Media
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BBC Today
2012-05-18
Listen to Parent Gym’s founder talking about the programme’s vision and hopes for the future, plus comments from parents who’ve taken part on BBC Radio’s Today (see clip 0712).
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The Guardian
2012-05-18
Parent Gym’s dream is to offer free parenting lessons to parents of children entering every primary school across the country.
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The Independent
2012-06-19
"My schools are in particularly challenging environments in terms of deprivation...And we have found the classes to be particularly effective...We have found parents really value the opportunity to work on issues that they find difficult and it allows them to build relationships with a group of similar-minded people facing similar problems." Amanda Phillips, head teacher of Old Ford primary and Culloden primary.
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The One Show
2012-05-24
Watch a Parent Gym session in action on the BBC’s The One Show (scroll in to 19:22).
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The Sunday Times
2012-05-20
Read testimonials from parents who’ve taken part in Parent Gym in The Sunday Times (subscription required).
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Daily Mail
2011-09-17
The recent violence on Britain’s streets has prompted much finger pointing but few solutions. Jane Gordon meets one organisation - Parent Gym - which aims to help prevent similar problems in the future
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The Guardian
2011-05-25
"The privately funded Parent Gym programme proves government is not responsible for all that’s good in our society". Parent Gym features in a Guardian article on the ‘big society’.
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The Times
2010-12-16
An article in The Times highlights the successes of Parent Gym as a new initiative in line with MP Frank Field’s hopes to invest more in improving the quality of parenting.
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The Telegraph
2010-10-11
"Just about the most hopeful thing I have seen in the past few months has been an organisation called Parent Gym", Boris Johnson comments in his column in the Telegraph.
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BBC News
2010-10-08
‘Business coaches offer skills to struggling parents’: BBC News Education reports on the difference that the programme has made.
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BBC London News
2010-10-05
Watch Octavius Black on BBC London news discussing the Parent Gym programme.
Click here to view the clip on BBC iPlayer (no longer available).
