Inclusion update for the built environment and renewables industries
Newsletter 38: Public spaces that work for all, and poor mental health
Constructing Rainbows advises built environment and renewables organisations across the globe who have an aim of making our industry inclusive for all. To find out more visit www.constructingrainbows.co.uk This newsletter will provide you with some updates on what others are doing, within the built environment, renewables and in other industries.
The Scottish Plant Owners Association is pressing the Construction Leadership Council to grasp the nettle of drug and alcohol abuse on construction sites. Companies also need to understand the correlation between drug and alcohol abuse and mental health issues, and look at how they can support employees who are struggling.
Safer Cities: Her Way is a collaborative partnership project between Transport for NSW and Wollongong City Council to improve perceptions of safety for women, girls and gender diverse people when travelling to, through and within public spaces and transport hubs.
The programme includes marking up a map of areas where people feel unsafe and explaining why, alongside some walks and workshops to design solutions.
I would like to see all councils take part in a similar programme.
There is a lack of First Nations representation in Australia's clean energy workforce, as extracted from the Clean Energy Council's new report. 0.8% in the clean energy workforce compared to 3.3% in the Australian population.
In this article Dr Kat Martindale and Alison Broderick discuss how planning public spaces can work for everyone if we consider their needs. Consultation processes that do not exclude, and having a more gender balanced profession would help in the design process.
The UK Government has released guidance for employers on how to measure, report on and address any ethnicity pay differences within their workforce. Although a number of built environment organisations report their ethnicity pay gap this is currently not mandatory.
In a bid to reduce inequalities in some of the UKs largest companies, a group of 15 investors are calling on UK businesses to protect staff from the cost of living crisis by increasing the wages of their lowest paid employees.
A new survey shows that one in four young, LGBTQ+ people feel unable to come out in the workplace, choosing not to be open with co-workers.
What is your organisation doing to ensure young people feel safe being open about their sexual orientation in the workplace? (A clue: the work starts before their first day)
Freehold LGBT+ CIC are once again hosting a fringe event at UKREiiF this year on Wednesday 17th May at Bar Fibre, followed by Viaduct, in the heart of the LGBT+ Quarter in Leeds.
Sponsored by TFT, the drinks reception is in aid of Not A Phase
