Join us as we debate the existence of meritocracy within financial services?
Join us as we debate the motion "This House Believes That Big Corporations Have a Moral Obligation to Conduct Prison Outreach Programs."
Each summer we take a group of up to 50 professionals from diverse cultural backgrounds to a city getaway in Thetford, near Cambridge. Over the course of a long weekend we immerse our members in fun and insightful residential, filled with knowledge sharing workshops and team building activities.
Each summer we take a group of up to 50 professionals from diverse cultural backgrounds to a city getaway in Thetford, near Cambridge. Over the course of a long weekend we immerse our members in fun and insightful residential, filled with knowledge sharing workshops and team building activities.
Join us for a delightful evening at our End of Year Dinner. We invite our community for a time of laughter, celebrating new beginnings and enjoying great company. Register your interest and make this evening an unforgettable part of your 2023.
Event Details:
📅 Date: 30th November 2023
📍 Location: TBC once registered
🕒Time : 6pm - 8pm
Hi All,
Our upcoming Challenge Leadership session is next month and we are being hosted by our friends at the HM Treasury on the 30th September from 7 - 9pm (in person).
Previous sessions have included goal setting and agility with our slide deck attached to this invite.
The topic of discussion will be on Executive Positioning - how do we as leaders better position ourseleves in the workplace to be become more effective leaders.
We look forward to welcoming you all and sharing insights on speaking up, extending opportunities and challenging the status quo.
Event Details:
📅 Date: 28th September 2023
📍 Location:
1 Horse Guards Rd
1 Horse Guards Rd, London SW1A 2HQ, UK
🕒Time : 7PM -9PM
As the new academic year approaches, new Afro-Caribbean Societies begin to form! We will be hosting a Training Day for ACS’ across the country! This will be an opportunity to learn, network and develop sustainable skills for the year ahead as ACS committee members.
We will be learning about communication styles, leadership, self reflection and much more!
Please use the link to register your interest.
Event Details:
📅 Date: September 23rd 2023
📍 Location: HM Treasury - 1 Horse Guards Rd, London SW1A 2HQ
🕒Time : 9am - 2pm
After a sell out Summer Retreat on Community Healing, we will be reuniting for a catch up to provide you with the opportunity to reconnect, network and eat some great food.
Whether you came along to the Summer Retreat 2023, have joined us in previous years, or you’re just interested in joining, you are very welcome to join us for the evening.
Please use the link to register your interest.
Event Details:
📅 Date: September 1st 2023
📍 Location: Trillium Heights, SE10 8GJ
🕒Time : 7PM
On the 9th of June 2022, Lord Hastings warmly invites leaders from all industries to attend a debate hosted in the houses of Parliament entitled "This House believes that race significantly impacts meritocratic progression within modern Britain". This debate will take place at 7 pm. Further information will be provided to those who successfully apply for a ticket.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again... The idea of meritocracy has redefined political discourse since the term was coined by Michael Young in 1958. More than 60 years on, accusations of racial inequality still linger in modern Britain. In a society where wealth, education, and connections are crucial, the merit of meritocracy is called into question. In modern Britain, do professionals face significantly greater challenges based on their race?
To get a flavour of our last debate in Parliament, please view the video below:
In partnership with the Discovery Channel, YDWC will be debating the motion “Is it better for ethnic minorities to emphasise their conformity with, rather than distinctiveness from, dominant culture, as a strategy for improving their social position”?
In partnership with SEO London, YDWC will be debating the motion “This house believes that it is wrong for organisations to consistently set ambitious diversity and inclusion targets if they consistently fail to meet them”. (Part 2)
In partnership with JP Morgan, YDWC will be debating the motion “This house believes that systemic racism can only be addressed if it is aggressively addressed in public discourse”.
In partnership with the Civil Service Race Forum, YDWC will be debating the motion “This house believes that it is wrong for organisations to consistently set ambitious diversity and inclusion targets if they consistently fail to meet them”.
In partnership with the Willis Tower Watson, BP, AIG, Kearney and Nike, YDWC will be debating the motion “This house believes that it is better for ethnic minorities to emphasise their similarity with majority populations as a strategy to improve their lives”. This event will feature a keynote speech from Afua Hirsch.
Denise Bates, Group Publishing Director of Octopus Books, part of Hachette, will give an insider’s view of the book publishing industry. She will discuss the challenges of breaking into the publishing business, and how they might be overcome; the less-familiar roles in a publishing house, from FD to Production Director; how your expertise in a totally unrelated field might make you a brilliant author; and how new writers can present their proposals in the most effective way possible to publishers and agents.
Each summer we take a group of up to 50 young professionals from BAME backgrounds to a city getaway in Thetford, near Cambridge. Over the course of a long weekend we immerse our members in fun and insightful residential, filled with knowledge sharing workshops and team building activities.
Join us as we interview Birgit Neu.
Birgit Neu is the former Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at HSBC in London, with a career spanning multiple sectors and functional experience. She was named in the Top 20 Diversity Professionals in Industry 2020 by the Global Diversity List, Head of Diversity of the Year at the 2019 European Diversity Awards and was included in Diversity Global magazine’s 2019 Top 15 Champions of Diversity. Birgit is a founding member of the 30% Club’s Strategy Best Practices Working Group and is a regular contributor to thought leadership across different aspects of DEI and ESG for leading organisations worldwide.
To bring attention to the complex issues faced by culturally diverse professionals who seek to get to the top of their respective professions, we will be delivering the Executive Education Roundtable Series. Featuring keynote speeches from leading figures within business, politics and academia, the series will aim to take on the most vexing of questions.
In this session, we will take on the motion “Taking on the challenge of creating more diverse Senior Leadership Teams”.
To bring attention to the complex issues faced by culturally diverse professionals who seek to get to the top of their respective professions, we will be delivering the Executive Education Roundtable Series. Featuring keynote speeches from leading figures within business, politics and academia, the series will aim to take on the most vexing of questions.
In this session, we will take on the motion “The impact of race on career progression”.
We are looking for individuals who are keen to broaden their experience and keen to help themselves further their careers, a Non-Executive Director position can be a great way to do that (without giving up current your role). Join this call to find out more.
To bring attention to the complex issues faced by culturally diverse professionals who seek to get to the top of their respective professions, we will be delivering the Executive Education Debate Series. Featuring keynote speeches from leading figures within business, politics and academia, the series will aim to take on the most vexing of questions.
In this session, we will take on the motion “This House Believes That it is problematic for organisations to aggressively pursue a racially diverse Senior Leadership Team”.
Join us as we watch and discuss films that take on the most pertinent cultural issues. As a community, we take pride in creating opportunities to explore the challenging issues that impact professionals from diverse cultural backgrounds.
In this session, we will be focussing on the following programme:
The education system has an incredible impact on all of our lives. What we learn during our formative years, how we develop soft and hard skills, lays the foundation for the opportunities that we will take advantage of in later life.
For many homes, education provides the single best chance for their children to have a life then parents or carers. Within a multicultural society, there are additional layers of complexity that must be overcome to achieve academic success (language barriers, code switching etc).
We bring together a collection of the sharpest minds in education to discuss how we can ensure that children from all cultural backgrounds have the very best possible education in order to achieve better life prospects.
Join us as we watch and discuss films that take on the most pertinent cultural issues. As a community, we take pride in creating opportunities to explore the challenging issues that impact professionals from diverse cultural backgrounds.
In this session, we will be focussing on the following programme:
To bring attention to the complex issues faced by culturally diverse professionals who seek to get to the top of their respective professions, we will be delivering the Executive Education Debate Series. Featuring keynote speeches from leading figures within business, politics and academia, the series will aim to take on the most vexing of questions.
In this session, we will take on the motion “This House Believes that race impedes career progression”.
Join us as we watch and discuss the most pertinent cultural issues. As a community, we take pride in creating opportunities to explore the challenging issues that impact professionals from diverse cultural backgrounds.
In this session, we will be focussing on the following programme:
Will Britain Ever Have a Black Prime Minister?
Join this virtual conference! Celebrate the start of a new century in African progression through stimulating plenaries that further African development.
Friday sees a focus on Mindfulness; being present, in the moment and reconnecting to your thoughts and feelings. Artist and creative producer Najia Bagi will help to unleash your creativity and mindfulness with an interactive session.
Confidence grows and when you feel strong inside, it projects. In this exciting event, we'll be joined by England footballer Leah Williamson and heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua who share their advice on building confidence.
Having a positive attitude and a new approach to how we handle situations can give us a fresh perspective. Social media champions Chessie and Bronte King will be sharing their positivity tips and comedian Katherine Ryan will be adding some brightness along the way!
