STONEWALL CYMRU DIVERSITY CHAMPIONS

Stonewall's Diversity Champions Programme is Britain's good practice forum for workplace sexual orientation issues. Top employers work with us and with each other to promote diversity and improve the workplace for lesbian, gay and bisexual people. Launched in 2001, the programme connects hundreds of organisations at the cutting edge of delivering diversity in business and public services across Britain.

Members in Wales work in a unique equalities context in the UK, one where the National Assembly of Wales is committed to promoting equality for ALL people.  Diversity Champions Cymru members have access to the full Diversity Champions programme and additional seminars providing advice on mainstreaming sexual-orientation issues in the provision of goods, facilities and services.

EXCLUSIVE BENEFITS INCLUDE:

• Dedicated client account manager based in Cardiff offering a tailored meeting each year and advice at any time.
• Exclusive networking with member organisations in Wales, throughout Britain and across every sector.
• Best Practice seminars on key topics with high profile speakers to share and develop good practice.
• Tailored benchmarking meeting to help your organisation improve in the Workplace Equality Index, the national benchmarking tool for workplace sexual orientation equality
• Recruitment advertising. Contact thousands of talented job seekers through Proud Employers, Stonewall’s online job board, which receives over 67,000 visits a month, and is exclusively available to Diversity Champions.
• Free and exclusive entry in the Starting Out: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Recruitment Guide and website, which is distributed to every university and college across Britain and accessed by thousands of prospective job seekers.
• Joint branding including exclusive use of Stonewall Cymru Diversity Champions logo to signal your commitment to lesbian, gay and bisexual equality.
• Exclusive online access to Diversity Champions Members Forum, enabling you to share best practice with Diversity Champions throughout Wales and Britain.
• Discounted registration and priority booking for the annual Stonewall Cymru Workplace Conference, as well as discounted registration to the annual Workplace Conference in London Discounted rate for the Stonewall Leadership Programme, Stonewall’s inspirational two-day residential for rising lesbian, gay and bisexual professionals
• Definitive Workplace Guides including Guidelines for Employers, Network Groups, Monitoring, Bullying and Harassment, and Career Development to get you started.
• Access to Stonewall’s latest research on media, health, education, employment and more.

“Our people lie at the very heart of everything we do and with this in mind the Welsh Assembly Government is committed to promoting equality and diversity.  The opportunity presented through Stonewall Cymru’s Diversity Champions Programme to network with other employers is invaluable in helping us to improve how we support all our people to give of their best and also to us attracting the best talent to work for the people of Wales”

Bernard Galton, Director General - People, Places and Corporate Services, Welsh Assembly Government

To download an information pack for Diversity Champions Cymru please Click here.

To download an application form for Diversity Champions Cymru please Click here.

To receive a printed version or discuss the programme, please contact Dean Lloyd, Stonewall Cymru workplace officer Tel: 02920 237744. Email:  dean.lloyd@stonewallcymru.org.uk

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