10 October 2019The Texthelp Team
Last week saw a fantastic grouping of the UK’s best and brightest diversity & inclusion minds come together in London to celebrate and build upon the strategies, tech, and talent that has given the D&I agenda a major foothold in the modern workforce. Read on to find out some of the day's most pressing takeaways.
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26 September 2019The Texthelp team
In the run up to Health Literacy Month in October, we sat down with our friends from the Patient Information Forum (PIF) to examine why it’s important to shine a light on the area of health literacy.
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25 September 2019The Texthelp Team
Diversity and inclusion are invaluable in the workplace in numerous ways. Recent studies have shown that diversity pays off: diverse workplaces generate 19% more revenue than a non-diverse one. But diversity is only the first step. If diversity is being invited to the party, inclusion is being asked to dance. Diversity without inclusion is not enough. You’re going to need both if you want either to work at all.
So, what exactly is the latter half of diversity and inclusion? Inclusion is the feeling that each member of your organisation has a place at the table, no matter their title. You want your employees to feel that their voice is being heard because then it’s more likely they’re going to speak in the first place. As Juliet Bourke and Bernadette Dillon say in their piece on inclusion and diversity, being an ‘inclusive leader casts a long shadow’. This means that by being an inclusive leader, it says to your employees what they can expect from you as a leader in the workplace. This makes them feel included and therefore, more likely to speak.
So, are you ready to learn how to solidify inclusion and diversity in your workplace? Below, we’ve put together some tips on how to do just that.
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17 September 2019Guest blogger: Becki Morris
In the continuation of our Disability Confident blog series, we speak to Becki Morris, Director of the Disability Collaborative Network for Museums, to discover how organisations in the heritage sector are reaping the rewards of their Disability collaborative network.
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10 September 2019The Texthelp Team
We are delighted to be supporting the community and promoting inclusion even further in Northern Ireland alongside the NOW Group by becoming part of the JAM Card family.
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07 September 2019Mark McCusker
There’s something wonderful about the word ‘polyglot’, isn’t there? You might think it’s an exotic skill that few of us possess – but over half of all Europeans speak at least one language other than their mother tongue.
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