My husband Luke took his life in April 2021 after a gambling addiction after being sent regular free bets by gambling operators. In June 2021 I set up a government petition to end free bets which received more than 33,000 signatures and received a reply from the government. This marked the beginning of campaigning to change the UK’s gambling laws to ensure gambling is made safer through simple measures such as ending gambling advertising, ending inducements to gamble, and ensuring checks are in place so people do not lose more than they can afford.Notable campaign moments include:• Setting up a petition for the government to publish the gambling white paper to stop more gambling suicides that has received more than 80,000 signatures, and featured in a BBC “most-read” article• Featuring in the BBC One prime-time documentary with Paul Merson, Football, Gambling and Me.• Meeting with Nadine Dorries, the DCMS Secretary of State, to discuss gambling reform• Writing op-eds for the Guardian on the need for new gambling legislation• Being interviewed by major broadcasters including BBC, ITV, Radio 4, and Channel 4 News• Providing regular comments and interviews to national newspapers on gambling reform.

After completing a Humanities with History and RE BA (Hons) and a PGCE in Primary Education, I started working as a Primary School Teacher which continues to be my current permanent role. I have led a variety of subjects during my school career most notably Religious Education for five years where I helped develop the current “Harmony and Diversity: Religious Education” syllabus as part of a SACRE working group, over a period of two years, which is being used in local authority Primary Schools throughout Leicester. My responsibilities include:• Leader of PHSE, Mental Health and Well-being, Geography, Oracy and RE• Planning and preparing lessons that deliver quality first teaching to all students including those who have Special Educational Needs. • Researching and developing teaching resources that are appropriate and differentiated to students’ needs.• Engaging and encouraging student participation using a range of techniques so all have a voice.• Continued formative and summative assessments to help identify students who may require interventions to boost their learning. • One-to-one support for teaching and well-being as well as helping support parents and SENCOs who may require extra assessments for children with SEN. • Communicating and working alongside outside agencies to implement individual safeguarding responses. • Successfully leading, introducing and establishing an oracy programme within a whole school from scratch, over a three-year period before moving to a different school. As Oracy lead, I gained valuable skills including: o Training staff and students a new way of teaching and learning as well as improving communication skills throughout a whole school environment. o Attending CPD courses including a two-year leadership course.o Independently delivering staff meetings and full training days as well as learning coaching for teachers who wanted extra support. o Working with different schools to ensure best practice was delivered.