Ellie Hattam discusses the corruption of civil legal aid

The Corruption of Civil Legal Aid Civil Legal Aid is a scheme to help pay for representation by a solicitor or an advocate in the civil courts. Services provide free legal advice to disadvantaged people about issues that have affected them. Some factors that determine eligibility for being helped from the civil legal advice (CLA) […]

Ellie Hattam reviews the “fake it till you make it” workshop

How far does ‘faking it till you make it’ actually help? I was recently involved in a workshop in school which was named “uncomfortable learning” run by Jason Gray, a vocal coach who aimed to help us increase our confidence levels by putting us in situations which made us feel awkward and out of our […]

Ellie Hattam discusses how competitive sport affects a child’s development.

How does competitive sport affect a child’s development? Participating in competitive sport as a child has multiple different advantages and disadvantages to it. Most of us are enrolled in ballet classes, football clubs and many more as children. The aspiration from our parents is that in doing this we will find ‘our thing’ and will […]