Ms Gabrielle Cummins:

On the diversity question, I would have thought the fact this was online encouraged more people to get involved. We saw that with our Shine 2021 project as well. The feedback we received was that we were able to be more inclusive and encourage more people to access the content they would not normally be able to access. One of the people who contributed to the seven-day online video day referenced the fact she found it quite difficult at the start because she was in a rural area and did not have access to Wi-Fi. That left her struggling to engage. She really missed socialising and was paying less attention in class because of remote learning. She was unable to get access to it as her counterparts in urban areas were. We asked Spark to ensure there was a good urban-rural split because our area of the south east covers quite a range of rural and urban areas so it was important that was factored into the research as well.