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I am delighted to see Jess Cordingly blogging today on Labour List. Jess used to work for me in Brussels, and left earlier this year to become the Managing Director of Future First.
“Future First is a grassroots initiative working to empower young people who are at or have recently studied at a state school. Future First works with schools to build networks of former students to advise, inform and inspire current students about their future prospects.”
Her post is all about giving better opportunities to state school pupils, something I have always campaigned for, I was a school governor for many years.
Jess was also great fun to work with as this picture at the London Labour Party Conference in Stratford last year captures. I hope to see more posts from her,we need to redress the male preponderence of the blogosphere.
Filed under: Labour Party | Tagged: Future First, Jess Cordingly, Labour list, London Labour Party Conference
Thanks Mary!
Future First also got a good mention in today’s article by Ed Balls:
http://www.labourlist.org/dcsf-strategy-iag-sir-alex-ferguson-ed-balls
It’s an exciting time for us and we’re hoping to use this boost to allow us to expand and work with more young people in schools across the UK.