Martin Spafford

[Martin Spafford]

Martin Spafford is a teacher of History in Waltham Forest and a member of the Black and Asian Studies Association (BASA), currently helping plan their Education Conference for Saturday 5th March. Co-writer of 'Whose Freedom...?', an education pack on African, Caribbean and Indian soldiers in WW2. Previously taught in South Yorkshire, Swaziland, Egypt and Paddington/Marylebone. I speak Spanish, French, Arabic and some German. Also on the management committee of CODA International, an NGO that helps community based organisations in Southern Africa, Central America and Palestine build their capacity; and of the Women's Self Education Fund, that supports women in Latin America effecting change. In my school I am the Special Abilities (Gifted and Talented) Coordinator and have developed a student-led anti-bullying peer support scheme.