In an announcement on 21 December, the charity confirmed that Nicola Collins, a teacher at St Stephen’s CofE primary School in west London, has been awarded LGBTQ+ Inclusive Teacher of the Year for her work in making her student’s environment more welcoming of the queer community. “As a gay teacher with children, I talk about my family as a workshop for each year group and share my own experiences of growing up gay and the challenges it brought,” Nicola said. “Also how they, as the next generation, have the ability to change our world for the better.” The teacher explained the type of activities she does with children to educate them about the LGBTQ+ community from an early age.