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It's time to take action!

Action means getting involved, spreading awareness, and lending a helping hand. On this page, you will find features on getting help, charity efforts and raising awareness. 

If you have a cause you want to promote or if you have an issue you want to raise awareness for then get in touch. Click below to contact our team.

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World Hunger

Introducing the new interact team!

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World Hunger is an important issue faced in today's world, worsened by COVID-19. What can we do to help?
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​Many people around the school probably wonder who Interact really are and what we do. Find out more here! Don't forget to check out the Doughnut Day on the 21st June!

Archive


Everyday assault & harassment 

Attention men! We can do better

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​Women today are beginning to see forms of sexual assault and harassment as normal behaviour they cannot avoid. It needs to stop. Click here for article
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97% of females are sexually harassed. So what can we do as men to help them feel more comfortable and make a change for the better. Click here for article

2020 and we still need BLM

Interact: Who are we?

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Anita Alaezi writes about her thoughts on BLM and the racism that remains in our society 

Click here to read the article
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Many around the school probably wonder who Interact really are and what we do. Find out more here! Don't forget to check out the Valentines Bake Sale on Thursday 14th Feb!

Is Black History Month Relevant?

Doughnut Day Gallery

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Ella explores the reasons behind the need to celebrate Black History Month and highlights how it was celebrated here at Herts and Essex
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Take a look at some of the photos capturing yet another infamous doughnut day at Herts and Essex.

Mental Health Week in May

DOE and Charity Work

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Amelia looks into how Mental Health Week will be celebrated this year, why it was founded and how Herts and Essex will be raising awareness.
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Ginnie explores the DOE scheme's contribution to charity work and outlines the aspects of the award. Read on to see if you have got what it takes...D of E

Laura Bates and Everyday Sexism

The #MeToo Campaign

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Recently Laura Bates, the founder of the Everyday Sexism movement, took part in a discussion with employment lawyer Hina Belitz. Click here for Simone's special report
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Click here to learn about the ground-breaking  #METOO campaign which aims to encourage everyone to speak freely about sexual assault.

LGBT hate crimes and Brexit

Storford's Night Shelter

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Why have the post-Brexit referendum months seen a surge in homophobic, racist and sexist acts? Amelia Erswell considers the underlying reasons for this societal crisis.
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Having around ten homeless people walking the streets of Stortford seems very few. Jordan Hinks looks at those who think ten is ten too many

Bertha Napoleon looks at Water Aid

H&E Uganda Dance Marathon

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Known as a charity focusing on access to clean water across the world. Bertha takes a look at the work of this important organisation
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To commemorate the first Uganda Dance Marathon, on behalf of our partner school (Eden High) Amelia Erswell reports on the days events.

Record breaking food collection

 A Salvation Army Christmas

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This year has seen a spectacular donation to the Foodbank from Herts & Essex. Read on for more information about their success.
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Born on the streets of the East End in 1865, the cause has carried on the commitment to serve God and to serve suffering humanity by fighting against social injustice.

Black History Month 2017

Amnesty:  Esther's Fight for Justice

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People of colour across the world make it known that they will no longer be subdued under the fist of oppression, be it subtle words or angry bullets. 
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In 1995, Esther Kiobel's husband Barinem was executed by the Nigerian army. She believes that Dutch oil giant Shell, is to blame.

Amnesty International at H&E

Amnesty: Chechnya Campaign

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Amnesty is a human rights organisation that is independent of any political ideology. Read about the new Amnesty group at H&E
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The Chechen government are currently involved in huge human rights violations against gay men. Click here to find out more and sign the petition

Stop Harming Our Planet

A Guide To Loving Yourself

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We only have one earth, so surely, we should be doing everything we can to take care of it?  Read Laila Page's action special

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Here are four little bits of advice that promote self-love and may help you feel better all year round.

LGBT+ and homelessness

The Stortford Winter Night Shelter

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This Christmas, it is estimated that almost 85,000 homeless young people will have nowhere to go. Of those, over a quarter are thought to be LGBT+.
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Holy Trinity Church in association with Churches Together have set up the Winter Night Shelter to provide help for those who are homeless in the Bishop’s Stortford area.

Mr Chapman's Beard

A Look into MIND: interview special

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As most of you have probably noticed, since the 20th January our school corridors have been missing a beard. click here to find out where this beard has vanished to.
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October 17-24 is Mental Health week and we're raising money for Mind. Click here for our interview with Mark Taffs, a Mind volunteer for over 10 years.

Equalities Re-Branding

October Food Bank Drive

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Kaleidoscope, formerly known as the Equalities Group, is the school’s LGBT+ group. Click here to find out more about this amazing group.
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Another academic term, another food bank drive. It’s great to see our school working together, even if competitively, to make a difference in people’s lives

Mental Health Video Interview

The Support Network: Advice Line

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Head of Interact, Jessica Hinks, met with Frankie Westoby from the Mental Health and Policing Team after her presentation to years 11-13.
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The Support Network is here to help you with any and all problems that you may be having. Big or small our student team are ready to help. Click here for more.

Stonewall Conference Report

Books to boost mental health

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The Equalities group, set up to support LGBT+ students and allies within Herts and Essex, attended the annual Stonewall education conference. Click here for more
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The Reading Agency announced its Reading Well campaign - a booklist that seeks to help boost mental health for 13 to 18 year olds. Click here to read Ellen Jones' guide

Stem Cell Heroes: The First of 100

Food Bank Wash Bag Drive

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"I’ve never much liked needles, and no doubt I’m not alone in this. Nevertheless, I signed up to the register. Why? Because I could save a life". Read more about out Stem Cell Heroes
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Herts and Essex's relationship with the Stortford food bank has gone from strength to strength. Read how Orla and Emma are getting the school involved in making a difference once again.

Equalities: Labels Matter

Special Appeal:  Little Princess Trust 

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Wouldn’t it be nice if we did away with labels for our gender and sexuality? Isn’t the modern world confusing enough already? Read the full feature.  
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On the 25th of February, 2016, Madie McCarthy is going to be donating 18-20” of her hair to the Little Princess Trust. 
Click here for more on this inspiring story

LGBT+ SPECIAL: How to be an ally

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Regardless of your gender or sexuality, you can always be an ally to the LGBT+ Community. Here are 5 ways that you can be a good LGBT+ ally.

STEM CELLS: 100 person challenge

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The Network has decided to take it upon ourselves to start up a new campaign to not only raise
awareness but donate our stem cells to help people like Hazel Richardson.

REFUGEE SPECIAL: Alice Dutton

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On Friday 5th February, former and very much loved student, Alice Dutton, came back to host an assembly on the Calais refugee crisis. Watch her video exclusive here

Action meets Natasha Devon

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The Self Esteem Team were able to share their diverse, and intriguing back stories that the book is based upon. Read more here.

LGBT+ SPECIAL: Caroline Paige

EQUALITIES: Asexual awareness

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The first serving transgender officer in UK Armed Forces, and flight lieutenant, Caroline Paige, visits Herts and Essex.  Click here for more.
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Asexuality is a fairly unknown sexual orientation that is only recently gaining representation in the wider media. So what exactly does it mean to be asexual? Find out here.

NEW! The Support Network

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​The Support Network is being launched! We aim to use this feature to help you with any and all problems that you may be having. Click here for more.

Change for Lesvos: LIVE UPDATES

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Herts and Essex students get behind local volunteer Carolyn Westlake and help raise Euros fro her humanitarian trip to Lesvos. Click here for more.

Kim Cox's Charity Ball

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On December 21st, Kim Cox will be hosting a Christmas Ball for the charity Crisis. Click here to read about how she hopes to bring 33 homeless people in from the cold.

Local Action: The Talking Newspaper

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The Talking Newspaper aims to send an audio version of the Herts & Essex Observer to the local visually impaired. Want to be part of this ? Click Here.

Equality at Christmas

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Let’s face it, Christmas can be hard. The seemingly inescapable festivities can be stressful and not as wonderful as everyone else seems to think they are. For LGBT+ people, this is especially true. Click here for the full feature.

Food Bank Collection Project

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After our recent feature on the food bank, Orla and Emma have set up an amazing project. Herts and Essex are pioneering an innovative half termly collection, click here to find out how our first collection went.

Our guide to getting help

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Finding help can be scary. You may not know where to go or you think that you might be wasting someone’s time. However, this is not the case  and there are people who really do care. Click here for more.

H&E's Equalities Group

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Equalities Group meets every Wednesday in C4. The primary purpose of the group is to provide a safe space where things can be discussed confidentially and without fear of judgement. Click here to read more.
 

Food banks and how we can help

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Recently, the school collected so much food it didn't fit in the van sent to collect it. But what are food banks and what can we do to help? Read our article featuring Stortford food bank's dedicated volunteers.

 TPP, the death of the Internet as we know it?

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The TPP, short for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, has also been described as the ‘dirtiest trade deal you’ve never seen’. Read the full article to find out more about the deal and how you can take action.
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