Inclusive Companies

The Invisible Juggle: Balancing Caring Responsibilities
2026-02-10 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Detroit) | Online Webinar
Facilitated by Jess Rad | The WomenHood
This 60 minute session exposes the often hidden and unpaid demands of caring – from raising children and supporting neurodivergent loved ones to looking after aging relatives, partners, and pets. Speaking from her lived experience as a solo mama and parent carer of two children, along with others stories to diversify the experience, Jess brings a candid, human lens to the emotional and logistical pressures carers face, showing how these responsibilities affect wellbeing, productivity, and retention in the workplace.
Drawing on research, personal insight, and best practice, Jess outlines practical steps organisations can take to recognise and reduce the burden, close support gaps, and embed care-aware strategies into everyday culture.
Session Outcomes
In this 60-minute talk, participants will:

Understand the emotional and logistical realities of caring roles.
Learn how hidden labour impacts employees and organisations.
Identify common gaps in workplace support for carers.
Discover practical, low-cost strategies to create care-aware environments.
Gain clarity on how to talk about caring responsibilities with empathy and respect.

About the facilitator
Jess Rad is an award-winning speaker and founder of The WomenHood and NeuroCurious. Winner of the 2024 National Diversity Award for Gender and recognised by The People’s Honours 2025, she is a late-identified neurodivergent woman and Solo Mum navigating premature menopause, getting outspoken about the unspoken.
The WomenHood partners with organisations to advance gender equity across women’s health, financial wellness, neurodiversity, and relationships through impactful talks, workshops, and programmes. NeuroCurious creates spaces where individuals and organisations celebrate neurodiversity and foster allyship.
As an Ambassador for SEND charity Amaze, Jess amplifies the voices of parent carers whilst reshaping how society views neurodiversity.

Lent (Catholicism)
2026-02-18 - 2026-04-02

Embeddedness and Belonging: Global Majority Heritage, Belonging, and the Church
2026-02-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Webinar
Facilitated by Rev. Mark Nam 甄英深
National institutions shape everyday life in quiet but powerful ways—through what they name, remember, and choose to make permanent. In this reflective session, Revd Mark Nam explores how deeply embedded institutions such as the Church of England influence belonging far beyond their immediate settings.
As the established church within the UK’s constitutional settlement—interwoven with state, crown, and public life—the Church of England remains a vital participant in national conversations about identity, memory, and belonging.
Drawing on his journey as one of the first British-born Chinese priests in the Anglican Church, Mark reflects on how inclusion can be sustained—or quietly lost—over time. From discovering Li Tim‑Oi, the first woman ordained in the Anglican Communion, to the restoration of his ancestral name at ordination, he shows how progress fades when stories are not institutionally embedded.
The session highlights the importance of permanent markers—memorials, academic scholarship, and liturgical recognition. Referencing his contribution to Chinese Heritage and British Christianity (SCM Press) and efforts to establish a memorial at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Mark invites participants to consider how organisations can move from symbolic gestures to lasting inclusion.

About the facilitator
Revd Mark Nam is a British-born Chinese vicar in the Church of England, writer, and national advocate for Global Majority Heritage inclusion. He is the founder of The Teahouse, a network raising the profile and participation of Chinese-heritage communities and serves as UKME Dean for the Diocese of Oxford. A commissioned portrait of Mark featured in a six-month exhibition at the British Library exploring British Chinese communities and culture.
Mark writes academically, including a chapter in Chinese Heritage and British Christianity (SCM Press), lectures at Anglican theological colleges, and has contributed to an upcoming volume on artificial intelligence and theology with Bloomsbury(2026). He is a regular speaker on BBC local radio and faith-based media, a trustee of SPCK Publishing and the Li Tim-Oi Foundation, a recipient of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lambeth Award in 2023, and a 2025 National Diversity Awards winner. Mark tweets @marknam.

Beyond Awareness: Creating Truly Autistic-Friendly Workplaces
2026-02-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Webinar
Facilitated by Jess Garner | GROVE
In this session, Jess will introduce the most up-to-date, affirming autism theory, covering key areas such as Monotropism, the Double Empathy Problem, sensory processing, communication, and social interaction.
She will bring this theory to life by exploring its relevance in real workplace contexts. Together, you’ll consider the barriers Autistic staff may encounter and practical ways to build environments that are friendly, accessible and genuinely supportive — workplaces where Autistic colleagues can feel happier, more understood, and able to thrive.

About the facilitator
Jess is a late-identified Autistic ADHDer, a mum to two neurodivergent children with very different support needs, and a former secondary school teacher. She now leads GROVE, an Autistic-staffed online organisation that supports Autistic young people.
She holds a Masters in Autism (Distinction), where her academic work explored themes such as community connection, developing self-understanding, and nurturing positive identity. Her studies culminated in a unique research project centred on young people’s experiences of joy.
Learn more about GROVE:
https://linktr.ee/gr0ve.org

Women’s History Month
2026-03-01 - 2026-03-31

Bisexual Health Awareness Month
2026-03-01 - 2026-03-31

Endometriosis Action Month
2026-03-01 08:00 - 2026-03-31 17:00

Everyone Has a Part to Play: Empowerment and Allyship for International Women’s Day
2026-03-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Webinar
Facilitated by Alex Knight MBE FIMechE & Jemima Wade
Empowering women at work is not just the right thing to do. It delivers measurable impact for individuals, teams and organisations. Evidence consistently shows that when allyship is active and intentional, women are more likely to stay, progress and thrive.
This International Women’s Day, we’re focusing on what empowerment and allyship actually look like in practice, and how everyone has a role to play.
What to expect
Jemima’s session: What empowerment really looks like
Jemima will explore what genuine empowerment means beyond policies and pledges. Drawing on her experience at Heineken, she will share how allyship is built into everyday behaviours, the mindset shifts that have made a real difference, and what senior leaders and men in particular need to understand if allyship is going to move from intention to impact.
Alex Knight: Visibility, role models and changing systems
Alex will share the impact of STEMAZING and why representation and role models matter so deeply. She’ll explore how visibility empowers women individually while also challenging and reshaping systems, and share a real story that brings the importance of allyship and representation to life.
Mini panel discussion: Allyship that works
In a practical panel conversation, we’ll unpack the biggest misconceptions about allyship, highlight small actions that can have a big impact, and focus on what attendees can realistically start doing tomorrow. This session is designed to move the conversation from awareness to action.
Live Q&A
We’ll close with a live Q&A, giving attendees the opportunity to ask questions, reflect on their own role, and leave with clear, practical takeaways.
Who should attend
This webinar is for anyone who wants to better understand how empowerment and allyship work in real workplaces, including leaders, managers, men who want to be effective allies, and anyone passionate about creating more inclusive environments.
Join us this International Women’s Day to explore how small, intentional actions can create lasting change, and how everyone truly does have a part to play.

About the facilitators
Alex Knight MBE FIMechE
Founder, STEMAZING
Alex is a multi-award-winning Engineer and Entrepreneur. After a career of almost 20 years in Industry working in engineering consultancy and innovation, she founded STEMAZING – a social enterprise dedicated to inspiration and inclusion in STEM.
Through STEMAZING Alex leads several not-for-profit initiatives to empower women in STEM and link this to inspiring our future generations of innovators and problem-solvers. In the last 5 years STEMAZING has trained over 700 women in STEM globally on their Inspiration Academy programme to level-up as visible role models and they have collectively delivered over 190,000 STEMAZINGKids engagements for 7 – 9-year-olds in areas of deprivation.
Alex is also Mentor, Trainer, Visiting Professor and TEDx speaker. Her TEDx Talk – “Why Courage, Visibility and Sex Matter in Engineering” has been viewed over 350,000 times on the TED YouTube Channel. She is a regular keynote speaker at events and schools and has featured on engineering TV shows on Channel 5, Prime and CuriosityStream.
In 2026 Alex was recognised in the King’s New Year Honours List with an MBE for Services to Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering. In 2025 Alex was awarded the prestigious Rooke Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering for promotion of engineering to the public and also won the National Diversity Award for being a positive role model for gender diversity. In 2023 Alex was named as one of the top Inspirational Businesswomen in STEM at the House of Lords.
Jemima Wade
Head of Togetherness & Wellbeing @HEINEKEN UK
Meet Jem, a trailblazing voice in inclusion for FMCG.
In addition to her HUK role she serves on the UK Steering Committee of D&I in Grocery, after previously Chairing LEAD – the industry’s largest UK & Europe-wide gender equity body – whilst leading EDI for PepsiCo Europe.
Jem is fiercely committed to developing future talent, mentoring early-career women and championing cultures where care is key and everyone can thrive. Her leadership combines strategic clarity with decisive action, delivering measurable progress on gender parity, pay equity and community impact. Renowned for her storytelling and ability to de-bias systems at scale, she designs and delivers programmes that create conversation and impact.
A regular speaker (try and get her off the mic!) and advocate, Jem’s thought leadership – recognised by the European Diversity Awards – is focused on removing barriers to togetherness. As someone who identifies as a women (she/her), alongside being a parent, neurodiverse and bi-sexual – she sees her work and the world through many lens and uses lived experience to drive change.

Neurodiversity and Hormones
2026-03-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Webinar
Facilitated by Dr Alice Siberry
Overview: This informative and engaging webinar will introduce attendees to the foundations of neurodiversity and will focus on understanding how hormones interact with different neurotypes.
Key content areas:
01. What is Neurodiversity?
We will begin with a broad definition of neurodiversity and outline some commonly recognised diagnosable neurodivergent differences.
02. The Role of Hormones
A central part of the session will examine how hormones influence the brain, especially in neurodivergent people. Topics will include: menstrual cycles and ovulation, puberty, pregnancy and menopause, post-natal depression and Premenstrual Dysphoria Disorder (PMDD). This webinar will also discuss how hormonal fluctuations affect men’s cognitive functions, emotional regulation and behaviour.
03. Best practice for support and inclusion
While hormonal fluctuations are part of the human experience, the webinar will share best practices for supporting people who may face compounded challenges due to neurodivergence and hormonal shifts. This includes workplace strategies and practical adjustments.
Language in this webinar will be clear, direct and rooted in scientific accuracy. We will be talking frankly about bodies and biology.
We do use gender-neutral language to ensure inclusivity. This includes recognising that people of all genders experience hormonal changes and neurodivergence. As such, we will avoid gendered assumptions, particularly related to issues like menstruation and pregnancy.
Some topics in this session include sensitive content related to mental health.
About Facilitator: Dr Alice Siberry
Alice received her PhD in Criminology and Law from the University of Sheffield in July 2021. She also holds a first-class degree in Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring and an MSc Psychology degree.
Throughout her studies, Alice continued to gain experience in the Criminal Justice sector and the neurodiversity sector. She has worked with North and West Yorkshire Police, and the Independent Office of Police Conduct. She also lectured at the University of Sheffield and York St John University, where she worked primarily with neurodivergent students.
Alice is a Specialist Criminal Justice Neurodiversity Consultant at Creased Puddle. Continuing her personal and professional passion for neurodiversity, she delivers training and consultancy to a wide range of businesses and organisations, including police organisations. Alice is also highly experienced in managing the most complex and high-profile Workplace Needs Assessments across the Criminal Justice sector.
As Academic Lead, she bridges academic research with practical applications, ensuring innovative and evidence-informed approaches to neurodiversity in the workplace. She also collaborates with universities on consultancy research projects, providing tailored solutions informed by her academic and practical experience.
Alice is also a Research Affiliate with the ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre and in recognition of her research contributions, she was awarded the Translational Fellowship in 2024 to investigate Counter Terrorism practitioners’ perspectives of neurodivergent people and their vulnerability to radicalisation by online algorithms. This fellowship supports her ongoing research into neurodiversity, particularly within policing. Her first book, “Diversity, Difference or Disorder: Neurodiversity in British Policing”, is currently in development and will be published in early 2026.

World Bipolar Day
2026-03-30

Passover (Judaism)
2026-04-01 - 2026-04-09

Stress Awareness Month
2026-04-01 - 2026-04-30

Autism Acceptance Month
2026-04-01 - 2026-04-30

ADHD Babes: The Vital Work We Do
2026-04-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Webinar
Facilitated by Vivienne Isebor | ADHD Babes
ADHD Babes – An introduction to a 100% equity-led community focused approach to disability justice. We will explore who we are as an organisation, why we started and how we created an international culturally-sensitive approach to neuro-inclusive care.

About the facilitator
Vivienne Isebor is an award winning Creative Social Entrepreneur & Womanist, blending community activism, advocacy, psychology, and the arts to drive social change. She is the founder of ADHD Babes, the UK’s only community organisation dedicated to supporting Black women and non-binary people with ADHD, and a qualified Clinical Associate in Psychology from UCL.
Beyond her advocacy and psychological work, Vivienne is a combined performing artist, incorporating storytelling, music, poetry, spoken word, and performance to create immersive, community-driven experiences. Through her initiative love&music, she organises and facilitates events and creative workshops that foster connection, self-expression, and healing. Her work consistently centres on uplifting marginalised voices, using both clinical expertise and artistic expression to build safer, inclusive spaces.

World Autism Awareness Day
2026-04-02

Good Friday (Catholicism)
2026-04-03

Easter Sunday (Baptist, Catholicism and Protestantism)
2026-04-05

Palm Sunday (Eastern Orthodox Christianity)
2026-04-05

World Health Day
2026-04-07

Good Friday (Eastern Orthodox Christianity)
2026-04-10

Pascha – Easter (Eastern Orthodox Christianity)
2026-04-12

Yom HaShoah Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day
2026-04-13

Vaisakhi (Sikhism)
2026-04-14

The Double Rainbow - Intersecting Identities
2026-04-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Webinar
Facilitated by Charlie Hart — AKA Ausome Charlie
Many neurodivergent people are also LGBTQIA+ yet workplace inclusion often addresses these identities separately. This session explores this ‘Double Rainbow’ intersection — combining research, lived experience, and practical inclusion strategies.
Participants will:

Understand the link between neurodivergence and LGBTQIA+ identities
Explore minority stress, and the impact of intersecting marginalised identities
Learn practical inclusion and allyship strategies
Gain insights into creating psychologically safe, neuro-inclusive environments

About the facilitator
Charlie Hart — also known as Ausome Charlie — is an autistic and ADHD professional speaker on inclusion, with a 20-year background in HR Analytics. Charlie specialises in neuro-inclusion at work, intersecting identities, psychological safety, and translating lived experience into practical, evidence-based inclusion strategies.
Drawing on her lived experience as a late-diagnosed autistic, bi/pan, and gender non-conforming woman, Charlie speaks candidly about identity, minority stress, and community power. Her work helps organisations move beyond tokenism, to meaningful inclusion.

Round Table: Accountability and Strategy – Moving Beyond the Tick-Box
2026-04-16 12:00 - 15:00 | TalkTalk, The Soapworks, Manchester, M5 3TT, United Kingdom
You’re warmly invited to join us for an exclusive roundtable discussion, “Accountability and Strategy: Moving Beyond the Tick-Box,” on Thursday 16 April, 12:00–15:00, hosted at TalkTalk, The Soapworks, Ordsall Lane, Salford, Manchester, M5 3TT.
This session will bring together a select group of DEI leaders for an engaging afternoon of meaningful conversation, collaboration, and practical insight.
Following the success of our DEI Leaders Afternoon Tea earlier this year, we’re delighted to reconvene this community, this time focusing on moving beyond awareness and into measurable accountability, strategic action, and tangible change.
We recognise that advancing DEI can often feel like a solitary effort, particularly amid increased scrutiny, budget pressures, and shifting organisational priorities. This roundtable is designed to create an open, energising space for leaders to connect, reflect, and explore new approaches together.
CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE

To help shape the conversation, please select two of the following topics that interest you most:

From Optics to Outcomes: How do we move from DEI statements to measurable progress in 2026?

Embedding Inclusion into Performance: Should inclusive leadership behaviours form part of performance reviews and promotion criteria?

Diagnosing Your Starting Point: How can organisations use internal data, not just benchmarking, to shape more effective EDI strategies?

The Business Case Reinvented: How can EDI metrics be linked to retention of scarce talent and team performance?

Pay Transparency and Reporting: Preparing for evolving requirements, including ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting.

ERGs: How can we reignite momentum and impact across employee networks?

Lunch will be provided, so please share any dietary or allergy requirements when registering.
Places are limited.
CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE
If you would like to contribute ideas or themes to the discussion, we would welcome your input.
We look forward to welcoming you.

First Day of Riḍván (Baháʼí)
2026-04-21

Stephen Lawrence Day
2026-04-22

Stephen Lawrence Day: What does it mean to be anti-racist?
2026-04-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Webinar
Facilitated by Anuli Changa (she/they)
Recognise Stephen Lawrence Day by exploring his powerful legacy, what his story can teach us about different forms of racism, the need for inclusivity and active allyship. From name pronunciations, to representation, to language, we can all play a part in anti-racist practices.
This webinar will include:

Learnings from Stephen Lawrence’s legacy
Exploration of racism in different forms
How we can make biases conscious
The importance of recognising power and privilege
The importance of small acts of allyship
Anti-racism tools and intersectionality

About the facilitator
Anuli Changa is a multifaceted UK-based creative, educator, consultant and advocate whose work spans education, heritage, the arts, healthcare, corporations and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. She creates and delivers DEIB training for adults and young people, incorporating exploration of microaggressions and Active Bystander education.
Anuli holds a Law degree from the University of Manchester, is a Mental Health First Aid Instructor and trained in trauma-informed practices. She is also the Inclusion and Representation Trustee for Bi Pride UK.
Anuli also writes/directs Theatre in Education programmes exploring anti-racism and Black history delivered in Schools across the country. Anuli champions intersectional anti-oppression and active allyship across her work. She is frequently invited to moderate/speak on panels to share her professional and lived experience as a Queer, Neurodivergent, Woman of Global Majority, as well as exploring these experiences in her writing (@wordsbyanuli)

St George’s Day (Protestant)
2026-04-23

World Day for Safety & Health at Work
2026-04-28
