Welcome to our Spring edition of the BeOnBoard newsletter.

We’ve had drama at the Oscars, energy prices going through the roof on April Fool’s Day and we’ve even had some April snow. Well Spring is officially in the air and for us all marks a welcome change as the sun comes out, the flowers bloom and the trees blossom. Here at BeOnBoard, we're embracing the new season by supporting organisations to plant new ideas, nurture new talent and nourish their audiences so we can all improve Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in our region.

On behalf of BeOnBoard, we’d like to say a massive THANK YOU to all the aspiring Trustees of Colour and VCSE organisations who applied for ASPIRE – a pioneering boardroom leadership development programme for People of Colour. As a result of being inundated with a significant number of high-quality applications, we decided to scale up the size of the project from 4 to 5 VCSE organisations and from 8 to 10 Trustees in training. We are looking forward to unveiling the very first cohort in May. You can follow our disruptive adventures in diversity on #AspireBeOnBoard or www.BeOnBoard.co.uk/Aspire

Based on the applications received for Aspire from the VCSE sector in Bristol we can already see that despite 100% of applicants agreeing that ED&I is mission critical, 80% have not yet carried out any ED&I training with its Board of Trustees. This statistic alone indicates the pressing need that exists and is further underpinned by a snapshot of what we’ve learnt about the state of Bristol’s Boardrooms so far.

We'd like to say a massive congratulations to our brilliant BeOnBoard Candidates and shine a light on the organisations that have stepped up to change the face of our region's leadership. So without further ado, join us in a big round of applause for...

Louise deCordova and Louise Goux-Wirth who have joined the board at Watershed...

... Larna Bernard who is embarking on a new chapter at Ad Infinitum theatre company...

... Renée Jacobs who is bringing her expertise to the board of TechSPARK...

... for Domini Harewood, Margaret Simmons-Bird and Priya Kaur who are among the latest governors to join the University of the West of England (UWE).

These are just some of the latest success stories from BeOnBoard and we look forward to bringing you many more soon!

It's five years since the publication of the first Report into the
Ethnic Diversity of UK Boards in 2017 by Sir John Parker and the Parker Review Steering Committee. So what's changed?

At Least One by '21 refers to the goal of every company in the FTSE 100 to have at least one board member from an ethnic minority by the end of 2021. While only 89 companies were able to achieve this by the end of last year, 5 more appointments have since been made meaning that 94% of the FTSE 100 Companies will have achieved their goal by May 2022. Clearly more needs to be done, a point noted in the review itself, but it also highlights the fact that in 2016 only 47% of FTSE 100 companies had people from minority ethnic groups in their Boardrooms. Just 6 years later this number will soon have doubled. 

You can view the full Parker Review HERE

Delivered by BSWN, the Social Enterprise Incubator was created to support aspiring Black and brown organisations with a strong social message. As proud participants in the first cohort BeOnBoard Executive Director Julz Davis said:

“In a supportive and thought-provoking space, this was an excellent programme, that gave me and my team time to do deep dives on reimagining our roadmap. We highly recommend participation as we need a thriving economy of talented and successful Black or Brown entrepreneurs.”

BSWN are now looking for the next set of participants. For more info see Diversity Dates below...

To join our adventures in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

Get in touch if your organisation is looking to promote a role or to find out more about our services

Click on the button below to contact us if you're an aspiring leader looking to register with us as a candidate.

Kind regards,

Julz Davis 

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Executive Director
BeOnBoard - Delivering on Diversity
julz.davis@beonboard.co.uk

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