To take Shakespeare’s approach to language, ‘if music be the sound of love, then play on’ we can already see the significance of our language choices in various contexts. But I'm going to edit that a little – ‘if communication is the sound of survival, then oracy is necessary for communicating’ – see what I did there? Admittedly it’s not a great explanation of today’s topic but we are going to break it down further, so hopefully my dubbed Shakespeare quote won’t seem quite so bad.

[Note: It was our pleasure to take part, for the first time, in the London Interfaith Fun Run. Solutions Not Sides (SNS) was able to raise almost £300 to go towards running this year's youth educational programmes - our workshops in schools, and our lesson plans, resources and training for teachers. Thank you to everyone who donated, and who we met at the fun run. We're really looking forward to the race again next year!]

Sharon Booth, SNS Founder & Executive Director:

By Niamh teacher in Wembley

By Jess Brandler, SNS Managing Director

Hey everyone, I'm Nia – the new intern with Solutions Not Sides (SNS), and I'm here to tell you all about my first full day as the newest member of the team (does that make me sound like the office puppy or something?). If you had asked me when I first came across Solutions Not Sides at age 16-ish, if I thought I would ever come back into contact with the company on this level, I would’ve said probably not.