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May 21st, 2013
Access for All Tourism winners announced at the 2013 VisitEngland Awards
Our congratulations to all the winners: Gold Winner – Sandcastle Water Park Silver Winner – The Science Museum Bronze Winner – Eureka! The National Children’s Museum Highly Commended- Calvert Trust Exmoor One Great George Street Hoe Grange Holidays Further information on these award winners can be found at the VisitEngand website at: http://www.visitengland.com/ee/Access-for-All-Tourism-Award-2013/
May 21st, 2013
The importance of role models in helping women get to the top
The Guardian reports on a fascinating study on the importance of role models for women: “A study published in the May issue of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology provides a compelling example of how important female role models are to women’s performance. Participating in the study were 149 Swiss students, 81 of which were…
May 21st, 2013
Business is Good for Equality Booklet launched
The British Chambers of Commerce has launched the ‘Business is Good for Equality’ booklet which lets out with real life examples of why Equality and Diversity in the work place makes sound business sense. Jo Swinson MP has written a blog on the launch in which she says: ” I’m a firm believer that combining…
May 8th, 2013
The Little Book of Diversity, a One and All Bulletin
Our latest Bulletin reports on the launch of “The Little Book of Diversity” by Women 1st, on Helena Morrissey and her campaign for gender equality in the workplace and why support for working mothers is particularly important two years after they return to work from maternity leave. The full Bulletin can be accessed here.
May 8th, 2013
2013 Shine Awards shortlist announced
Women 1st have announced the shortlist for the 2013 Shine Awards which are to be announced at a gala dinner at the Marriott Grosvenor Square in London on 19th June. The shortlisted nominees are: Woman of the Year •Jenny Body OBE – President-Elect, Royal Aeronautical Society •Julie Moore – Managing Director, Green Gourmet Ltd. •Michele…
April 29th, 2013
RBS chief on Gender Diversity
Chris Sullivan, Chief Executive of RBS UK Corporate Banking, has talked to the Guardian about the importance of Gender Diversity: “I’m absolutely anti-throwing a cheque at something and walking away – that’s rubbish,” he adds forcefully. “Lots of big organisations do that and call it CSR [corporate social responsibility]. My interest is in how to…
April 29th, 2013
People 1st is looking for employer feedback on Apprenticeships
People 1st is asking employers to take part in a consultation on the practical steps needed to transform apprenticeships following the government’s Richard Review on the future of apprenticeships. The employer consultation event will be held at One Queen Anne’s Gate, London on Wednesday 1 May from 2pm. People 1st will be asking employers in…
April 26th, 2013
Support for working mothers most important two years in says KPMG
Melanie Richards, a Corporate Finance Partner at KPMG, has written in the Guardian on the importance of support for working mothers, particularly at the point two years after their return from maternity leave when they may be thinking whether their career should take precedence over raising their family. Melanie writes: “Our risk and management consulting…
April 26th, 2013
Paralympic discus champion Josie Pearson on the paralympic legacy
Josie believes that the effect of the 2012 Paralympics has been exceptionally positive: “I’ve had so many people say to me that they find the Paralympians to be even more inspiring than Olympians, many have personal stories to tell on how they overcame adversity before becoming elite athletes. It’s put Paralympians firmly on the map…
April 26th, 2013
Helena Morrissey on her campaign for Gender Equality in the workplace
In an interview with the Evening Standard Helena Morrissey, head of Newton Asset Management and founder of the 30% Club encouraging increased female representation on Boards, has talked to the Evening Standard about the need to continue to press the case for gender equality in the workplace: “Chairmen and business leadership get the issue but…
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