Thriving together: A guide to ED&I, allyship and inclusive meetings

Imagine meetings where every voice is heard, every idea matters, and every person feels they truly belong. In this session, you’ll discover how practising active allyship in everyday meetings can maximise collaboration, bring your commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) to life, and build thriving, high-performing teams. Small actions create big change.

Sophie Waller from RWK Goodman will also be on hand to support on the legal implications / legal questions that arise from the above / points below.

Practical learning points:

• Understanding equality, diversity, and inclusion (E, D, & I): We'll briefly explore what Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion mean, and why they are essential for creating a thriving and supportive workplace.
• Practising allyship: We'll look at practical ways to actively support and advocate for others, building a more inclusive culture through everyday actions.
• Fostering inclusive meetings: Using positive meeting behaviours as an example, we'll identify what makes a meeting genuinely inclusive, and learn how to embed inclusivity before, during, and after every meeting.

Speakers Bio:

Claire Farrow is a passionate culture and inclusion specialist with a background in strategic talent acquisition, spanning financial services, engineering, and defence. She has led inclusive recruitment strategies, launched company-wide engagement initiatives, and built trusted partnerships at all levels. Known for her pragmatic, evidence-based approach, Claire helps organisations transform bold ambitions into lasting, real-world impact.

Branch annual meeting:

You are welcome to stay after this event as we hold our local branch annual meeting. This is an opportunity for you to understand the activities over the past twelve months, the changes in the committee and vote on new committee members. This is open for all CIPD members and should take no longer than thirty minutes.

Please note:

1. Reminder emails will be sent to you the day before, with a further reminder on the day of the event.
2. Photography and video production may be taking place at the event, and these images may be used in the CIPD newsletters.
3. By attending the event, you are giving your consent for your image to be used on any CIPD promotional materials.
4. As we are supplying refreshments, if you can no longer attend, please cancel your place either on Eventbrite, responding to this email.
5. This event may include an external speaker who has prepared their own presentation. Any views or opinions expressed by the speaker are their own and do not reflect those of the CIPD.
6. Please note that refunds for CIPD Non-Member tickets will only be available until 7 days prior to the event, any cancelled tickets after this will not receive a refund.
7. If you require any reasonable adjustments to enhance your experience, please get in contact with us by responding to this email and we will do our best to accommodate.