#DiverseEd Conference – BANES

Join us for a day of networking, connecting and learning from likeminded educators who are passionate about DEIB.

Join us for a day of networking, connecting and learning from likeminded educators who are passionate about DEIB in the South West on Saturday 13th June 2026, in Keynsham. Thank you to IKB Academy for hosting us.

This is our follow up in-person BANES event to build on the connections and conversations at the #DiverseEd Bristol Conference in October 2023, #REND Bristol in November 2025 and the #DiverseEd Bristol Hub that has been running since 2023.

Our events are inclusive and accessible, with opportunities to reflect and discuss, in a safe space where you will be surrounded by other advocates for DEIB work in schools and colleges.

Our Events Include:

• Keynote speeches; Panel discussions; Workshops; Student voice; Marketplace; Networking

We strive to ensure that we have a representative line-up, including amplifying the voice of our pupils/ students and staff, alongside balancing local, regional and national voices.

Our Schedule:

• 8.30-9.00am Marketplace Set-Up
• 9.00-9.30am Arrival and Registration
• 9.30-9.45am Welcome and Housekeeping: Hannah Wilson, Director of the Belonging Effect
• 9.45-10.30am Opening Keynote: Jo Brassington, Founder of Pride and Progress - Making Educational Spaces LGBT+ Inclusive
• 10.30-10.45am Sponsor input: TBC
• 10.45-10.55am Transition
• 10.55-11.45am Session 1a): Zahara Chowdhury and Sakina Jafri - You can’t be what you can’t see’ - South Asian Educators’ Network
• 10.55-11.45am Session 1b): Artemi Sakellariadis - Some more equal than others? Including disabled children in mainstream schools
• 11.45-11.55am Transition
• 11.55-12.45pm Session 2a): Domini Choudhury - Understanding Mixed Race Identities
• 11.55-12.45pm Session 2b): Sarah Bareau - Faith & Belief: in the curriculum and in school culture
• 12.45-1.30pm Lunch
• 1.30-2.20pm Session 3a): Susannah Harlow - Hate Crime Awareness
• 1.30-2.20pm Session 3b): Larissa Hope - Intersectional Neuroinclusion
• 2.20-2.30pm Transition
• 2.30-3.20pm Session 4a): Hannah Wilson - Cultivating Belonging in Schools
• 2.30-3.20pm Session 4b): Emma Thomas and Tanisha Hicks-Beresford - Joy Trail: disrupting the single story narrative
• 3.20-3.30pm Transition
• 3.30-4.15pm Closing Keynote: Yamina Bibi - Diversifying the Teaching Workforce
• 4.15-4.30pm Reflections and Commitments: Hannah Wilson
• 4.30-5.00pm Marketplace Clear Down

Our Speakers:

• Dr Artemi Sakellariadis; Domini Choudhury; Emma Thomas; Hannah Wilson; Jo Brassington; Larissa Hope; Sakina Jafri; Sarah Bareau; Susannah Harlow; Tanisha Hicks-Beresford; Yamina Bibi; Zahara Chowdhury

Our Marketplace Exhibitors:

• The Belonging Effect; CSIE; Jigsaw; Mosaic by Penrose Education; Pride and Progress; SARI; Solutions Not Sides; South Asian Educators' Network; Step Up Network

Get in touch if you would like to speak at the event, exhibit at the event, sponsor the event or get involved in other ways with the event or the hub.

For more information visit www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk and/ or contact hannah@thebelongingeffect.co.uk