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Celebrating Social Enterprise Day 2024
Today our Directors Lucy and Karen are proud to celebrate Social Enterprise Day 2024 (November 21st) - a great opportunity to help raise awareness and understanding of social enterprises as well as celebrating the positive impact they make. The theme for Social...
Inclusion Forum North East – Inclusive Recruitment
Positive About Inclusion's fifth Inclusion Forum North East event was held on 5th November in the most breath taking of venues - the stunning Newcastle Cathedral. Kindly sponsored by Castle Peak Group and focussing on inclusive recruitment, we extended a warm welcome...
We’ve Graduated from the Aster inc. Programme!
Congratulations to us! We are delighted to announce that we have successfully graduated from Aster Housing's Aster Foundation social enterprise incubator, the inc. programme. Having been accepted to the programme as one of a small number of social enterprises and...
Positive About Inclusion Launches Housing Masterclass
On 18th September, Positive About Inclusion launched a Housing Masterclass, a series of online learning events for social housing professionals to learn, network and share best practice together. The focus of our inaugural event was an exploration of the equity,...
Inclusion Forum North East – Unconscious Bias
We were delighted to extend a warm welcome (despite the biblical weather!) to attendees to our fourth Inclusion Forum North East (IFNE) event, held on 9th July at Arts Centre Washington. Following a number of interesting conversations with our network, we made the...
Inclusion Forum North East – Getting Everyone on Board
Our third Inclusion Forum North East (IFNE) event was held on 23rd April 2024 and in response to feedback from our members and the various organisations we work with was focussed on engagement and getting everyone on board. Held at Gateshead Central Library, the forum...
CIPD Special Interest Group – Effectively Embedding ED&I
Our Directors Lucy and Karen were delighted to be invited to the recent CIPD North East ED&I Special Interest Group to share their thoughts and insight on effectively embedding ED&I within an organisation. The online session was hosted by NTW Solutions...
ED&I in Retrofit – it Matters!
We were delighted to be asked to contribute to two important events hosted by Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator (SHRA) on the subject of ED&I in retrofit - appearing as a podcast guest and providing a training presentation at a masterclass event. In her blog...
Round Table Event – Exploring Vulnerability
Our Directors and Co-founders, Lucy and Karen were invited to speak at the Northern Housing Consortium round table event exploring vulnerability and reflecting on the Housing Ombudsman recent spotlight report 'Attitudes, Respect and Rights: Relationship of Equals'....
Reflections on 2023 – What a Year!
As we move towards the close of 2023, it seems fitting to consider the year that is very nearly over and to look to the future as our thoughts turn towards 2024. What will this next year bring? How will it compare to 2023? And furthermore, how will it compare to the...
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