give an example in 90 seconds? The difference is something like this: 👉 The medical model asks us to see disability as a problem located within the individual. In this view, the goal is to 'fix' or manage the person so they can live a more 'normal' life. You’ll often notice deficit-based language here – phrases like 'suffering from' or 'wheelchair-bound'. The power sits with medical

Once equality conversations move from policy into practice, something happens. The neat language of equality strategies gives way to something far more complicated. Organisations that pride themselves on doing good begin to encounter a messier reality – one where good intentions are not always enough. This is the story we explore in episode 4 of our podcast series, The Quiet Revolution . It begins with a simple observation from Mabinty Esho at Comic Relief. “I think everyone