{"id":30518,"date":"2021-07-06T18:30:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30518"},"modified":"2021-07-06T18:30:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T17:30:08","slug":"ihbc-extends-members-invite-to-new-equality-diversity-inclusion-working-group-with-update-and-a-tea-break-invitation-too-for-05-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30518","title":{"rendered":"IHBC extends members\u2019 invite to new Equality, Diversity, Inclusion Working Group, with update and a \u2018Tea Break\u2019 invitation too for 05\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Led by Alice Ullathorne, the IHBC\u2019s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Working Group is the first to progress under the constitutional framework represented by the new Articles of Association, and invites interested IHBC members to a collaborative \u2018Tea Break\u2019 on 5 August, at 10.30am.<\/h3>\n

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.. joint informal network of people from under-represented groups or those protected by the Equality Act\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

IHBC Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group lead Alice Ullathorne writes:<\/p>\n

\u2026 The IHBC and CIfA have started looking at how we might collaborate on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion work and we want to explore whether there would be any interest in setting up a joint informal network of people from under-represented groups or those protected by the Equality Act. We\u2019d like to invite people to a Tea Break on Thursday 5 August at 10.30 to discuss how we might take Equality, Diversity and Inclusion forward through the professional bodies. Hope you can make it.\u00a0 If you\u2019re interested please contact me at Alice.Ullathorne@nottinghamcity.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Background:<\/p>\n

For the past 2 years I have been working together with the IHBC and other members to consider the diversity of the built heritage sector and what we might do to promote opportunities to all communities through the work that the IHBC does.<\/p>\n

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion have become very current issues within the last year with inequalities highlighted by movements such as Black Lives Matter. Within the same period Historic England have published a Strategy for Diversity, Inclusion and Equality to promote diversity through their own work and support the rest of the sector to do the same. This builds on excellent practice demonstrated by large bodies such as the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the National Trust over a number of years.<\/p>\n

\u2026A wider pool of talent available to the Industry from under-represented groups\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

Anecdotally many of us have accepted for a number of years that the heritage sector is not reflective of the diversity of the communities it serves. The Equality and Human Rights Commission reported in 2011 that increased diversity of workforce in the construction industry would bring:<\/p>\n