Today is #WorldHumanistDay and our Founder Tony McCaffery has been speaking with fellow Diversity Scotland colleague Alexis McKenzie about her work as a #HumanistCelebrant. For more details on the work Alexis does please go to her website: https://alexismckenziecelebrant.co.uk/ #Humanist #SocialJustice #Celebrate #Equity #Equality #Diversity #Inclusion #Belonging #DiversityScotland #DiversityCo #DiversityCompany #AlexisMcKenzieCelebrant

This year for #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek we chatted with a neurodivergent academic about his lived experience of autism. You can see the first part of the conversation here. Follow Diversity Scotland on social media and the blog here on our website to see the full video soon. Thanks to Mark Macmillan for his contribution. #Neurodiversity #Autism #Equality #Equity #Diversity #Inclusion #Belonging #DiversityScotland #DiversityCompany

Studio Runners Application Deadline: Sunday 7th November 2021 Interview Dates: Via Video Call during the week starting 22nd November 2021 Job Type: Short Term Freelance Contract (Employed) Salary / Rate: Competitive (in excess of the Scottish Real Living Wage) Location: Glasgow Duration: 5 days (9th to 13th January 2022) Working Pattern: Approximately 8 to 9 hours per day About 12 Yard 12 Yard was founded in 2001 by David Young and the creative team behind the worldwide

Researcher Application Deadline: Sunday 7th November 2021 Interview Dates: Via Video Call during the week starting 22nd November 2021 Job Type: Short Term Freelance Contract (Employed) Salary / Rate: Competitive (in excess of the Scottish Real Living Wage) Location: Glasgow Duration: 2 weeks (w/c 3rd Jan, and w/c 10th Jan) Working Pattern: 5 days over 7 / approximately 40 hours a week About 12 Yard 12 Yard was founded in 2001 by David Young and the creative team behind

Gallery Runner Application Deadline: Sunday 7th November 2021 Interview Dates: Via Video Call during the week starting 22nd November 2021 Job Type: Short Term Freelance Contract (Employed) Salary / Rate: Competitive (in excess of the Scottish Real Living Wage) Location: Glasgow Duration: 5 days (9th to 13th January 2022) Working Pattern: Approximately 8 to 9 hours per day About 12 Yard 12 Yard was founded in 2001 by David Young and the creative team behind the worldwide hit W

Production Runner Application Deadline: Sunday 7th November 2021 Interview Dates: Via Video Call during the week starting 22nd November 2021 Job Type: Short Term Freelance Contract (Employed) Salary / Rate: Competitive (in excess of the Scottish Real Living Wage) Location: Glasgow Duration: 5 days (9th to 13th January 2022) Working Pattern: Approximately 8 to 9 hours per day About 12 Yard 12 Yard was founded in 2001 by David Young and the creative team behind the worldwi

Assistant Producer Application Deadline: Sunday 7th November 2021 Interview Dates: Via Video Call during the week starting 22nd November 2021 Job Type: Short Term Freelance Contract (Employed) Salary / Rate: Competitive (in excess of the Scottish Real Living Wage) Location: Glasgow Duration: 3 weeks (w/c 13th Dec, w/c 3rd Jan, and w/c 10th Jan) Working Pattern: 5 days over 7 / approximately 40 hours a week About 12 Yard 12 Yard was founded in 2001 by David Young and the

Today is Stephen Lawrence Day, a day dedicated to celebrating the life of Stephen Lawrence who was murdered in an unprovoked, racist attack 28 years ago. Please take some time today to pause and reflect. Stephen was a young man who dreamed of being an architect before having his life snatched away from him. His senseless murder was eventually followed years later by the Macpherson Inquiry into the institutionally racist police investigation, which set out 70 recommendations

The 12 members of the Minneapolis Jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin have unanimously found him to be guilty of the murder of George Floyd on 25th May 2020. Our thoughts should continue to turn to George Floyd and the final minutes of his life on that street. Our thoughts should also go to the family and loved ones of George Floyd, whilst recognising the aftermath of his murder was so universally jarring, that it became a shared human experience around the world. And of cours

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Equality Act coming into law. When it came into force on 1st October 2010 it brought together 116 separate pieces of legislation, offering a single, clear legal framework to tackle discrimination against people with protected characteristics. These characteristics are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. The legislation was

Given that the UK Government has suspended the 2020 Gender Pay Gap Reporting deadline because it recognises that your HR teams are facing 'unprecedented uncertainty and pressure at this time' you may feel that your business has just dodged a bullet. However, the world is watching right now. Organisations are under enormous scrutiny from just about everyone and there's a growing legion of people keen to hold employers to account for any actions that they deem to be unfair. I'

As more and more precautionary measures are implemented by governments and employer organisations to contain and delay the spread of the Coronavirus epidemic, will the divide between society's 'rich' and 'poor' be further exposed? Nurseries, schools and universities are closing, shops are running low on stocks and Italy and Denmark are on total lockdown. Many employers across the world are asking employees to work from home. What about those workers that can't complete their

With the Coronavirus outbreak forcing employers to consider our shared responsibility to minimise the risk of exposure and protect our individual and collective health will the benefits of agile, dynamic and flexible working finally be realised by all? Many employers are still reluctant to encourage flexible working or allow working from home. There’s still a culture within many workplaces where the term “working from home” is uttered at the same time as virtual bunny ears/q

On 23rd January 2013, then United Kingdom (UK) prime minister, David Cameron, said he wanted to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the European Union (EU) and then give people the "simple choice" between staying in under those new terms, or leaving the EU. Seven years and 8 days have passed since Cameron’s speech and so has a lot of water passed under the proverbial bridge. Regardless of a clear majority of people in Scotland voting to remain, the nation will leave the EU