by Liz Carter | 19th April 2022 | E-learning, Other
Happy Tuesday! We hope you had a lovely and restful long weekend. We've got some exciting updates for you this week starting with...drum roll... CPD certification for DEI Essentials suiteWe had the best news before the Easter weekend - our DEI...
by Liz Carter | 31st March 2022 | E-learning, Mental Health, News, Other, Resilience
Hi all!Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. It is also the day after Jamie Wallis has come out as the UK's first openly transgender MP.One of our partners, Aby Hawker, has written for us about how to make your D&I agenda inclusive of gender...
by Liz Carter | 30th March 2022 | Disability, News, Other
Last week, BBC 2 premiered a feature length TV drama called ‘Then Barbara Met Alan’. In essence, it’s a love story inspired by real events from the 80s and 90s. But, while the relationship provides some narrative structure, it’s not the main focal point. That’s...
by Liz Carter | 3rd March 2022 | E-learning, International Women's Day, Mental Health, News, Other
Hello.The world feels difficult right now - lurching from one crisis to the next. If you're struggling to focus and concentrate, please know that you're not alone. My only advice is to manage your news consumption wisely and to focus on the things you can impact.These...
by Roxanne Hobbs | 3rd February 2022 | Other
Hi all!There has been a lot of talk about menopause recently, from the menopause abuse of an employee in Essex to the fab #stopthepause campaign from Koru Kids. And rightly so – it is a life experience that over 50% of the UK population is likely to go through and yet...
by Roxanne Hobbs | 6th January 2022 | E-learning, Mental Health, Other, Resilience
Hi everyone! Just a quick note from us to wish you all a happy new year! Many of team THC have had a tiring, covidy Christmas so we invite you all to take it easy on yourselves in 2022, especially this January. This might not be the time for big intention setting....
by Roxanne Hobbs | 17th December 2021 | News, Other
It seems incredible that we're already at the end of another year! It's been a turbulent and unsettled one in many ways but we are ending on a high at The Hobbs Consultancy with new members of the core team as well as our coach/facilitator roster.We thought we would...
by Roxanne Hobbs | 1st November 2021 | Disability, Masculinity, Mental Health
Hi all. Disability seems to me to be the most neglected topic on the D,E&I agenda. Historically, it’s always been harder to get people along to events about disability. Which seems odd given there are 14.1 million disabled people in the UK (Source: Scope). I...
by Roxanne Hobbs | 8th October 2021 | E-learning, Masculinity, Other
"Not all men practice violence against women but all women live with the threat of male violence every single day. All over the Earth.” ~ Fuad Alakbarov Given last week’s news about the horrific last moments of Sarah Everard and the murder of Sabina Nessa we have...
by Roxanne Hobbs | 15th September 2021 | E-learning, Masculinity, Mental Health, Other, Resilience
Hi all. I am writing this, a mini bottle of wine in, on the way to Hull to deliver a workshop. And I'm VERY much looking forward to doing some real, live, in person work again tomorrow. I actually can't believe how excited I am to be going to Hull. No offence meant to...
