Today full council voted through the brand-new Inclusion and Diversity Strategy which focuses on an inclusive pandemic recovery. Full council approved the new strategy which sets out the council’s inclusion aims for the next two years. The four priorities of the new strategy are Inclusion First, Project Search, Culturally Confident Colleagues, and Inclusion Allies. Inclusion First will ensure that council
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We are working with local schools and libraries to ensure young people see themselves represented in the books they read this World Book Day.
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In collaboration with community groups, individuals and local organisation, we have lined up a range of online and live events for residents to take part in.
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As part of LGBT+ History Month a shop in Huddersfield Town Centre is being used for a unique exhibition which remembers when Pride came to Huddersfield in 1981. The Gemini Club was opened in 1976 in Huddersfield and became a popular nightclub for gay and bisexual men. The club was often targeted unfairly and so, in a show of solidarity,
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In partnership with the Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre and 6 million+ Trust, we’re preparing events to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD).
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More than ever before, the last two years have highlighted how vital digital skills are to our wellbeing and safety. A lack of digital skills and access can have a huge negative impact on a person’s life, including poorer health outcomes, increased loneliness and social isolation.
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We’ve been shortlisted at the British Diversity Awards for our innovative work with the Black African and Caribbean community on the Iroko project. Iroko has been shortlisted in the ‘Community project of the year’ category for its community-led approach to uncovering inequalities that the Black African and Caribbean communities experience. The project has been delivered in partnership with the community
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Today is International Migrants Day and the Intercultural Cities Programme have themed this year ‘more than a migrant’. We spoke to three residents who have migrated to Kirklees and asked them what they do, why they migrated and what they’ve achieved since living in Kirklees. Cllr Shabir Pandor, Leader of Kirklees Council, said: “Kirklees has always been, and continues to
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