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Tackling racism in the workplace
Sharon Pegg, Director and Founder of the Northern Powerhouse Consulting HR
organisation offers general and specialist advice in Wellbeing and Inclusion.
Born and educated in Huddersfield, this respected business woman will be sharing
a number of articles over the coming weeks.
A Question of Bias: Tackling the scourge of racism
Meet the author
Michelle Rawlins has been a national journalist for 25 years, as well as writing
two books and teaching in the Journalism Studies department at the University of
Sheffield.
This has proved to be a particularly busy couple of months for Michelle with the
launch of her book "Women of
Homelessness charity invites businesses to network in first virtual event
A homelessness charity has organised its first virtual networking group as part
of its corporate partnership.
West Yorkshire-based charity Simon on the Streets will hold the online event on
Thursday 6th August at 1-2pm as part of its ‘5 for 5’ corporate support
programme.
5 for 5 is designed to
Vision for the future of colleges launched by Independent Commission
This week, the Independent Commission on the College of the Future launched its
vision for the future of colleges across the UK: a new bold and ambitious
strategic remit for colleges to empower people with opportunities for lifelong
learning and support, to boost productivity, and to strengthen every community’s
Post lockdown demand for flexible workspace still strong at Wizu
Flexible workspace provider Wizu Workspace has reported a growing demand for
office space as businesses begin to emerge from lockdown.
The Yorkshire-based firm which has workspaces in five locations across the
North, claims it has seen an increase in existing and new members wishing to
enter flexible contracts in a
Human rights charity calls for support on honour based abuse
* Call for the public and service providers to unite and ‘Shine the Spotlight
on the reality of honour based abuse in the UK with online conference, social
media spotlight and launch of comms toolkit
* Government backed honour based abuse helpline received over 12,000 contacts
in 2019
* The helpline has
Forthcoming events with Connect Yorkshire
Let's Talk Zoom!
With Connect Yorkshire Partner Sally Roberts
In January 2020 who ever imagined that video conferencing would become a regular
part of our day? Face to face meetings replaced with a Zoom call, networking in
a room, now conducted over Zoom or attending a conference, now