Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality Insights – Leeds
Wed, 11 November  @ 09:30  – 12:00
This is an in-person event
Audience
This event is open to both members and non-members of Business in the Community.
This event is ideal for HR and People professionals, EDI and inclusion leads, senior leaders, and anyone responsible for workplace culture, employee experience or equality and inclusion.
About the event
Join Business in the Community (BITC) and Leeds Building Society for an engaging and interactive session exploring the latest insights from the 2026 Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality.
Hosted at Leeds Building Society’s Head Office, this event will provide an opportunity to hear the key findings from this year’s assessment, including where employers are making the greatest progress on gender equality and the challenges that remain in creating truly inclusive workplaces.
As a recognised Times Top 50 “One to Watch” organisation in 2026, Leeds Building Society will share its experience of the assessment process and highlight the initiatives and approaches that are helping to embed an inclusive workplace culture.
The session will also include facilitated discussion with peers from across Yorkshire, focusing on the practical actions organisations can take to support gender inclusion, including:
- Developing effective Gender Pay Gap action plans
- Supporting colleagues through menopause
- Embedding gender equity across policies, practices and leadership
Whether you’re working in HR, EDI, wellbeing, people management or organisational development, this session will offer valuable insights, practical ideas and opportunities to connect with like-minded professionals.
Speakers
Amy Butterworth
Director of Inclusion & Wellbeing, Business in the Community
Katie Wynn
Performance, Recognition and Wellbeing Lead, Leeds Building Society
We look forward to welcoming you for a thought-provoking discussion and the chance to connect with organisations committed to advancing gender equality in the workplace.
If you have any accessibility or dietary requirements, please let us know when registering.
 Background
The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality is the UK’s most highly profiled and well-established listing of employers taking action to create more gender-equal workplaces. Since 2011, the flagship award has aimed to recognise and celebrate organisations that are embedding gender equality at all levels of their organisation and are proactively committed to dismantling barriers to progression, ensuring all genders can thrive.
BITC’s Gender Equality Campaign exists to maintain momentum and accelerate progress towards gender equity, future-proofing workplaces where inclusion and truly equal opportunity is no longer the exception but the rule.
Booking and contact details and further information
- Contact events@bitc.org.uk with any questions.
- Full joining instructions will be sent before the event.
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