In this week's episode, I'm joined by Brandon Ashford, a Paralegal, and Jess Woodsford, founder of Inclusive Futures. We discuss the personal experiences of social mobility as well as what businesses and institutions can do to have more of an impact on the lives of people from these groups. We also chat about the positives and negatives of the Social Mobility Pledge and whether Social Mobility is the forgotten part of Diversity.

So grab your favourite cuppa, sit back, relax and enjoy!

This week, I spill the tea with Katie Neeves. Katie gives a frank and open account of her life from childhood to adulthood, from experiencing gender dysphoria and identifying as a cross-dresser to the moment she realised she is a transgender woman. We also discuss representation and perceptions of trans people in the media and what businesses can do to be more inclusive, including the importance of trans awareness training.

On this week's episode, I'm joined by Rich Miles, CEO of the Diversity Standards Collective. We discuss how representation in media has started to evolve and how we are finally seeing a wider range of representation on TV and in media and advertising. We also discuss how brands such as Hotter are getting it right when it comes to target marketing and how TV show Schitt's Creek is finally giving us the representation we need on TV!

Hotter Advert = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syo7dda9_mk

So grab a cuppa, sit back, relax and enjoy!

In this week's episode, I am joined by Aimee Gaudin and Zahrah Kazim the founders of Become. Become is a social enterprise dedicated to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace.  Become. equip young women of colour with the skills and support they need to start their career, through mentorship, events and industry networking.

​Their goal is to increase the number of women of colour in senior positions and help to close the gender/race pay gap.

Find out more https://www.becometheprogramme.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aimeegaudin/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahrah-kazim/

#womeninbusiness 

To celebrate the launch of Dinc. The new social and professional networking App focussed on changing the narrative for people from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds to one of obtainable success and accomplishment.  They are a free to use community of networks, businesses and people collaborating and promoting positive inclusion and diversity, We invited back the Diversitea Avengers including some new faces.  We discuss the point of Diversity and inclusion and why it is so important to continue to be change agents.

Guest include

Stuart Blair - Texthelp

Devi Virdi  - Head of Diversity and Inclusion WHTT

Joe Colman - Diversity and Inclusion Ally and Employability advisor at NTU

Aimee Gaudin - Diversity and Inclusion Advocate and Founder of Become.

Saa Yalcin - Diversity and Inclusion Advocate and Talent Programme and Recruitment advisor at Citrix

In this episode, I have a great catch up over a cuppa with Sophie Turner, founder of #yesshecan. We chat about her career, moving from accountancy to business owner, and her journey that brought her to forming #yesshecan. We also talk about what is happening in business and the impact the Black Lives Matter movement has had on Sophie personally and professionally.

In this week's episode, we discuss the term 'BAME' and whether it is the right way to address Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals in business as well as how far we take the term 'minority'.  We also discuss what more businesses can do to support employees from these backgrounds.

Edit - Saadet discusses the number of people who don't agree with the term BAME.  It is in fact 60%

In this episode, I'm joined by guests Ruth Saville, Daniella Turnbull and Jack Graves to talk about our personal experiences with mental health, including depression, anxiety, trauma and other disorders. We also discuss how businesses can better support employees with mental health difficulties and healthy coping mechanisms such as cooking, working out and even adding colour to our daily lives.

CW: suicide, eating disorders