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Monthly Archives: July 2020

2020 – Renewal, Values, Fulfilment

January is one of my favourite months….a month of renewal and excitement for the coming year. This year even more so as we enter a new decade. The possibilities, the adventures, achieving one’s vision. The year is as yet unwritten

Posted in Irene's Thought

Enterprising Women Awards – October 2019

It was a true honour to be awarded the Women’s Organisation Enterprising Women’s award in the category of ‘Empowering Others’. A celebration of all I stand for in my business, empowering others to achieve their full potential, personally and professionally.

Posted in Women In Business

Northern Power Women & The BBC 50:50 Project

Northern Power Women

I was delighted to support the BBC 50:50 Project with the Northern Power Women. The project aims at improving the representation of women as content experts on radio and TV and raising the visibility and status of women professional and

Posted in Women In Business

How Not To Do Diversity!

I so love this! There are so many organizations who like to portray black faces and women on their websites, literature, and advertising campaigns, yet the true picture within the organization is something radically different. Instead of pretending to be

Posted in Others Articles

Thank you, Mr Van Driver

I was out for my usual morning run close to where I live, enjoying listening to the birds singing, enjoying the country scenery, and breathing in some good, clean fresh air. As I was running along a lane past some

Posted in Black Lives Matter

Building A Network During A Pandemic

Ladies Business Network

Had the pleasure of attending the first Liverpool Ladies Network online event. Great to see some familiar faces and meet some new people. The presentation by Judi Hastings was excellent! New ways of thinking! So good to be able to

Posted in Networking

Racism must be called out!

Irene Afful

A couple of weeks ago I did an interview with ITV Granda Reports, giving my views and reaction on the death of George Floyd and the protests in Liverpool. #blacklivesmatter https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-06-03/racism-must-be-called-out-the-powerful-message-at-protest-in-solidarity-after-george-floyd-s-death/

Posted in Diversity

The reality of policing for a black police officer

As I read this story, it resonated so much with my personal experiences in my policing career, and those of other black colleagues I spoke to in my role as chair of my force’s Black Police Association (a support network

Posted in Diversity, Others Articles, Policing

Windrush Day

Today 72 years ago, the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks bringing people from the Caribbean islands who came to help rebuild the UK after World War 2 and for a better life. We must remember and say thank you

Posted in Uncategorised

Right The Script

This week we see the BBC has announced they are investing £100million in diverse content and storytelling for the next 3 years. This is a game-changing moment and the biggest ever by a UK broadcaster. So excited to see the

Posted in Diversity, Others Articles
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