...of backgrounds to achieve their full potential. As someone who came into the Civil Service from a working-class background, these messages really chimed with me. I knew what the Civil...
Rupert McNeil, Civil Service Chief People Officer As I shared in my last blog, one of my priorities is ensuring that the Civil Service is a role-model employer in the...
...every department. Does yours have them? Do you know where to find them? We’ve also launched a new face-to-face learning event to help line managers understand mental health issues. And...
Jeremy Heywood and Civil Service Social Mobility Champion Jon Thompson look at how the service is responding to the Bridge Group report on socio-economic diversity in the Fast Stream, and more widely to the need to make the organisation truly representative of society.
...part of history which is still very relevant for today. Amanda shared her family history, and her personal reflections culminating in the lighting of a candle with the words “We...
MoD's Walter Scott, a lifelong stammerer, recounts his experience of an Employers' Stammering Network workshop that reinforced his conviction that "It is OK to stammer".
...through some old boxes. She showed me, among other things, one of my grandfather’s school exercise books from his childhood in Germany. Like any schoolchild, he had carefully written the...
Civil Service Gender Champion Melanie Dawes looks back at the progress on diversity and inclusion over the last 12 months, and highlights the value of mentoring to underrepresented groups.
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?
...this year is to create geographical hubs to share events. Many networks are criticised for focusing events at their Head Office, we want to share events with Departments and Agencies...
