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Inspiring Diversity in Property
EDI Features
Latest Diversity articles
To help mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, AbilityRE executive committee members Rosie Hart and Vivek Menon explain the benefits of a neurodivergent property workforce.
Paying attention to people from all backgrounds and their needs is key to creating a more inclusive industry.
Participants in Property Week’s recent Inspiring Diversity in Property roundtable explored a range of strategies the industry could adopt to make its staff more diverse.
Real estate is still in the foothills of significant change when it comes to supporting female talent, but better-balanced leadership can help create a more resilient, representative industry for the future.
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Inspiring Diversity in Property: Taking the Pledge
EDI Case Studies
Building inclusion beyond Black History Month at Savills
As the UK marks Black History Month, conversations around equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the property industry continue to gain momentum.
CBRE’s EDI lead James Brandon on the firm’s stance on gender equality
Plenty of firms in property are working hard to change the description of the sector as ‘male, pale and stale’, and CBRE stands out as a notable example, having re...
Cultural shift around diversity and inclusion at Barratt Redrow
Given the amount of press coverage over the backlash against corporate diversity initiatives on the other side of the Atlantic, you could be forgiven for assuming that diversi...
On the REIT track: SEGRO’s diversity journey picks up speed
Despite being the UK’s largest property REIT with a market capitalisation of around £9.5bn, SEGRO employs just 460 people, according to its last annual report, spr...
EDI Case Studies: Gerald Eve’s Helen Foley on what property can learn from other sectors on diversity
In its gender and ethnicity pay gap report for the year to March 2022, real estate advisory firm Gerald Eve neatly illustrates one of the ongoing challenges the whole pro...
EDI Case Studies: Grosvenor Property UK’s Anne Sloper on the visibility of property as a career
The lack of visibility of property as a sector – and as a tangible career option – within schools, colleges and even universities is a key barrier hindering greate...
EDI Case Studies: The Hill Group’s Victoria Anthony on diversity in construction
The idea that modern-day construction sites are awash with unreconstructed ‘white van man’ brickies is, of course, a stereotypical cliché. But, like all cli...
EDI Case Studies: Savills’ Noel McGonigle and Chanelle Gray on EDI representatives
With some 8,000 employees in the UK, real estate services giant Savills last year made a very public statement of intent around equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) by appoin...
Networks and Groups
AbilityRE (Associate Partner)
AbilityRE is a free-to-join support network for individuals with a disability, neurodiversity, mental ill health or long-term health condition working within the real estate and built environment sectors.
Barratt Redrow (Agenda Partner)
Barratt Redrow is the UK’s biggest residential developer, operating under four brands.
Freehold (Associate Partner)
Freehold is a leading networking forum for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender real estate professionals and allies working within the real estate sector.
The Deaf Architecture Front
The Deaf Architecture Front exists to build a bridge between the deaf community and the architecture industry, to encourage more deaf people into the sector, ensuring that the deaf community has a larger stake in the development of the built environment.
Women in Estate Agency
Women in Estate Agency is an organisation devoted to helping women succeed in the estate agency sector.
The Association of Muslim Surveyors
The Association of Muslim Surveyors Initiative for Muslims and Non-Muslins is a personal and professional development platform founded by Sarah Chaudhry, who has worked in corporate real estate for 30 years.
PREACH Inclusion
PREACH Inclusion became the new brand for BAME in Property in April 2024, to reflect its increasing support for greater intersectional inclusivity.
Mentoring Circle
Mentoring Circle is a UK Real Estate industry initiative established to increase and promote female talent retention in the built environment through mentoring, networking, and leadership development.
BPIC Network
BPIC Network is a built environment inclusion network that collaborates with industry organisations to increase ethnic minority representation and retention. It provides inclusion guidance, career opportunities, training, and networking events tailored to those currently working and aspiring to work in the industry.
British Property Federation (Associate Partner)
From the homes we live in, to the spaces where we learn, work and relax, property is an essential part of modern life.
London Property Alliance (Associate Partner)
London Property Alliance is the joint name for City Property Association (CPA) and Westminster Property Association (WPA): two not-for-profit membership bodies that represent and advocate for more than 400 companies.
Real Estate Balance (Associate Partner)
Real Estate Balance is a membership organisation working to improve equality, diversity and inclusion in the real estate industry.
Women in Property (Associate Partner)
Women in Property (WiP) is a 1,500 strong, national membership organisation, formed in 1987 when a woman working in the industry was a rarity.
Black Women in Real Estate (Associate Partner)
Black Women in Real Estate (BWRE) enables Black Women to be seen, heard and grow in the Real Estate industry.
PREACH (associate partner)
At PREACH Inclusion we’re on a mission to help you make your organisation more diverse and inclusive.