Inclusive Insights: Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace

In partnership with Diversity Mark, we are thrilled to announce a new series of monthly online sessions that aim to support businesses in creating more diverse and inclusive workplaces.

By sharing best practice and raising awareness, we will explore a variety of themes including race, age, gender, and social mobility, and examine how these themes intersect.

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Supporting Women's Health and Fertility at Work | Wednesday 26 November | 9:30 - 11:30 AM | Version 1 at 8 Lanyon Place Belfast BT1 3LP

As part of our Inclusive Insights series in partnership with Diversity Mark, we are delighted to invite you to an empowering event focussed on supporting women’s health and fertility in the workplace.

Through expert insights, lived experiences, and practical tools, we’ll explore how employers can create inclusive environments that support menstrual health, fertility treatments, menopause, and overall wellbeing.

This interactive session will offer:

• Expert talk on how women’s health challenges impact work

• Panel discussion featuring healthcare professionals, HR leaders, and employees with lived experience

• Employer case study showcasing best practices

• Breakout sessions on:

o Nutrition for reproductive health

o Flexible leave and benefits

o Peer support and employee resource groups (ERGs)

Whether you're a manager, HR professional, or employee, you'll leave with actionable strategies to foster healthier, more supportive workplaces where women can thrive.

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Practical Steps to Harness Apprenticeships to access diverse talent | 10 December | 10:00 - 10:45 AM | Online 

As part of our Inclusive Insights series in partnership with Diversity Mark, this insightful webinar will equip employers with the rationale, evidence and practical steps needed to harness apprenticeships, work experience and other non-traditional pathways into employment.

Employers often find navigating Northern Ireland's apprenticeship landscape challenging. They aim to select the best approach for their business while ensuring apprentices gain meaningful career-building opportunities.

We are delighted to host a strategic webinar, part of the Inclusive Insights series with Diversity Mark, led by Richard Kirk (Work+). It will equip employers with the evidence and practical steps needed to leverage non-traditional routes—like apprenticeships and work experience—to combat skills shortages and economic inactivity.

Key aims of the session:

• Understand the scale and nature of skills gaps and economic inactivity in Northern Ireland.

• Appreciate why apprenticeships and other pathways present a strategic opportunity for employers.

• Learn from Work+ on how to get started, manage risks and embed success.

• An employer case study showing the positive impact that apprenticeship programmes can have within an organisation

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Events are free-of-charge and attendees must be a member of Business in the Community and/or a Diversity Mark Signatory.