Amen – My testament to pride
Haberdashers’ Crayford Academy Head Girl, Favour, shares her spoken word poem about the Windrush generation. They say pride comes before the fall but for us, pride came after the storm. After the ships. After the chains. After our names were scattered like waste across oceans that were never meant to hold us. And yet from […]
The brown-haired girls are in a line
Haberdashers’ Crayford Academy Year 13 student, Taylor, beat countless other hopefuls to be one of the winners of the Foyle Young Poet of the Year 2025 award. More than 10,000 poets aged 11-17 submitted over 28,300 poems into the 2025 competition. Young people from 135 countries took part from as far afield as Uzbekistan, Fiji, […]
Mentoring and the workplace: Extending the reach of Habs Aspire
Time, experience, and money: these are three ways we can give back, something I learnt from a lockdown talk on what Haberdasher members do to get involved with the ongoing work of the Company in our schools and charity spaces. Since then, I have been looking for different ways that I can give back through […]
The Haberdashers’ Sports Festival 2025
Every year the Habs Sports Festival – part of the Haberdashers’ Advantage: Character programme – is a celebration of community and participation, and 2025 was no different. This year’s festival once again took place at the University of Wolverhampton and the Haberdashers’ Company would like to thank the University for its hospitality. The Sports Festival […]
Celebrations as Habs Elstree Schools recognised for two awards
Double congratulations are in order for Haberdashers’ Elstree Boys’ School and Haberdashers’ Elstree Girls’ School as both schools are recognised for not just one, but two prestigious awards. PATNERSHIPS RECOGNITION We are pleased to announce that Habs Elstree have been selected as a Finalist in the Independent School of the Year for Outstanding Educational Partnerships category. Habs […]
Being a Mental Health Ambassador at Habs Abraham Darby
Being a mental health ambassador is one of the most meaningful roles I have taken on within my school community. Mental health is an important part of everyone’s life, and being able to play a role in supporting younger students, especially those in Year 7 and Year 8, gives me a strong sense of pride […]
The Tapestry of Black Britons
History, once written solely by the victors, is being rewoven through Tapestry of Black Britons, reclaiming space for the stories that have always been here. The tapestry is both literal and metaphorical—celebrating the interconnectedness of British history and asserting that it is incomplete without recognising the deep and enduring contributions of people of African descent. […]
Time travellers
My aspiration to become a palaeontologist has taken a significant step forward, thanks to substantial support from the Thomas Arno Fund. This fund, and the generosity of the Haberdashers’ Company, enabled me to attend a fossil preparation programme at Fort Hays State University’s Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Kansas, USA. This museum is a […]
Work Experience at the Old Bailey
From the 28 July to the 1st August, Esme and I completed work experience at the Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court) in London, where we shadowed Her Honour Judge Anuja Dhir KC. Saying it was an honour to sit with such an excellent judge is an understatement. I learnt invaluable lessons, but at first, I […]
The inaugural Haberdashers’ Debating Competition
EDUCATION NEWS With a rich tradition in public speaking, Haberdashers’ Adams was honoured to host the inaugural secondary school Habs Debating Competition, part of the Haberdashers Advantage Character programme. Debating is embedded in the school’s culture with pupils sharpening their oratory skills in the Adams’ Debating Society – the oldest society at the school, so […]