Open Drama UK is a national networking platform set up to bring Drama teachers, practitioners and industry experts together to ‘advance, improve and benefit young people through Drama.’ Through our networks we run face to face and online events which are accessed free of charge. Our resources, workshops and events cover a wide range of information which has relevance and topical content. We work across the sector to ensure young people accessing Drama in schools and/or via an extra curricular provision are being educated about diversity, disabilities and sexual discrimination through our training and resources for teachers and practitioners.

How representative is your Drama curriculum? Make Drama representative of the world we live in.

Why Katie Mitchell is passionate about feminist theatre and representation of women in theatre.

What strategies can you employ to support neurodiverse learners in Drama? Why Drama can be a real leveller for all learners.

Fertility Issues in Teaching was founded in 2020. Through consultancy and training, we help leaders to become inclusive, equitable and flexible in their approach as they support employees throughout fertility treatment and baby loss.

According to the NHS, 1 in 7 couples are infertile, and 1 in 4 suffer baby loss (Tommy’s).

We are committed to making the workplace a fertility, family and friendly place to be, so that women can continue to progress in their careers in an encouraging environment.

Using recent and relevant data, we deliver quality training around infertility and fertility issues.

Beyond Equality is a UK organisation carrying out gender transformative work with men and boys. The core of our work is delivering workshops to boys and men in schools, universities, workplaces, community settings and professional sports environments. Our workshops provide a compassionate, non-judgmental space in which boys and men can:

• learn about the way in which restrictive masculinities based on stereotypes harm people of all genders, including men and boys;
• confront their own and each other’s problematic attitudes and behaviours without shame;
• imagine and express their masculinities in ways that contribute to building safer, more inclusive communities and healthy interpersonal relationships.

The aim of our professional development programme is to support young 1st and 2nd generation migrants as well as all disadvantaged youths and to help them succeed in Britain. The programme is free and applicants are between 16 and 25 years old and they gain mentoring, workshops, work experiences and connections. We now have 1500 senior mentors from more than 95 FTSE100 and leading firms. We are also proud to share inspirational videos illustrating the impact of our corporate partnerships on the deserving young people we support. Examples include: Anglo American, Smith & Nephew, Kantar.

You will find our latest Impact Report illustrating our track record. Young people can apply to our free programme here. Here is our Candidate Application Information leaflet and a short video introducing our development programme to students: Short Introduction to Migrant Leaders – For Students.

We believe an inclusive environment is essential to an excellent education. We are a collaboration between Independent schools leaders, teachers and inclusion experts.

We have come together because we know that a commitment to diversity and inclusion is essential to a high performing school in every way.

SIA is a (free) membership organisation providing trusted support, guidance, resources, recommendations, and a platform for us to all come together and share best practice through regional meetings, events and conferences.

Our team are a combination of world leading inclusion experts with a strong record in delivering results in the diversity & inclusion space, alongside highly regarded educators. We pull in subject matter experts, the voices of young people and our work is steered by the needs schools tell us they have.

Cohesion Collective, or CoCo, is a specialised EDI training, assessment and advisory firm. We believe that EDI should be central to all school considerations, decisions and operations. A commitment to treating all people equally is nothing without the focused action necessary to foster an environment where it can manifest for the long term, both at a policy level and on the ground, on a daily basis.

We pride ourselves on being at the cutting-edge of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion theory, research, ideology and methodologies while boasting a young, dynamic and passionate team of diverse and talented individuals. This combination – standing on the shoulders of industry giants who came before us while continually bringing fresh, data-driven insights and driving a deeper understanding of how EDI impacts organisations and society – sets us apart.