Making a difference

Cherelle Knight, 34, lives in Birmingham with her four daughters. ‘What do you do, Mummy?’ my daughter Jah’lia, then nine, asked one evening. It was February 2021 and, having had Jah’lia when I was 19

After a shock diagnosis at 23, Alexeanne kept defying the odds…

As I watched the kids all filing into the school hall, I forced myself to smile. I loved my job as a youth minister, working in schools with kids aged between five and 10. It brought such joy to my li

→ Every child should have the right to education. They should have a space where they can learn and play alongside children their own age, one that supports them to thrive in the future. But children

Animal magic and a camera changed everything for my girl Paula McDonald, 39, Ardrossan, North Ayrshire

Three women tell us about the extra-special relationships they’ve been lucky to have