The Diversity Trust is excited to announce a new partnership with Asian Leadership Collective. Asian Leadership Collective supports East and Southeast Asian people in challenging the harmful perceptions of this community in the workplaces in the UK. The Diversity Trust provides … Continued
In December 2020, Skin Deep and The Diversity Trust CIC took the first step in establishing their partnership. With the agreement signed, they set out to work together to realise their ambitions for positive social change. The initial focus of funding the work of The Diversity Trust and commissioning joint research, training, publicity, and … Continued
Listen to the full podcast interview here… #12 [The Diversity Trust Podcast] Ritu Mohanka or Listen to a snippet here… [#12 Soundbite 1] Ritu Mohanka – Privilege and responsibility “It’s up to people who hold places of privilege to be active allies to those with less access and to take … Continued
Photo features Agnese with colleagues from Global Policy Insight team, Arpit Chaturvedi (left) and Raj Kishor Tiwari (right) outside Rashtrapati Bhavan, the presidential estate. As I’m writing this, I’m fresh from seeing ‘Rajesh and Naresh’, a play by James Ireland addressing love in the aftermath of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in India in 2018. … Continued
The growing generational gap within the queer community is only becoming more apparent. Whether it’s online or in-person, older queer people are rarely included in conversations about queer issues, and often find themselves being excluded from queer spaces. They are also regularly called out for using ‘outdated’ labels to describe themselves. These actions only … Continued
Ok where do I actually even begin? Do I begin in 2003 when our first Chair and I sipped chilled pints of Hoegaarden with a slice of lemon in the Dragon pub in Kemptown in Brighton, plotting to set up a training and consultancy company? Or do I begin with my return to the … Continued
New report from Totaljobs and The Diversity Trust highlights career progression challenges for Black and South Asian women in the UK. Black and South Asian women have higher levels of confidence about their career trajectory than White colleagues, but face barriers to progression due to racism and sexism Two thirds of Black and South … Continued
Micro-aggressions have been part of my life for as long as I can remember. From my earliest memories in the hairdresser’s chair, fair or tanned (depending on the time of year) I aroused curiosity with my hair and eyebrows ‘too dark and thick to be English’. “Where are you from?” they’d ask. “Where did you … Continued
It’s been wonderful over the last few years to see the number of people demonstrating their understanding of gender diversity by adding their preferred pronouns to email signatures, business cards and professional profiles. 6 million people on LinkedIn have added their pronouns to their profiles in the last year alone and we know that approximately … Continued
Having been through the mainstream education system as a special needs student, I have definitely had my ups and downs. Primary and secondary school were fine (I did the same lessons as everyone else). However, attitudes changed when I left secondary school to become a college student.