Sponsors

Utopia

Utopia is an award-winning culture change business. Founded in 2017 on the belief that business could be better, we help clients around the globe create inclusive, healthy & entrepreneurial workplaces.

The data is clear: inclusive businesses are more productive businesses. Our methodologies have enabled some of the world’s largest organisations to build inclusive cultures that drive productivity, engagement and creativity, in the long-term.

We’ve delivered strategic and impactful culture change programmes with world class businesses such as Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Google, Kellogg’s, KP Snacks, Nestlé, Nomura, Spotify and Universal Music.

For further information please visit: www.weareutopia.co

Diversity and Ability (D&A)

Diversity and Ability (D&A) is a multi-award-winning social enterprise led by and for disabled people. We inform and advocate for intersectional neurodiversity and disability inclusion through technology, training and talent.

Through bespoke workshops and training programmes, consultancy, audits, and individualised 1-to-1 support, we create positive and lasting culture shifts. D&A informs policy and pioneers projects across the education and workplace sectors, as well as developing training programmes and support to those excluded from these spheres.

With 85% of our team self-identifying as disabled and/or neurodiverse, everything we do is underpinned by a recognition that lived experience brings strength and value to our society. We’re using those lived experiences, alongside our passion and expertise for celebrating diversity and fostering authentic inclusion, to create a world in which everyone can participate and thrive.

For further information please visit: www.diversityandability.com

Texthelp

At Texthelp, we believe everyone deserves to understand and be understood. Our products help people at work achieve more by making it easier to understand and communicate in a digital environment. We help create inclusive workplaces where employees can feel able to bring their whole selves to work.

Our inclusive software, Read&Write, allows us to instantly support an entire workforce of diverse individuals. Its powerful set of reading and writing tools help neurodiverse and multilingual teams thrive.

For further information please visit: www.texthelp.com

Vercida Consulting

VERCIDA Consulting is a specialist inclusion management company. They provide a range of expert services including:

Training: Underpinned by research from the three inter-connecting fields of social psychology, neuroscience and behavioural science, our never off the shelf programmes include conscious inclusion, unconscious bias, let’s talk about race, inclusive leadership and others.
Consulting Services: Our consulting services include culture and inclusion diagnostics, developing local and global ED&I strategies and organisational policy reviews.

Making inclusive change happen.

For further information please visit: www.vercidagroup.com/consulting

Evenbreak

Evenbreak is a specialist job board, designed and delivered by disabled people for disabled people.

We help businesses attract and retain more talented disabled candidates, and be seen as inclusive employers of choice. Advertising all your vacancies on the UK’s most accessible job board is a powerful demonstration of your commitment to disability equality.

Much more than just a job board, we also support you internally to become more inclusive, and promote you externally as a great, inclusive and progressive place to work.

For further information please visit: www.evenbreak.co.uk

Radius Networks

Radius develop and empower employee networks, resource groups and EDI Champions for the world’s biggest brands.

From Meta, EY and Toyota to Bank of America and Expedia, we put employee networks and EDI Champions at the heart of organisations and unlock their potential to ignite change.

We’re unique because our prime focus is on developing employee networks to support the EDI ecosystem and its overall business impact. We do this by training, supporting and connecting all of the key people involved in a network’s success, from Leads, Committee Members and Sponsors to Line Managers, EDI Champions, Teams and Councils.

In thousands of global workspaces, for companies big and small, we’re changing the way organisations deliver and embed EDI from the bottom up. When you partner with us, we’ll help you to change your business for the better and join a global movement of thousands of organisations who are creating truly inclusive workspaces, where everyone feels they belong.

For further information please visit: www.radius-networks.org

Amazing Apprenticeships

Amazing Apprenticeships is a leading organisation in the education sector, working with schools, colleges and employers, tackling misconceptions and promoting the benefits of apprenticeships and technical education.

The Genie Programme is a unique immersive course, designed and delivered by Amazing Apprenticeships which enables apprenticeships and early talent managers to explore the many challenges faced by disadvantaged and diverse applicants. If you’re looking to achieve greater social impact through your apprenticeship programmes – this is for you.

We will help you to grow personally and professionally and to affect positive change in how to attract, support and develop diverse talent.

For further information please visit – www.amazingapprenticeships.com