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Organisations commit to creating inclusive workplaces

Organisations across the country are supporting a national campaign this week with the same aim of helping to raise awareness of the importance of inclusion in the workplace and the business benefits to having an inclusive workforce.

Employers such as the Home Office, Creative Support, Oldham Council and housing-providers, Together Housing Group and Incommunities have all pledged their support to National Inclusion Week – a week of activities focusing on the awareness they raise and the difference they can make within the workplace.

The annual event, which this year runs from today, (Monday September 21) until Friday, September 25 recognises and values the difference people bring to the workplace, creating an environment where everybody has equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute to the organisations success.

Award winning workplace training and consultancy company, HearFirst will be working with these organisations throughout the week to deliver a series of training courses that will benefit employees and the organisations they work for.

A training course called, Deaf awareness training for hearing colleagues will be delivered to staff at the Home Office to help colleagues communicate better with one of the their colleagues who is deaf.

Staff at Together Housing Group and Incommunities will each receive deaf awareness training for staff while staff at Creative Support, a National Charity which provides high quality care and support services for people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and complex needs, will be learning Makaton for beginners.

Julie Ryder, Director and Founder of HearFirst, said: “Campaigns such as National Inclusion Week are a great way for organisations to show their support and to engage with all members of staff.

“Inclusion is about making sure that people feel valued, respected, listened to and able to challenge regardless of their abilities and our training specifically focusses on giving employees enough information to be able to engage and raise awareness of equality and diversity within the workplace.

“The aim of all HearFirst training is to provide course delegates with the skills to enable them to make ‘real changes for real people’ so the range of courses we deliver this week will make employees feel more involved, supported and valued.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by HearFirst .