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Interview: my career in social care and the fight for diversity
29 Oct 2021 Carol Burt
Carol Burt, Director of the Paul Clarke (Staffordshire) Community Interest Company and board member of the Sickle Cell Society spoke with Skills for C…read more
Culture and diversity
Leadership
How Â鶹Դ´'s Moving Up Programme helped me to move up
27 Oct 2021 Karl Livingston
Karl Livingston, Development Manager – Black, Asian and Multi-Ethnic Groups, at London Borough of Lambeth, reflects on how Â鶹Դ´â€™s Moving Up…read more
Black History Month: sharing my lived experience of working in social care
22 Oct 2021 Steven Onasanya
Steven Onasanya, an assessor at Lambeth Council Adult Social Care, shares his experience of working in social care with us and discusses issues of cul…read more
What our Moving Up programme looks like for 2021/22
14 Oct 2021 Â鶹Դ´
We’re delighted to announce that our Moving Up programme is now open for 2021/22. The programme is aimed at leaders with Black, Asian, and other diver…read more
Support for promoting equality and diversity among social care teams
06 Oct 2021 Â鶹Դ´
Supporting equality and diversity among the social care sector is a core element of our strategy and all our work at Â鶹Դ´. read more
Celebrating Black History Month in October
01 Oct 2021 Oonagh Smyth
Â鶹Դ´ CEO Oonagh Smyth launches our Black History Month activity with a blog discussing the work Â鶹Դ´ is doing internally and ext…read more
Partnering with an employer support organisation to tackle recruitment and retention
30 Sep 2021 Â鶹Դ´
Pre-pandemic, Â鶹Դ´ funded three employability support organisations to work with providers in social care to recruit people either under-re…read more
Recruitment
Retention
Being confident with difference
28 Jun 2021 Rob Newby
On Pride Day Rob Newby, who chairs Â鶹Դ´â€™s LGBTQ+ network, talks about a programme that helps the care sector to celebrate and embrace diver…read more
Connecting with a Click
21 Jun 2021 Kelly Perry
Kelly Perry is the Project Leader for Click, a supportive and inclusive online community that supports adults with a learning disability and autistic …read more
Digital
Sharing their stories of care on Learning Disability Week
15 Jun 2021 Â鶹Դ´
This Learning Disability week we hear from two people who have used a personal workforce budget about how it has helped them. read more
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