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.
Sue Owen, Permanent Secretary for DCMS and the Civil Service LGB&TI Champion Over the past four weeks people across the country have been celebrating LGBT History Month. The theme for...
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.
...up for the winners is to attend the Civil Service Awards at Buckingham Palace on 12 November, where our 'magnificent seven' will form the shortlist for the Diversity and Inclusion...
...each department, as well as capturing priorities for those of us who play a cross-Government role on diversity. For example, my own objectives include my priorities for DCMS, as well...
...time to prepare nominations in the Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2015 and congratulations to all 35 nominees who were shortlisted! A special mention goes to the Home Office...
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