This year’s conference took place on Wednesday 13 June 2012 in Llandrindod Wells. Over 75 delegates from the public, voluntary and private sectors came together to discuss the theme of Driving change: Achieving impact.
The delegates heard from these inspiring speakers:
Delegates also watched a filmed interview of Martin Henderson, who used an evidence based approach - and Bernie the cartoon sheep - to tackle the entrenched problem of deliberate grass fires in Tonypandy. Martin is head of risk reduction at South Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
This conference was free for Equality Exchange Members. If you are not already a member of the Equality Exchange Network you can join free of charge by contacting Mandy Bain on 01248 360581 or mandy.bain@equalityhumanrights.com.
The Equality Exchange Network has recently been featured as an example of effective practice in Equinet’s ‘Good Practice Guide on Promoting Diversity in the Workplace’ publication. Equinet is the European Network of Equality Bodies bringing together 37 member organisations from 30 European countries.
We would like to thank our members for all their hard work in ensuring the Equality Exchange Network is a continued success, and we are delighted that this has been recognised by Equinet and promoted throughout Europe.