Making Disability Confident meaningful
How we increased applications from candidates who declared a disability by 50%
Learning Disability Week – Opening doors for the workforce of the future
As part of our work in raising awareness during Learning Disability Week, Claire Cookson, CEO at DFN Project SEARCH shares information about the meaningful employment opportunities they generate and provide for thousands of young people with learning disabilities and autism across the UK.
An interview with: Rethink Mental Illness
Rethink Mental Illness has a vision for equality, rights, fair treatment and maximum quality of life for all those affected by mental illness, their carers, family and friends. As one of the largest charitable providers of services for people living with mental illness, they are well placed to make a direct impact on the care people receive.
An interview with: Parents and Communities Together
For Mental Health Awareness Week, we spoke with Josephine Namusisi-Riley, who is currently the Lead for the Parents and Communities Together (PACT) programme at Citizens UK, a Trustee at the Maudsley Charity and Founder of White Allies, an alternative approach to tackling racism.
An interview with: Together for Mental Wellbeing
For Mental Health Awareness Week, we spoke with Linda Bryant, Chief Executive of Together for Mental Wellbeing who shared her thoughts and insights with us on how the conversation around mental distress is increasing but there is still more to be done.
Breaking the career journey bias with Dallas Pounds – Director of Services at Lymphoma Action
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is #BreakTheBias. That can mean a lot of different things to different people. We wanted to celebrate women in their career journeys and were delighted to speak with Dallas Pounds, Director of Services at Lymphoma Action.
Board Shadowing Webinar: What it is, how it benefits charities and getting involved
Are you keen to support people from diverse backgrounds to take up Board positions, ensuring that your board is more accessible and inclusive to young people or racialised minorities and that it brings onboard people with lived experience expertise? Or, are you someone interested in becoming a trustee but not secured your first role yet? If so, see this webinar.
A celebration for Black History Month with Spring Impact Director, Mohamed Osman
In this short video, we celebrate the journey of Mohamed Osman, who is now Director at Spring Impact, an organisation devoted to supporting, enabling and scaling up great ideas in communities in the UK and all over the world. Find out about his time at the Elton John Foundation, why he made the transition from a career in grant-making to what he does now, and what being a Black leader means to him.
Eliminating Barriers to Boards – Podcast 17 with Eli Manderson Evans
This podcast features Eli Manderson Evans, Senior Social Justice Consultant at Ten Years’ Time, looking at the issue of barriers to boards, particularly for first time trustees, and what can be practically done to remove them. In conversation with Principal Consultant, Board Appointments, Lottie Wihl.
Transforming Disaster Risk Management Across Africa – a podcast with Lesley Ndlovu
This podcast features Lesley Ndlovu, CEO at African Risk Capacity, an organisation committed to helping African governments improve their capacities to better plan, prepare, and respond to extreme weather events and natural disasters. Find out how his distinguished global finance career is now benefitting the African community both in this role and in his position as a Board Member at international humanitarian organisation, Mercy Corps.