LGTB+ campaigner Shaun Dellenty got here out as homosexual to his pupils in 2009 in response to homophobic language the playground
An inspirational former Alfred Salter Primary instructor and LGBT+ campaigner has been given the Freedom of the City of London.
Shaun Dellenty, a former deputy head at Alfred Salter Primary, got here out as homosexual to his pupils in 2009.
A tireless advocate for inclusion in schooling throughout the globe, Shaun was beforehand handed the Freedom of Southwark by the mayor in 2016; the highest civic honour in the borough.
He acquired his newest accolade this week at a web based ceremony held by the City of London Corporation, with present mayor of Southwark Barrie Hargrove and councillors together with Dora Dixon-Fyle MBE.
Shaun Dellenty at the on-line ceremony, presided over by Murray Craig, clerk to the Chamberlain’s Court at the City of London Corporation. Photos by Mike Donovan and Chris Jepson
Shaun determined to return out at college resulting from listening to homophobic language getting used round the faculty.
His expertise additionally led him to create the ground-breaking schooling programme ‘Inclusion For All’ variations of which he has now delivered to over 90,000 educators in the UK.
He informed the News: “It is a large privilege to work with apprentices at the City of London Corporation every year, sharing my private {and professional} journey with them to encourage them to discover their very own voices as voices for optimistic change.
“To be bestowed the Freedom of London allows me to attach with the lineage, historical past and traditions of a metropolis I made my residence in over twenty years in the past and wherein I discovered myself and my treasured group.
“I’m deeply touched and grateful.”
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