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SUMMARY:Race Equality Campaign 30th Anniversary: Report Launch
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will profile the launch of the Then\, Now Next Report.\n\n\nThis is an online event. \nAudience\nThis is event is open to both members and non-members of Business in the Community (BITC). It would be of interest to anyone who has signed the Race at Work Charter or who participated in the ‘Leadership\, employees and procurement’ YouGov survey\, particularly leaders and Executive Sponsors for Race. \n\n\nBackground\n2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the BITC Race Equality campaign. We will be sharing some fresh insights and updated evidence on trends linked to the Race at Work Charter captured within our most recent Leadership\, Employees\, and Procurement survey\, with YouGov in June 2024. This new data fed into our Diverse and Inclusive Supply Chains Insights report and builds on the evidence gathered in our Race at Work Survey series (2015–2021)\, providing a deeper understanding of racial disparities\, fairness and access to opportunities in UK workplaces. \n\n\nAbout the event\nBITC launched Race for Opportunity in 1995. The race campaign was supported by HM King Charles III and some of the most senior business leaders in the UK at that time. The BITC race equality campaign will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary milestone at this event. This webinar will profile the launch of the Then\, Now Next Report telling the story of the race campaign founding\, achievements over the last 30 years and the challenges ahead and vision of the key areas that are needed for the future. \nThis event will enable us to hear from senior business leaders\, celebrate progress already made and include clear calls to action for the future underpinned with the 30 years of evidence gathered. You will hear directly from leaders about the issues will be grappling with to create a future that ensures that everyone’s talent is unleashed in the UK to contribute to the much-needed economic boost to the economy. \n\n\nSpeakers\nSandra Kerr CBE\, Race Equality Director\, BITC will be presenting and facilitating the conversation with: \nRichard Iferenta\, Partner and Vice Chair\, KPMG\, and BITC Race Leadership Team Chair \nParminder Kohli\, Chair UK and EVP Sustainability & Carbon\, Shell \nProfessor Ian Thomson\, Professor (Teaching and Research) Accounting and Finance\, School of Business\, Chair in Accounting and Sustainability School of Business\, Associate Dean Research\, Dundee University \nNishi Mayor\, Director of Employer Engagement & Partnerships\, Youth Futures Foundation \n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\nContact events@bitc.org.uk any further questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/race-equality-campaign-30th-anniversary-then-now-and-next-report-launch/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Race Equality
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SUMMARY:Opening Doors Surgery: Sheffield Employers
DESCRIPTION:This surgery offers Sheffield-based employers who have signed up to the Opening Doors campaign to gain insights and best-practice guidance.\n\n\nThis is an online event. \nAudience\nBy invitation only for Sheffield-based Opening Doors Employers. \n\n\nBackground\nBusiness in the Community’s (BITC) Opening Doors framework of evidence-based actions enables every employer\, regardless of size or sector\, to take part in the campaign and foster a culture of inclusive recruitment. \nFollowing the Opening Doors launch in Sheffield in June\, several organisations have signed up to the campaign from across the city. By unlocking inclusive recruitment\, signatories are part of the journey to boost Sheffield’s productivity and economic growth\, kick-starting long-term positive change. This initiative also directly supports the Pathways to Work programme\, run by Sheffield City Council\, helping economically inactive people into employment. \n\n\nAbout the event\nThis surgery offers Sheffield-based employers who have signed up to the Opening Doors campaign to gain insights on actions under the Five Keys for Inclusive Recruitment framework and best-practice guidance. Employers will also learn about benefits\, support and resources available as an Opening Doors signatory. \nDuring this session\, attendees will have the space to ask BITC questions about the campaign and its commitments. There will also be an opportunity to interact\, share learnings and exchange ideas with fellow Opening Doors employers from Sheffield. \nGuest speakers \n\nOla Kolade\, Employment & Skills Campaign Director\, Business in the Community\nPeter Slack\, Strategic Support Coordinator\, Sheffield City Council\nBecky Hopewell\, Development Manager\, Sheffield City Council\n\n\nAgenda \n\n10am – Welcome and driving action with Opening Doors\n10:10am – Building on local opportunities – Sheffield Council\n10:20am – Group discussion\n10:55am – Closing remarks\n\n\nAbout Opening Doors\nOpening Doors is Business in the Community’s (BITC) flagship inclusive recruitment campaign. Open to all employers\, and free to join\, we have an ambition to make 2 million jobs more accessible to diverse talent by supporting employers to make changes to the way they recruit. \nBusiness in the Community has created a simple framework to guide businesses through their inclusive recruitment journey. It identifies 25 actions grouped into the 5 keys to inclusive recruitment. Businesses are asked to identify at least three actions that they will implement during the campaign. \n\n\nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact Jenny.McLaren@bitc.org.uk for any further questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/opening-doors-surgery-sheffield-employers/
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SUMMARY:Coventry Community Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Join business\, public and voluntary sector leaders in painting a picture of Coventry today and your hopes for its future.\n\n\nThis is an in-person event. \n\n\nAudience\nAttendance is by invitation only. Number of places is limited. \n\n\nAbout the event\nBringing together leaders from both business and the community\, this special event is being kindly hosted by Feeding Coventry\, a community focused charity providing food\, advocacy and support to local people. Join us for an opportunity to learn from and network with likeminded individuals\, committed to a vision for the future of Coventry\,  \nOur Pride of Place work harnesses the power of the Business in the Community (BITC) network\, combining our expertise in creating opportunities and driving place-based regeneration with the skills and resources of our members to make a meaningful impact on local communities.  \nAttendees will be joined by a group of senior business leaders participating in The King’s Seeing is Believing Visit\, led by Zahra Bahrololoumi CBE\, Chief Executive Officer\, UK&I\, Salesforce.  \nThe visit will explore the interconnected challenges faced by Coventry’s communities and examine how businesses can play a pivotal role in fostering inclusive growth and opportunity for all.  \n\n\nRefreshments\nNetworking reception followed by community dinner \n\n\nAbout The King’s Seeing is Believing Programme\nThe King’s Seeing is Believing programme\, established in 1990 with His Majesty King Charles III as our Royal Founding Patron\, was born from a simple but powerful belief that the best way to close the gap between the boardroom and the community was to take business leaders out into the communities themselves. He understood that the power of the visits was not just in seeing and believing but also in how to turn that experience into ‘doing’. \nOver 25\,000 business leaders have taken part in visits\, each designed to show the unique contribution business can make when working in partnership with others on an issue or in a community. By thinking strategically about the implications for their business\, the visit gives a different understanding of the long-term impact and benefit that can be delivered for both business and communities. \nThis programme is kindly supported by Salesforces and Linklaters LLP. \nL earn more about The King’s Seeing in Believing Programme \n\n\nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact Diana Abad\, Engagement Manager at diana.abad@bitc.org.uk for further information.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
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