D.I.I.verse

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D.I.I.verse

Why We Exist:
D.I.I.verse is dedicated to fostering environments where D.iversity, I.nclusion, and I.ntersectionality are not just ideals, but lived realities. We exist to challenge systemic inequalities and to amplify the voices of those often marginalised in society.

How We Work:
Our approach is multifaceted and collaborative. We offer tailored workshops, strategic consultations, and comprehensive training programmes designed to equip organisations with the tools and knowledge needed to embrace and promote diversity. By engaging with stakeholders at all levels, we create sustainable change through policy development, community engagement, and continuous support.

What Impact We Have:
D.I.I.verse has a proven track record of working throughout various different professional practice sectors. Our efforts have successfully helped institutions implement policies that reflect true inclusion and have empowered individuals from diverse backgrounds to thrive in their environments. Our impact is measured not just in numbers, but in the meaningful change experienced by those we support.

Who We Are:
We are a passionate collective of experts in Diversity, Inclusion, and Intersectionality, each bringing a unique perspective and a wealth of experience. Our team of academics, are committed to creating a more equitable world. We believe in the power of diverse voices and work tirelessly to ensure these voices are heard and valued.

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Cultural Nexus Ltd

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Cultural Nexus Ltd

Cultural Nexus Ltd. is about connecting people through difference. People are our passion. We value diversity, break boundaries and leverage the power of being unique.

The founder, Cecilia Harvey has had the privilege of working across diverse industries and cultures, solidifying her belief that differences are not only valuable, but essential. Cultural Nexus Ltd, is driven by the conviction that individuals and their unique identities are assets to be celebrated and leveraged for collective growth, societal impact, knowledge sharing and innovation.

When you are committed and excited about creating inclusive workplaces, we are too. At Cultural Nexus, we work with you to assess, review, and measure your ED&I efforts, striving for continuous improvement and celebrating successes. We will support you in establishing your starting point, planning your trajectory and creating or reviewing your ED&I strategy. Our focus will then turn to growing awareness and capabilities through engaging interactive workshops, The GC Index and Cultural Intelligence (CQ) assessments, mentoring programmes and setting up and empowering ERGs (employee resource Groups) or ED&I Committees, to help you drive change. All our work is bespoke to your organisation because we really care about building relationships with those who we support. Our work can be delivered in English, Italian and French.

By the time you are ready to fly solo, you will have the skills and knowledge to ensure your organisation will be inclusive, resilient and in full thrive-mode because of the richness of diversity you will have nurtured.

Our Blogs and articles can be found on LinkedIn. Please also take a look at our Testimonial page on the website.

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NASBTT Diversity in ITTE Podcast – Series 2

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NASBTT Diversity in ITTE Podcast – Series 2

NASBTT Diversity in ITTE Podcast – Series 2

Series 2 of the NASBTT Diversity in ITTE Podcast has 6 episodes. In each episode our co-hosts, Hannah Wilson and James Coleman, have interviewed 2 colleagues on one of the protected characteristics.

Series 2 Episodes

Episode 6 – Religion and Belief

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Episode 5 – Exploring Age

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Episode 4 – Exploring Gender Identity and Expression

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Episode 3 – Exploring Mental Health and Wellbeing

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Episode 2 – Exploring Parenthood and Flexible Working

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Episode 1 – Exploring Neurodiversity

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Series 2 Co-Hosts

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Hannah Wilson

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James Coleman

Series 2 Guests

Amy Sayer portrait

Amy Sayer

Audrey Pantelis portrait

Audrey Pantelis

Catrina Lowri portrait

Catrina Lowri

Emma Sheppard portrait

Emma Sheppard

Frances Akinde portrait

Frances Akinde

George White portrait

George White

Graihagh Crawshaw-Sadler portrait

Graihagh Crawshaw-Sadler

Kit-Marie Rackley portrait

Kit-Marie Rackley

Lindsay Patience portrait

Lindsay Patience

Lucy Kellaway portrait

Lucy Kellaway

Nadirah Khan portrait

Nadirah Khan

Zahara Chowdhury portrait

Zahara Chowdhury


NASBTT Diversity in ITTE Podcast – Series 1

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NASBTT Diversity in ITTE Podcast – Series 1

NASBTT Diversity in ITTE Podcast – Series 1

Series 1 of the NASBTT Diversity in ITTE Podcast has 6 episodes. In each episode, our co-hosts Hannah Wilson and James Coleman, have interviewed 2 founders of a grassroots organisation.

Series 1 Episodes

Episode 6 – WomenEd

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Episode 5 – Men Teach Primary

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Episode 4 – MixEd

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Episode 3 – Black Men Teach

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Episode 2 – DisabilityEd

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Episode 1 – Pride & Progress

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Series 1 Co-Hosts

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Hannah Wilson

James Coleman portrait

James Coleman

Series 1 Guests

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Dr Adam Brett

Albert Adeyemi portrait

Albert Adeyemi

Jackie Hill portrait

Jackie Hill

Jo Brassington Portrait

Jo Brassington

Johnoi Josephs portrait

Johnoi Josephs

Kiran Satti portrait

Kiran Satti

Louise Cooper portrait

Louise Jaunbocus-Cooper

Marcus Shepherd portrait

Marcus Shepherd

Matt Withers portrait

Matt Withers

Mike Keys portrait

Mike Keys

Ruth Golding portrait

Ruth Golding

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Shabnam Cadwallender


Hannah Jepson Coaching Profile

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Hannah Jepson

Hannah Jepson

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Coaching Bio

Hannah Jepson is a qualified Organisational Psychologist and has been using a coaching approach to support organisations and individuals for over ten years. Hannah has significant experience in the education sector. In 2018, Hannah founded LGBTed, a national LGBTQ+ network in order to drive meaningful and sustainable social change through enabling greater LGBTQ+ visibility in the education system.

Coaching Experience

Hannah is a published academic author and her work on the career experiences of gay women in the UK has been featured in an international research handbook exploring diversity and careers. Hannah is also the lead coach for the Leeds Beckett national LGBTQ inclusion in education award, a member of the Leeds Beckett LGBTQ+ research centre advisory panel, the Pankhurst Centre’s women’s aid project’s LGBTQ+ inclusion advisory panel and a coach for Pankhurst Centre’s ‘some women coach’ programme.

Career Experience

Hannah is the Director of Engaging for Success, an organisation that supports organisations in becoming more inclusive. Her projects include using a coaching approach to deliver sustainable DEI solutions for organisations including supporting organisations to become LGBTQ+ inclusive; developing inclusive behavioural competency frameworks and recruitment & assessment solutions for leaders in schools and across a range of sectors; consulting with the education sector on the national LGBTQ+ inclusion agenda, providing organisations with support on the development of pan diversity, equity and inclusion strategies and designing bespoke training, leadership and coaching programmes at all levels – with a particular focus on coaching leaders through key career transition points.

Coaching Qualifications

Masters in Coaching

Coaching Accreditations

Fierce Conversations

Five Dysfunctions of a Team

MBTI

Hannah is an exceptionally gifted coach, she has transformed my approach to leading my own team and carrying out my responsibilities. Her insightful guidance, genuine support and personalised strategies helped me to unlock my potential as a leader- I now have the confidence to begin to inspire those around me. I highly recommend her services to anyone that wants to have a positive impact on their organisation.

Senior Leader, Oasis Community Learning


Alice Hoyle (RepreSENt)

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Alice Hoyle (RepreSENt)

Wellbeing Education Consultant with experience of being a teacher, head of PSHE department, local authority adviser for Relationships Sex and Health Education (RSHE), youth worker (LGBT+/ Mental wellbeing). Author of 3 published books: a children’s story book on mental health, a resource for teachers with over 200 RSE activities, and a sensory wellbeing toolkit for schools.

My recent LA commissioned projects include addressing gendered harassment and enhancing pupil voice in RSHE across secondary schools. My work is varied but mainly wellbeing focused- mental wellbeing, relationships and sexual health and sensory wellbeing (I have lived expertise of my own sensory needs and of parenting a child with sensory processing needs).

I am committed to promoting equality, especially around gender as it impacts so much of my work (abortion rights, VAWG etc) as well as SEND. While most of my work focuses on educators, I also support parents, especially SEND parents and work directly with young people. I currently deliver RSE to autistic young people for an afternoon a week, and I am developing some work coaching ADHD girls.

I am passionate about empowering young people, particularly neurodivergent girls and young women, to live their lives well. I founded a local campaign for parents – RepreSENt to improve local SEND provision where I live. As a late-diagnosed neurodivergent mother of three daughters (at least two who are ND themselves), my mission reflects the adage ‘the personal is political’; I want to create a better, more equal world for them and their peers.

Shortlisted for Sexual Health Professional of the year in 2014.

Awarded Life membership of the PSHE Association in 2014

Elected Advisory Council member turned founding trustee of Sex Education Forum until 2023.

Pretend Friends – book for children explaining schizophrenia (now self published here)

Great Relationships and Sex Education.

Becoming a Sensory-Aware School: A Toolkit to Develop a Whole School Approach for Sensory Wellbeing (published by Speechmark in Nov 24)

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Differing Minds

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Differing Minds

Differing Minds improve the school lives, education and wellbeing of neurodivergent children by teaching both children and education staff about neurodiversity.

We provide neurodiversity talks and training workshops that are fun and engaging, yet safe and balanced, and are rooted in lived experience. We empower children and adults by providing practical strategies and tools to accelerate neuroinclusion regardless of your starting position.

We created a groundbreaking, video-based neurodiversity lesson for children that transforms how neurodivergent children embrace their identities and how their peers understand and support them. You can find it here. 

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Music Mark

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Music Mark

We are a membership organisation, Subject Association, and an Arts Council England Investment Principles Support Organisation (IPSO) advocating for excellent musical learning in and out of school.

We support our members through training and resources, connect them with the wider Music Education network across the UK, and influence on their behalf at a national level. In doing so, we champion a diverse, accessible, and government-supported music education provision to inspire and enrich the lives of all children and young people in the UK.

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5 Senses of Inclusion

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5 Senses of Inclusion

5 Senses of Inclusion is a business that specialises in helping organisations create inclusive and engaging workspaces and experiences that foster a sense of belonging for all. We do this by tapping into the five senses – sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell – to design workspaces and experiences that cater to a variety of sensory preferences and needs. At 5 Senses of Inclusion, we believe that creating a culture of inclusion is not only the right thing to do, it is also good for business. Studies have shown that diverse and inclusive workforces are more engaged, productive, and innovative, and that they are better able to attract and retain top talent. By, creating inclusive experiences for customers we can drive customer loyalty and word-of-mouth referrals, leading to increased revenue and profits.

We want to offer a supportive way of delivering inclusion through culture.

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Yamina Bibi Coaching Profile

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Yamina Bibi

Yamina Bibi

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Coaching Bio

Yamina is Resilient Leaders Element Consultant and a school leader with experience coaching and mentoring teachers and leaders across the country. Yamina’s coaching focuses on empowering others to see the brilliance within themselves.

Coaching Experience

Yamina is a certified coach and consultant with years of experience empowering teachers, middle, senior leaders and support staff to lean into their greatness and brilliance. Yamina has experience of coaching diverse range of clients and has coached as part of the DFE’s Women Leading in Education Coaching Programme.

Using her experience, Yamina has helped create and embed non directive and instructional coaching programmes across a number of schools within and beyond her own organisation.

Career Experience

Yamina is an experienced senior leader and English teacher with previous experience as an Acting Deputy Headteacher, Assistant Headteacher, Head of English and accredited Lead Practitioner.

Yamina’s leadership experience including Personal Development and Behaviour, Teaching, Learning and Assessment, Curriculum, Early Career Teachers, Data and Outcomes, Whole School Literacy and Executive Coaching and Instructional Coaching.

Yamina is also author of ‘Thriving in Your First Years of Teaching’, a WomenEd Network Leader, Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and co-host of DiverseEd Series 1 podcast.

Coaching Accreditations

Certified Coach with Vision Vendor Coaching and Consultancy

BASIC Coaching

Resilient Leaders Elements (RLE)

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Certified Coach with Vision Vendor Coaching and Consultancy

BASIC Coaching

Resilient Leaders Elements (RLE)

Yamina has a very personal approach to coaching which is built on high levels of trust and mutual respect. Through her coaching, it is clear that she wants nothing but the absolute best for the person she is coaching. The impact Yamina’s coaching has had on me both personally and professionally, has been huge. I feel more confident, in control and in a better place than I was before the coaching.

Georgia France, Assistant Headteacher

Yamina has been a fantastic coach. She is not only competent, versatile, supportive and available, she provides opportunities for networking with equally brilliant people. Being coached by Yamina has given me a clearer view of my goals and how to strategically align them with my values for Resilient, Successful and Effective leadership. Through my coaching and RLE journey, Yamina has elicited the brilliance in me and I have become more strategic and decisive in my practice as well as my personal life. She has helped to unlocked the potential in me and I am more confident knowing my hidden strengths. Yamina is a phenomenal coach!

Kofo Ajayi, Head of Geography