Last week I spoke at the Gender Pay Gap Conference. I was there to share my story about maternity discrimination and the lack of work opportunities as a young parent. Being sat amongst CEO's of charities and companies was definitely intimidating. But I had one of my close friends Sophie on the same panel as me and Lydia from Young Women's Trust was there to cheer us on.

The conference was set up by the Fawcett Society, they have been striving for women's equality for over 150 years and it was an honour to share the stage with so many inspiring people. I wanted to share my speech, especially with the latest report released from the CBI that states employers should be more accommodating and flexible.

Since Max started school, he has had a hot cooked meal at school and had a lunchbox meal for dinner. This is great as I often find that he eats more of a variety at school than he would at home! It does however mean that I have to be more and more creative when it comes to food so we aren't stuck with the same jam sandwiches.

Flora have recently discovered that only 1.6% of lunchbox meals meet food based standards for school meals. It also means that many children aren't being given fruit or veg in their lunches. I do get concerned with the amount of good stuff that Max does eat, whilst he loves fruit and veg he is fond of a sweet treat or two.