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Inside Housing takes on Women in Housing awards

Inside Housing’s owner, Ocean Media Group, has acquired the Women in Housing Awards and conference from events company Connect In.

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Inside Housing takes on Women in Housing awards

The awards, now in their fifth year, will join Inside Housing’s awards portfolio, and the conference will be among three new Inside Housing conferences for 2018.

“The Women in Housing Awards have become a real fixture in the housing calendar,” said Emma Maier, editor of Inside Housing. “They play an important role in championing the successes of women and providing positive role models, so we’re excited to be taking them forward.”

Penni Pennington, director of Connect In, said: “Recognising the achievements of women across the sector through the Women in Housing Awards has made for an exciting and rewarding past five years. 

“The awards have grown year-on-year in size and significance, and will now benefit from being part of such a well-respected publication. This will allow Connect In to focus on delivering fabulous events for our clients.”


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Housing’s diversity challengeHousing’s diversity challenge

The acquisition comes as Inside Housing seeks to promote greater leadership diversity in the sector through its Inclusive Futures campaign. We are pledging to publish diversity audits of our own coverage, and to promote positive role models. We are also seeking to support other publications and events organisations to be more inclusive.

Our Inclusive Futures Bureau will provide a database of speakers and commentators from all backgrounds, for use by all media organisations.

We are also challenging readers to take five clear steps to promote diversity (see below), informed by the Chartered Institute of Housing’s diversity commission and the Leadership 2025 project.

Inside Housing also runs the UK Housing Awards and Housing Heroes in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Housing, and the Inside Housing Development Awards.

In 2017, the awards attracted 250 entries in 13 categories. The winners were announced at a ceremony in Manchester, with a guest appearance by comedian Shappi Khorsandi.

The 2018 Women in Housing Awards will open for entries in the spring. 

The awards ceremony will remain in Manchester. To register your interest to find out more about the categories and entry process, visit www.insidehousing.co.uk/WIH.

Inclusive Futures

Inclusive Futures

Inside Housing’s Inclusive Futures campaign aims to promote and celebrate diversity and inclusion.

We are pledging to publish diversity audits of our own coverage.

We are also committed to proactively promoting positive role models.

We will do this through the pages of Inside Housing. But we will also seek to support other publications and events organisations to be more inclusive.

Our Inclusive Futures Bureau will provide a database of speakers and commentators from all backgrounds, for use by all media organisations.

We are also challenging readers to take five clear steps to promote diversity, informed by the Chartered Institute of Housing’s diversity commission and the Leadership 2025 project.

Click here to read more or to sign up for more information

INSIDE HOUSING’S PLEDGES

We will take proactive steps to promote positive role models from under-represented groups and provide information to support change.

We pledge to:

Publish diversity audits: We will audit the diversity of the commentators we feature. We will formalise this process and publish the results for future audits twice a year.

Promote role models: We will work to highlight leading lights from specific under-represented groups, starting in early 2018 with our new BME Leaders List.

Launch Inclusive Futures Bureau: We will work with the sector to compile a database of speakers, commentators and experts from under-represented groups. The bureau will be available to events organisers, media outlets and publications to support them to better represent the talent in the sector.

Take forward the Women in Housing Awards: Inside Housing has taken on these successful awards and will work to grow and develop them.

Convene Inclusive Futures Summit: Our new high-level event will support organisations to develop and implement strategies to become more diverse and inclusive.

THE INCLUSIVE FUTURES CHALLENGE

Inside Housing calls on organisations to sign up to an inclusive future by taking five steps:

Prioritise diversity and inclusion at the top: commitment and persistence from chief executives, directors and chairs in setting goals and monitoring progress.

Collect data on the diversity of your board, leadership and total workforce and publish annually with your annual report. Consider gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, age, and representation of tenants on the board.

Set aspirational targets for recruitment to the executive team, board and committees from under-represented groups.

Challenge recruiting staff and agencies to ensure that all shortlists include candidates from under-represented groups.

Make diversity and inclusion a core theme in your talent management strategy to ensure you support people from under-represented groups to progress their careers.

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