Beyond Window Dressing: Building Authentic LGBTQIA+ Inclusion Webinar

Date: Friday 21st November 2025
Time: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Location: Zoom , , ,
Cost: Free
Categories:
Equality, Diversity & Inclusivity
SME Club

Many organisations show support during Pride Month but fail to sustain meaningful LGBTQIA+ inclusion throughout the year. This event challenges you to move beyond symbolic gestures and start building authentic, lasting change.

What you will learn

● Workplace culture: policies, behaviours, and leadership that support LGBTQIA+ colleagues year-round.

● Authentic branding: align internal reality with external communications to connect with LGBTQIA+ communities.

● Coliberation: understand interconnected oppressions and how businesses can drive fairness beyond their own walls.

Who should attend

● HR and People Leaders shaping policies and inclusion strategies.

● Marketing and Communications Professionals building trusted brands.

● Senior Business Leaders setting the tone for culture and influence.

About the Speakers:

Toby Mildon Workplace Inclusion Architect - Mildon Ltd

Toby Mildon is a Diversity & Inclusion Architect and founder of Mildon, a consultancy and advisory business. Toby works with businesses to devise diversity and inclusion strategies, re-engineer processes and systems to minimise the impact of bias and build a culture of inclusion. Toby is the author of the Amazon bestselling books Inclusive Growth and Building Inclusivity. Prior to setting
up his business, Toby worked as an in-house diversity and inclusion manager at the BBC and Deloitte.

Christopher Owen - Coliberate

If we want to make a difference, then we need to do things differently – I’m here to show you how.” As the founder of Coliberate, Christopher Owen (he/they) offers inclusivity and liberation coaching, consulting, speaking and training to individuals, groups and organisations seeking to improve their impact for positive social change. A 2024 Northern Gamechanger, Christopher has a PhD in intersectional systemic oppression and Black feminisms, with over a decade of experience in LGBTQ+ inclusivity and consulting. They have presented to thousands internationally and published on intersectionality, identity, social change, queer resistance, and inclusive practice, with his second book now forthcoming from Routledge Education. For more, please visit: coliberate.co.uk

Interested In The Event?

If you’re interested in attending, you can book online here.