Wellbeing: Connections to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

About this event

Online event to explore employee wellbeing and its relationship with Equality, Diversity and Inclusion with expert speaker Shawn Wilson-More

The CIPD South East Scotland Wellbeing Special Interest Group is excited to invite you to this online event held via Teams to explore Employee Wellbeing and its relationship with Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. During the event you will hear from people professional Shawn Wilson-More, have opportunities to share best practice with your peers, and take away with you practical tips that you can implement within your own organisation.

Shawn is a Chartered member of the CIPD and a member of the People Partnering team with Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association while also holding the role of Wellbeing Lead. His background is within people services as well as coaching and developing leaders with experience in, for instance, recruitment at C-suite and senior leadership levels, employee relations, EDI, and health and wellbeing. He also has experience in leading and supporting change and transformation projects including the rollout of a national digital skills programme, senior leadership restructuring and the development of employee voice initiatives. In his current role at Hanover, Shawn has been driving forward the organisations wellbeing strategy which has culminated in the organisation being recognised by Investors in People as a Gold ‘We Invest in Wellbeing’ Employer as well as a shortlisted finalist for HR awards ceremonies taking place later this year. More details can be found here: Prestigious Gold Accreditation.

During this online event, Shawn will discuss Hanover’s wellbeing journey as part of wider transformational change. The event will discuss the relationship between wellbeing and EDI and how those links have been taken into account in relation to, for instance, the creation of people frameworks or running wellbeing events. Shawn will be sharing both higher level strategic thinking as well as practical case studies. By joining us you will have the opportunity to learn from Shawn, to understand how you can drive forward the wellbeing agenda in your organisation, while keeping in mind how it strongly links in with EDI.

In addition to hearing from Shawn, there will be opportunities for you to ask questions, share knowledge and reflect on how you might implement what you have learned in your organisation. You will also be provided with a practical handout to support you taking away key things from the session.

Please note:

1. Webinar joining instructions will be sent to you again 1 day before the event, with a further reminder, 20 minutes prior to the event starting.
2. The session may be recorded and shared with people afterwards. Please bear this in mind and have your camera off if you do not wish for your image to be shared.
3. The chat function will be used for participants to engage with the webinar, so just be mindful of the login name you use and ensure you are happy for other people to see this.
4. For security reasons, it is requested that participants join the live session 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time and with the same name as registered on Eventbrite as not doing so may cause a delay or non-admittance to the event.
5. This event may include an external speaker who has prepared their own presentation. Any views or opinions expressed by the speaker are their own and do not reflect those of the CIPD.
6. Please note that refunds for CIPD Non-Member tickets will only be available until 7 days prior to the event, any cancelled tickets after this will not receive a refund.
7. If you require any reasonable adjustments to enhance your experience, please get in contact with us by responding to this email and we will do our best to accommodate.