Episode 08 - Marcia Steele, Director of Throw it Out Community Interest Company

Marcia explains why Throw it Out was set up and how netball suffers the same issues that we find in everyday life. Marcia talks about the early findings of her PHD, which is about the Educational Attainment of Looked-After Children. Marcia previously worked at the Voice newspaper and the Pride magazine and talks about her experience there. Also commenting on the popularity of these types of media today. Marcia talks about her input in the training of police officers following the Macpherson Report published in 1999. Marcia explains what the Parent Action and Resource Centre (PARC) have been up to over the last year including conferences and workshops. The training provided for parents to enable them to support their children through their education, including advocacy training to help parents deal with exclusions. Marcia talks about the upcoming event on 28th October 2017, for more details or to contact PARC: Website: http://parentsactionresource.org.uk/ Email: [email protected] Facebook: Parents action resource centre Twitter: @uk_parc