Recently Youth Employment UK and guest presenters Nick Slater and Liz Ward from Stonewall held a webinar discussion about how employers can support LGBTQ+ young people.
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About this event
In this webinar you’ll learn about the experiences of LGBTQ+ young people not in education, training or work, hear insights from LGBTQ+ young people on the barriers they face when accessing employment, and learn about how you as employers can help LGBTQ+ young people to enter the world of work.
Youth Employment UK’s series of ‘In Conversation With’ webinars:
- Are aimed at Employers, HR Managers, Recruitment Managers, Training Managers, CSR Professionals, Early Careers, and Talent Attraction professionals
- Invite guest speakers who will join Youth Employments CEO Laura-Jane Rawlings
- Offer advice, guidance and support with the areas causing confusion in the youth employment sector.
About Our Guest Speakers
Nick Slater (he/they) is the Stonewall Young Futures Manager. Nick has worked at Stonewall for over three years across our workplace and global programmes, supporting employers on their LGBTQ+ inclusion and working with global civil society organisations on research and advocacy. Since September 2021, Nick has been the project manager for Stonewall’s exciting new digital platform to support LGBTQ+ young people not in education, training or work. Nick is currently studying a Master of Laws degree in Human Rights, covering areas including equality law, gender and sexuality, and asylum and refugees.
Liz Ward (she/her) is the Director of Programmes at Stonewall, leading the Empowerment, Diversity Champions and Education, Youth and Sport teams. These teams deliver an incredible body of work, ranging from the School and College Champions programme and the Workplace Equality Index to world-class workshops and sector-leading sport strategies. Before joining Stonewall, Liz established a contextual safeguarding approach to serious youth violence, designing programmes and initiatives that support communities as opposed to policing them. Liz also launched eight youth-led campaigns ranging from Decolonising the Curriculum to police brutality, housing and racial justice.
About Stonewall
Stonewall stands up for the rights of lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and ace (LGBTQ+) people everywhere. Their campaigns drive positive change in public attitudes and public policy. Stonewall ensures LGBTQ+ people can thrive throughout their lives by building deep, sustained change programmes with the institutions that have the biggest impact on them, whether they’re learning, working, praying or playing sport. Over the last 30 years, Stonewall has helped create transformative change in the lives of LGBTQ+ people in the UK. In the UK LGBTQ+ people have equal rights to love, marry and have children, and our lives, families and relationships are represented as part of the national curriculum in most of the UK.
Stonewall Young Futures is an exciting new digital platform to support LGBTQ+ young people taking the next step into education, training or work. Created in collaboration with LGBTQ+ young people, the platform offers signposting and advice on education, training, skills, careers, and work as well as support on mental health, self-advocacy and homelessness.
Stonewall Young Futures – Support For LGBTQ+ Young People
Stonewall Young Futures is a digital platform to support LGBTQ+ young people taking the next step into education, training or work. It is made with LGBTQ+ young people, for LGBTQ+ young people.
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