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.
...by the Home Office, and a lecture on this year’s theme ‘Religion, Belief and Philosophy’ in London jointly by the Cabinet Office and Parliament. Changing attitudes Within the lifetime of...
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.
...serve. I was then exceptionally proud to be asked to co-present this year’s ceremony with Sophia Cannon, a barrister and respected social justice commentator, at HMRC in Whitehall on Tuesday...
...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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