A revolutionary programme designed to ignite the capability and confidence of individual board members, while also enhancing the effectiveness of both the board and the organisation as a whole.
Inspiring and empowering people, promoting equality, diversity and opportunity for all.
While EDI policies play an important role in setting guidelines and expectations and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, EDI strategies go beyond this to foster EDI on a much broader scale.
HDN supports organisations, individuals, and communities in addressing inequality and embracing diversity through training, consultancy and mentoring.
HDN’s Mentoring programmes can contribute to a wide range of organisational strategies and objectives around learning and development, diversity, inclusion and talent management.
HDN's Board Trainee Programme attracts diverse talent from non-traditional backgrounds, fostering a pipeline of talent for diverse board positions through a two-year development scheme.
Our Board Excellence Programme helps new and potential Board members to develop their expertise and strategic thinking around current challenges, risk and regulatory requirements.
HDN specialises in providing in-house training on topics relating to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). Our training is specifically designed with housing professionals in mind, and can be delivered for organisations of any size.
Our highly skilled and specialist Associates can provide customized and comprehensive support to your organisation.
Diversity Network Accreditation (DNA) is a forward-thinking outcome-based accreditation framework which provides an independent, robust, and comprehensive assessment of how your organisation is engaging with equality, diversity, and inclusion.
At HDN we aim to share best practice to support those working to address inequality and celebrate diversity. We provide members with a wide range of resources, webinars and information about good practice.
19/04/2024
A big thank you to everyone who joined us in Leeds yesterday for our Board Diversity Conference and to all our wonderful speakers. It was a fantastic day, with many attendees recognising how valuable they found taking time out from the boardroom or day job, giving themselves the space to think about the topics covered, […]
26/02/2024
By Caithlin Knox, Membership Services Co-ordinator, Housing Diversity Network Hello to all! It’s an exciting time for me and I’m eager to gradually get to know everyone – I have joined the team as the new Membership Services Co-ordinator, with a focus for membership retention and growth. Before joining HDN, my journey for the past […]
22/02/2024
In recent weeks people have been asking us here at Housing Diversity Network to comment on or ‘call out’ individuals or organisations when something goes wrong or poor services are highlighted and racism is factor. Whether it’s social media posts by high profile figures, incidents of discrimination in the workplace, racial profiling, or the highlighting […]
Melika Lewis
The mentoring programme helped me to develop effective communication skills as Connor acted as a role model and displayed desired behaviours in which I have adapted into role and everyday life. The programme aided me in developing my confidence, becoming more assertive to challenging complex situations and expanded my professional network.
Mahara Haque
I'm a lot more confident in my ability as a Board Member now, than I was 18 months ago when I was starting this journey. I think a massive part of that was the mentoring I had as part of the programme. My mentor was a 'rock' throughout the whole process and we still meet up, beyond the HDN programme. They've been great at helping me - by discussing issues and working through things together - they've been amazing. My Strengthscope feedback was really good and there is so much content in the programme. Overall, I've taken a lot out of the Board Excellence Programme.
Very informative and provided some new perspectives and actions on how to make further improvements
A great day! A sensitive subject well facilitated making participants feel at ease and able to engage
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