by Lucy Malarkey | Mar 26, 2021 | Inclusive Insights
Today I celebrate Purple Day 2021 – an internationally recognised effort dedicated to increasing understanding about epilepsy worldwide. It’s an opportunity to get people talking about epilepsy by raising awareness of the condition and for organisations like the...
by Lucy Malarkey | Mar 3, 2021 | Inclusive Insights
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is #Choose to Challenge but this is not always as easy as it may sound. In the recent weeks, the news headlines have been dominated by the documentary ‘Framing Britney Spears’ which examines the career of Britney Spears,...
by Lucy Malarkey | Mar 1, 2021 | Inclusive Insights
Positive About Inclusion are delighted to have had an article published in the latest Northern Housing Consortium members’ newsletter. The article, entitled ‘The Social Housing White Paper – Cautious Optimism for Race Equality’ explores the...
by Lucy Malarkey | Feb 5, 2021 | Inclusive Insights
During #LGBTHM21 our friends at the Housing Quality Network (HQN) are running a series of blogs looking at equality, diversity and inclusion. In this piece, Lucy Malarkey (She/Her) of Positive About Inclusion looks at “why LGBT+ inclusion is so important for...
by Lucy Malarkey | Jan 11, 2021 | Inclusive Insights
Inclusive leadership is so important in sustaining an inclusive workplace and Board Members have a critical role to play. Here’s my experience of how fundamental a switched on Board can be. A number of years ago I was delivering Board Member diversity training, at the...
by Karen Faulkner | Dec 15, 2020 | Inclusive Insights
Can the use of stereotypes ever be justified? This year it seems the stereotype ‘Karen’ meme has particularly blown up. For those unfamiliar with this phenomenon which has been around since the Noughties, a quick google search will lead you to a white, middle aged,...