Parents Action & Resource Centre 2023
Our Objectives
Educate Young Minds
Provide a space for children and young people to develop academic and cultural excellence.
Combine Efforts
Enable parents to combine their efforts and resources so that they can influence policy and decision making in relation to the education of Black children and young people.
Education on Legislation
Provide parents with information, advice and guidance on education legislation, research, school policies, guidelines and practices.
Build a community
Provide the space for parents to network so that they can share best practice in education and be a source of support for each other
About Us
Who We Are
Parents Action and Resource Centre formed in February 2016. Our mission is to address the inequalities that currently exist in the education system and help create an inclusive education system for all.
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Meet the Directors
Angela McGowan
Director
Angela McGowan
Director
Angela is a parent in the borough of Ealing. She has a vast amount of varying experience which ranges from being a youth worker, teaching assistant to being a senior manager within the public sector as well as being an education assessor working with a wide age range of learners. In addition, she has experience of being a Union rep and has helped work colleagues deal with grievances and problematic situations within their workplace. Angela has been a volunteer of the Queen Nzinga Saturday School for the past 3 years and ensures that our policies and procedures are in place and regularly reviewed.
Louise Brown
Director
Louise Brown
Director
Louise Brown is a director and founding member of PARC. She currently leads the West London Black Teachers Hub, based in Northolt. Louise is a full-time class teacher and has previously led and worked with a number of community organisations focused on addressing gender and race inequalities. Louise is jointly responsible for developing the organisation’s vision and strategy.
Ade Banjoko
Director
Ade Banjoko is a founding member and current chair of PARC. Outside of his work with PARC, Ade and has previously worked in the legal field (education and immigration).
Ade is an equalities consultant and school governor. He has sat on many panels discussing issues of education. Ade is jointly responsible for developing the organisation’s vision and strategy.
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Latest Posts
Queen Nzinga Saturday School visits Caribbean exhibition at Tate Britain
Life Between Islands Caribbean British Art – 1950s – Now With COVID restrictions lifted, the Queen Nzinga Saturday School Club organised a visit to the Tate Britain for the Life Between Islands Caribbean British Art 1950s to Now exhibition. During the Spring term, packed with learning activities, the team, children, parents and teachers, explored the […]
PARC discusses diversity of reading books for children with “See Me on the Page”
Calls for schools to increase the diversity of reading books has been a constant demand of Black parents over the years. Parents Action and Resource Centre was pleased to be invited to a group discussion with parents and children by Crystal Norbert of seemeonthepage, an organisation established to promote more diversity of reading books in […]
Working with our Local Cultural Artists
Developing links with local artists and historians is an important part of the Queen Nzinga Saturday School curriculum. Our recent Autumn and Spring terms saw spoken word artist Sheda using African contributions to the Second World War as the backdrop for some inspiring poetry, fine artist Toni Lee centred her art using gouache session around the […]
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