Everyday Plastic has been exploring the impact of plastic throughout its life cycle – on the climate, our health, and the most vulnerable members of our society. We have worked closely with the Everyday Plastics team to advise across both the research and delivery of the campaign to ensure an anti-racist lens has been applied throughout. In a collaboration with Disability Rights UK and Keele University, we have onboarded advisory groups in major cities across the UK, who are helping to guide the stories, research and policy demands of the campaign over the next 3 years. Our Advisory Groups are made up of people rooted in their communities, and members have lived experiences as a young person (18-26), of disability or long-term health needs, or of racial inequality, to ensure that no one is left out of the campaign and its outcomes for policy change.

In November 2025, we delivered a conference on Culture, Identity and Anti-racism for the entire Tower Hamlets Supporting Families Division team, to reflect on how we can show up for children and families in a culturally sensitive way. Through an anti-racist lens, we walked through the history of Tower Hamlets, the global factors that have impacted how we see culture and religious identities in the area, and how these wider narratives impact how communities are viewed or stereotyped.

We reflected on how an anti-racist lens can be embedded across the division - and how this is something that has to start from leadership. Following our conference, we delivered a half day training to managers, giving them the tools to build this into their teams and practice. We also developed a train the trainer programme, offering three days of content training and skills practice to equip teams with the tools and knowledge to deliver Culture, Identity and Anti-Racism training to over 600 staff across the division. Our training used increactive and creative tools to deepen confidence and understanding of the topics we covered in the conference: the history of Tower Hamlets, stereotyping, intersectionality, colonial history and institutional racism.

We developed anti-oppression training tailored to the entire staff population, including leadership teams and the Board, and delivered these through training days in London and Manchester. Through close collaboration with Women in Prison, we identified the needs of the organisation, their context of work and their teams to compile a creative, one day training session that would support individuals in growing their understanding of systemic inequalities and provide practical guidance and tools to create an anti-oppressive workplace. Following the training, our in depth report provided practical recommendations for senior leadership teams to continue towards the longer term strategy.

"[Global Learning London] are professional, warm, friendly and got stuck in with our project right from the start. They were very easy to work with, and facilitated regular in person and online meetings. They gave constructive feedback and practical suggestions which made our project stronger. They challenged us to go back to the basics of the project and be really clear on what we were trying to achieve. They have lots of contacts from schools to people in faith organisations and helped us to build relationships outside of the usual green bubble. They helped us carry out a thorough evaluation of the work including recommendations for future projects and how we could embed the things we’d learnt across the organisation" - Laura, Campaigner at Greenpeace