Wed, 9 June 2021, 10:30
Cardiff & Vale College are hosting an exciting webinar 9th June, 10:30-12pm, looking at how to increase diversity in the workplace.
Speakers lined up are:
Humie Webbe: National Training Federation for Wales Work-based Learning Strategic Equality and Diversity Lead
Using Welsh Government data and apprenticeships case studies, Humie will outline the challenges in attracting diverse learners and how under underrepresentation is being addressed.
Deana Devine: Quality Coordinator for Skillnet
Deana will outline how Skillnet introduced EDI groups – Disability/Women in Industry/Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic/LGBT+/Female mentoring, the tools they use to engage their learners, and how they promote across their social media platforms.
We have a special guest Immy - Heavy Motor Vehicle Apprentice, who will talk about her experience as an apprentice.
Ali Abdi, Lead Co-ordinator, and Nirushan Sudarsan, Project Coordinator , Citizens Cymru Wales and the Butetown Employment Action Team (BEAT)
Ali and Nirushan will cover how they have worked with businesses to tackle unemployment through the Community Jobs Compact. The Community Jobs Compact is a reciprocal agreement between the local community and the employer, co-produced by employers and communities together, and signed by major employers such as Ikea, ITV Wales, Careers Wales, and Welsh Parliament It aims to combat such incidences by bringing local people and employers together to tackle poverty, unemployment and under-representation in the workforce.
There will be a chance at the end of this event to ask questions to the panel, and we will be providing a delegates toolkit sent out to each attendee post event.
We hope to see you there!
This is a free event. To register your attendance, please click here.