Be yourself this Pride and champion difference
This year's events to celebrate Pride have begun, with a record turnout of civil servants. Civil Service LBGTI Diversity Champion Sue Owen explains why she supports Pride.
Sue Owen retired from the Civil Service in April 2019.
Sue was the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion Champion and LGB&TI Champion.
This year's events to celebrate Pride have begun, with a record turnout of civil servants. Civil Service LBGTI Diversity Champion Sue Owen explains why she supports Pride.
Sue Owen encourages aspiring leaders to apply for two important Civil Service talent development schemes, and emphasises their potential for increasing diversity at senior levels.
Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion Champion Sue Owen urges civil servants to mark the anniversary by setting a new record for nominations.
As LGBT History Month draws to a close, our LGBT&TI champion Sue Owen looks back on how departments have supported the initiative and the importance of continuing to do so.
Working on public consultations can be daunting - especially one as large as the BBC Charter review - but Sue Owen offers some tips to do it successfully.
Sue Owen, Civil Service LGB&TI Champion, congratulates all the Civil Service departments and agencies recognised in the annual Stonewall list of the top 100 best employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff. And who came top?
With the 2015 People Survey showing DCMS in the top four departments for staff engagement, Permanent Secretary Sue Owen looks at what the department has been doing to improve its standing.
Diversity Champion Sue Owen hails the work done by all the nominees at last week's D&I Awards, and looks forward to the challenge of keeping this momentum up.
Sue Owen explains the importance of the newly published Permanent Secretary diversity and inclusion objectives to making us a truly inclusive organisation representative of modern Britain.
Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion Champion Sue Owen on the shortlist for being announced for this year's Diversity Awards.
The Civil Service does the practical and administrative work of government. More than half of all civil servants provide services direct to the public.
We welcome a range of stories from civil servants to this blog, if you would like to share something then email for details on how to get involved.