?? Celebrating Pride at RICS
It's #PrideMonth! We're kicking off the month-long celebration with news and events from across the #surveying profession.
?? LGBTQ+ at work: Our members share their challenges and advice for better inclusion
To bring some important and topical #LGBTQ+ issues to the forefront we spoke with three of our members; John Doyle FRICS FRICS, Sharon Slinger FRICS, and Antonia Belcher OBE FRICS, about their experiences being LGBTQ+ in the profession.
??Join us for our Pride in the Built Environment event
Wed 07 Jun 2023??12:30 - 16:00 BST ?RICS HQ, London
In celebration of #Pride, the event will focus on the importance of engaging allies to support the LGBTQ+ community and the responsibility the #BuiltEnvironment has in creating an inclusive industry, where everyone can thrive.
We will be joined by some great organisations including RIBA , The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) , Freehold LGBT+ CIC , Building Equality , Landscape Institute , LGBT+ in Facilities Management (LGBT+ in FM) , BuildOUT California , and the RICS LGBTQ+ employee network.
?? Driving positive change and fostering inclusion
Meet Richard Golding MRICS ??
Richard is our newly appointed UK Matrics Chair at RICS, who is on a mission to drive positive change and realise the future vision of this group.
With a focus on creating the right conditions for others to achieve more, Richard shares his insights on fostering inclusion, pursuing professional excellence, and embracing digital transformation.??
Read more ??
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?? LGBT+ in Facilities Management inclusive recruitment and language guides
This month we are shining a light on our Pride month partners LGBT+ in FM. The network has created a guide for employers, HR departments, and hiring managers to improve #InclusiveRecruitment practices.
Read our handy guide on inclusive language and why it is important, as well as an overview of common words and phrases ??
?? RICS members honoured by King Charles III for services to LGBTQ+ community
David Mann, MBE , Partner at TFT , and Saleem Fazal MBE , Head of Real Estate Disputes at Taylor Wessing UK , set up Freehold LGBT+ CIC. A network for LGBTQ+ professionals working in #RealEstate with the aim of creating a safe space in the industry.
In recognition of their relentless efforts, they were honoured by King Charles III in his 22/23 new year honours.
Read more about how they got here, and their hopes for the future.
?? LGBT+ in FM Pride events
LGBT+ in FM are creating a safe, relaxed place to socialise once a quarter with other members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Workplace and FM industry.
Attend events in Manchester or London.
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Consultant Building Surveyor
1 年I look forward to seeing disciplinary action being taken against Mr Basley by RICS. I don’t want such people being part of my Institution!
Former Corporate Estate Manager with Business Analyst & Software Development experience
1 年Diversity and inclusion always has a kind of blinkered / mob rule tone whenever someone (who, incidentally .. UN, WEF ...?) says its time to fly some other, in effect, corporation's / political movement's flag. To me Diversity & Inclusion should also?accommodate for example: - Aptitude and ability over family background/wealth, - Different personalities (as so cleverly identified within eg.Myers Briggs types) rather than always seemingly favouring the extroverts, - Neurodiversity, in the sense of eg. those who think, work, experience things in different ways, Yet sadly those three, more commonly found day-to-day or mentally and career impeding, 'diversities' never get a look in whenever the LGBTxyz bulldozer / political trojan horse gets rolling. A pity RICS doesn't have confidence in its own record and policies to proudly (a) keep its own flag/logo flying at this time and (b) its reputation on this LGBT stuff AND other wider diversity/inclusion aspects 'went before it'.
MRICS, MCIOB Quantity Surveyor
1 年The event registration has closed. So cannot watch it online?
RICS stands firm in our values and commitment to inclusion and respect, and will remove all comments that are discriminatory or disrespectful toward any individual or group.
Graduate Member at Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors UK
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