Webinar: Celebrating Languages across London – March 2026

Many thanks to The British Council who hosted this event on its Teams platform to celebrate innovative programmes, activities, and practice in language teaching and learning across London. Vicky Gough organised the speakers and Lorna Payne managed the tech.

The event featured speakers from a wide range of settings, including primary, secondary and  HHCL Learning, and offered plenty of practical ideas and takeaways for the 50+ participants whose positive and helpful comments in the chat added to the overwhelmingly positive vibe of the event.

Recording

Download an AI-generated summary of the sessions and the chat in a word doc here.

Speakers and their presentations:

We are extremely grateful to our wonderful speakers who generously gave of their time and expertise, and have also offered to share their presentations with us here. We look forward to a chance to hear even more! Here they are in order to speaking [they start their session on the timeline given in square brackets].:

London City of Languages update and links shared

Other links shared in the webinar:

Reflections and feedback

Participants responded with encouragement and thanks throughout the webinar.

Download word doc with summary here. [It is also included in the summary document].

They left some lovely messages as they left …

  • “So inspiring! Thank you.”
  • “Everything was amazing to watch and listen to.”
  • “Fantastic presentations—thank you.”
  • “Thank you for such an insightful session.”
  • “A wonderfully uplifting webinar!”
  • “Very hopeful things will get better—thank you.”
  • “Gracias!”
  • “Obrigada.”
  • “Brilliant session—will definitely take part.”
  • “Wonderful event.”
  • “It was a great event!”
  • “Very inspiring—many thanks.”
  • “Thank you so much to all!”

The chat reflects the energy, generosity, and creativity of London’s language community. Thank you to everyone who contributed links, ideas, and encouragement – and to all who are helping to build the London Festival of Languages 2026.