The Inclusive Workplace Conference
We are thrilled to align The Inclusive Workplace Conference into Health & Wellbeing at Work.
This new partnership reinforces our drive and dedication to continue improving workplace health, wellbeing and culture while fostering diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI.) HR and DEI professionals can look forward to engaging, thought-provoking, and interactive sessions during the event on 11-12 March 2025. For 2026, we are delighted to be co-located with this renowned event, creating a powerhouse platform for advancing workplace health, wellbeing, inclusion, and diversity.
Inclusive Workplace Conference Workshop and World Café Session
As a leader in a people or DEI role, we would like to invite you to join these sessions:
DEI at a Crossroads: The Future of Inclusion in the UK
11:30-12:10 | 11 March 2025
This fireside chat session will examine the shifting landscape of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Experts will discuss policy impacts, the renewed business case for DEI, evolving public and corporate perspectives and forward-thinking strategies for maintaining inclusive practices. Join us for practical takeaways to help navigate DEI challenges and drive sustainable inclusion efforts in an uncertain future.
Building Inclusive Workplaces: Conversations for Change
15:00-17.00 | 11 March 2025
This interactive World Café session will provide participants with a dynamic space to explore key aspects of workplace inclusion. Over two hours, attendees will rotate between themed tables every 20 minutes, engaging in guided discussions on critical topics such as inclusive leadership, cultural intelligence, creating equitable opportunities, the role of Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) and the future of DEI. Facilitators will capture key insights, enabling a collective reflection at the end of the session. This collaborative format encourages knowledge sharing, practical solutions, and meaningful connections to drive real change in workplace inclusion.
Below are the sessions we have hand-picked to help you plan your time:
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- Best Place to Work
The session aims to highlight the importance of organisational fairness for employee health and wellbeing, and the special role that a line manager has in promoting organisational fairness in every day practice.
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- Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
In this session, Dr Tehrani will focus on managing work-related anxiety, burnout, and stress in the workplace. She will offer insights into how organisations can implement strategies for workload mana ...
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- Health and Conditions
With someone hearing the words “You have cancer” every 90 seconds in the UK cancer touches so many of us. Join us for a heart-centered session on how to support colleagues facing cancer. In this sessi ...
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- Culture, Values and Engagement
This session considers the benefits of a multigenerational workforce. It will consider the changing needs of people as they age. We will be looking at best practice that both recruits and retains work ...
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- Best Place to Work
There is currently much concern about workplace health and well-being yet the practices and policies deployed in organizations to tackle these issues do not seem to be effective. The main reason for this is that HR (and other functions) do not adopt an evidence-based approach. This session will: 1. Describe the origins of evidence-based HR 2. Discuss its three main principles and their purpose 3. Outline a model of evidence-based HR 4. Apply this model to a workplace well-being issue 5. Consider the main barriers to evidence-based HR and how these can be overcome.
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- Future of Work
This session draws on key findings from the Pissarides Review into the Future of Work and Wellbeing. It will explore how technology is transforming the skills required for modern jobs, examine its imp ...
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- Health and Conditions
What if there's a silver lining to periods, PMDD, and menopause—untapped superpowers we've been missing at work? What if understanding hormones is the key to unlocking your team's hidden potential? Th ...
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40 mins
- Best Place to Work
It's time to rediscover job design as a strategic HR tool. We've lost the art of good job design in HR and across organisations. Too many roles today are rigid and standardised, failing to harness the full potential of our diverse workforce. This has led to disengagement, diminished wellbeing, and suboptimal performance. By empowering employees to personalise their work through concepts such as SMART work design and job crafting, we can reignite intrinsic motivation, boost wellbeing, and unlock a new era of performance. What we'll share: 1) Actionable ideas and insights about good work design principles 2) Agile alternatives to traditional job descriptions such as the Job Canvas 3) Practical ways to foster personalisation at work through concepts such as job crafting. The session will be evidence informed, insight rich and full of practical examples. And fun.
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30 mins
- Future of Work
The Commission for Healthier Working Lives’ interim report outlined a new approach to workforce health and the need for a long-term approach to address the health challenges of the working-age population. Christopher Rocks and Dame Carol Black will set out the latest thinking from the Commission about what government, employers and others can do to help ensure a healthier workforce.
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- Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
The term suicide postvention refers to the actions taken by an organisation to provide effective support in a sensitive manner after a death by suicide. It aims to promote recovery and prevent further ...
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- Culture, Values and Engagement
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- Health and Conditions
During the session Raffaela will outline best practice for helping support your colleagues who have experienced pregnancy loss, difficult pregnancies and premature births. You will hear evidence about the business case for change, and hear the story behind the national baby loss policy that was launched to 1.7 million NHS employees in March 2024. You will also hear about best practice for supporting parents of premature babies and the positive impact these ‘heart led’ policies have on morale, retention and the well being of your workforce. The session will also give a brief overview of the Government Review in to Miscarriage and give an update on the potential miscarriage leave legislation being proposed for all employers. This session will centre on pregnancy and loss, and so may be triggering for people attending. Please consider whether you feel ok about this before booking on the session. If you need support, please consider visiting Tommys.org for confidential advice.
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- Musculoskeletal Health
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- Future of Work
This session will explore the systemic factors that contribute to workplace wellbeing and health; and how to create the right conditions for sustainable high performance. We’ll discuss how to create a ...Speakers -
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- Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
Join our panel of leading mental health experts in conversation as they discuss this priority focus area of workplace health and wellbeing. You’ll have the opportunity to ask the experts your own ques ...
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- Culture, Values and Engagement
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- Health and Conditions
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- Best Place to Work
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- Best Place to Work
This session will share the successes and challenges of Aviva's DEI strategy.
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30 mins
- Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
This session will cover the current scientific view of what moral injury is and how it may affect workers' mental health. Evidence based recommendations as to how to mitigate the impact of potentially ...
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30 mins
- Culture, Values and Engagement
How to create the right environment for individuals to feel safe and well in work from research to practice. Supporting engaging leaders to create engaged teams.
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- Best Place to Work
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- Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
This presentation will focus on recent research findings related to the mental and emotional wellbeing of home workers particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The presentation, including evidence r ... -
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- Health and Conditions
The focus is on developing a deeper understanding of the phrase ‘I might look well but I don’t feel well’ and what it feels like to live and work with a long term condition. A discussion will be had a ...
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- Culture, Values and Engagement
This session examines how organisations can go beyond surface-level diversity efforts and really embed inclusive practices into their culture, backed by measurable outcomes and data.
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- Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
The psychological contract has become increasingly fragile in today’s fast-changing work environment. Recent studies show that between 50-60% of employees across various sectors report feeling that th ... -
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- Neurodiversity
This session is aimed at both individuals and organisations and is focused on creating a shared understanding of supporting wellbeing of neurodivergent individuals in the workplace. We will consider the ways in which neurodivergence can impact on people in their work, and how we can develop and promote self-care strategies. We will consider factors in the work environment, as well as ways in which managers and leaders can be more neuro-inclusive around wellbeing support. We will also consider the benefits of coaching support for neurodivergent individuals around wellbeing.
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- Management and Leadership
This session will equip leaders with practical strategies to drive engagement and belonging through inclusive practices. Delegates will gain actionable insights to establish credibility, deliver measurable outcomes, and implement sustainable inclusion practices. This session provides leaders with the tools to create a thriving and inclusive workplace.
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- Neurodiversity
Creating ND-friendly Workplaces • What are the key barriers to neuroinclusion in everyday worklife? • Creating a neuroinclusive workplace by establishing neurodiversity-friendly people processes • Tip ...
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- Management and Leadership
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- Culture, Values and Engagement
A grounded framework for how teams truly engage, that managers can put into place tomorrow.
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- Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
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- Health and Conditions
With an estimated 2.8 million people out of work, chronic sickness is becoming a chronic problem in the workplace. Or is it? With 1 in 4 in the UK living with one or more chronic conditions, is it tim ...
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