Diverse Leaders

03 December 2024

Diverse Leaders Networking: for people that create safe and welcoming spaces in our city and in our workplaces

NLA Head of Learning, Grace Simmonds reflects on the recent Diverse Leaders networking event hosted at The London Centre where we heard updates on the Diverse Leaders Pledge.

Diverse Leaders, Enabling Communities

05 November 2024

Power to the people

NLA’s Connie Hatt meets Diane Foster, Director of A Space for Us to discuss the struggle to protect working-class heritage amid the drive for development in central London.

Diverse Leaders

09 April 2024

Diverse Leaders Steering Group Summary

The Diverse Leaders Steering Group met on 27 March for our first meeting of 2024 with new diversity and disability champions from across NLA’s community joining the fold.

Diverse Leaders

30 October 2023

The inaugural cohort of Future of London’s Emerging Talent Programme have graduated!

Two weeks ago, our first cohort of the Emerging Talent Programme (ETP) graduated. ETP increases access to the built environment sector for individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Diverse Leaders

31 July 2023

The Silent Taboo – Later Living In South Asian Communities

Priya Aggarwal-Shah of BAME in Property and Bhavini Shah of Montagu Evans reflect on our latest event discussing cultural diversity in retirement living.

Diverse Leaders

27 July 2023

It’s time for the industry to change – this is how it can start

An industry that fails to reflect the people it serves will quickly become irrelevant. How can we meet the needs of users with a blinkered perspective? Design Can write.

Diverse Leaders

13 June 2023

Deaf Architecture Front

Christopher Laing, Founder of Deaf Architecture Front takes us through the platform and collective, focusing on activism, consulting, research, and the creation of open-source resources.

Diverse Leaders

02 May 2023

Race, rabbit-holes and research

Marsha Ramroop, Executive Director EDI of Building People CIC, reflects on the need for inclusive behaviours as part of our Diverse Leaders programme.

Diverse Leaders

31 March 2023

Benchmarking real estate’s DEI performance

Sue Brown delves into Real Estate Balance's 2022 survey – the most comprehensive study of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the property industry.

Diverse Leaders

22 February 2023

Diverse Leaders Committee

Who are the next generation of industry leaders driving our built environment? Dipa Joshi reflects from the latest Diverse Leaders Meeting discussing EDI considerations across the industry.

Diverse Leaders

05 January 2023

Diverse Leaders

Julian Jarrett, Trowers & Hamlins, reflects on the latest Diverse Leaders Programme meeting as they discussed key objectives and the current Action Plan.

Diverse Leaders

29 March 2022

Building People

Eliza White of Building People talks through the platform that aggregates careers opportunities from built environment organisations.

Diverse Leaders

21 February 2022

Mentoring Circle cosponsor Diverse Leaders Pledge

We’re pleased to have Mentoring Circle join our group of cosponsors for the Diverse Leaders Pledge, Vanessa Murray shares a bit about the scheme, how you can get involved and find out more.

Diverse Leaders

21 January 2022

Industry Leadership

Amos Simbo of Black Professionals in Construction writes for NLA on what It takes to lead and change the construction industry.

Diverse Leaders

14 January 2022

Looking back in order to move forward

Monica von Schmalensee of White Arkitekter responds to last year's 'Gendered Landscapes: equity in the public realm' webinar

Diverse Leaders

26 October 2021

Diversity is a fact: inclusion is an act

NLA director Benjamin O’Connor shares a personal view on diversity issues and the measures being undertaken in-house to try to tackle them

Diverse Leaders

25 October 2021

Join leading industry figures in signing the Diverse Leaders Pledge

A year on since NLA invited the built environment to sign the Diverse Leaders Pledge - we take a deep dive into the pledge and update on the actions undertaken so far.

Diverse Leaders

25 October 2021

Future of London’s Emerging Talent Programme – taking definite action on diversity

Michael Nathan of Future of London discusses FoL's exciting new Emerging Talent Programme.

Diverse Leaders

20 August 2021

Five minutes with...Sally Lewis

David Taylor catches up with Sally Lewis, director of Stitch Architects as she prepares to launch a new scholarship for architecture students aimed at addressing the built environment’s poor record on...

Diverse Leaders

19 July 2021

NLA prepares ground for diversity research

Think Tank hears 25 companies have signed up to NLA Diverse Leaders Pledge – but encouraging more success stories to be told may hold the key

Diverse Leaders

28 May 2021

Improving public spaces: women in planning

The worrying incidence of abduction – and tragically, assault and murder - of women from our streets has revived the debate on how to improve public spaces. Chaired by Nicola Mathers (Future of London...

Diverse Leaders

15 April 2021

Future of London: Growing the diversity of your teams

Future of London is looking for hosts for its fast-track London wide BAME leadership programme.

Diverse Leaders

18 March 2021

Time to level the playing field, say female architects

A group of female architects got together last week to share their experiences and expose the barriers that are preventing more women of diverse backgrounds and ethnicities from progressing in the bui...

Diverse Leaders

10 December 2020

NLA Diverse Leaders Pledge - Women in Property

Women in Property is a multi-discipline membership organisation for women working in the built environment which has recently signed up as one of sixteen co-sponsors of the NLA Diverse Leaders Pledge....

Diverse Leaders

04 December 2020

Five minutes with… Holly Lewis, co-founding partner, We Made That

David Taylor catches up with We Made That’s Holly Lewis to talk about RE-SET-GO, a new work experience initiative she has helped set up that aims to diversify the architecture industry focused on Blac...

Diverse Leaders

27 November 2020

Joining the dots across equality, diversity and inclusion in the built environment

Building People is crowdfunding to continue their work joining the dots across the many organisations and initiatives that work with diverse and under-represented communities in the built environment....

Diverse Leaders

29 October 2020

Urbanist Platform x NLA: Interview with Assistant Director Alexander Smith

To conclude our Black History Month campaign, we are pleased to share the thoughts of Assistant Director at Deloitte UK, Alexander Smith who sat down for a chat with Urbanist Platform Founder, CJ Obi....

Diverse Leaders

15 October 2020

Breaking down bias

The built environment sector should take the lead of Legal & General in challenging the FTSE100 companies over diversity issues – or lose out financially if they fail to act. But it must also be hones...

Diverse Leaders

28 September 2020

Urbanist Platform x NLA: Black History Month Collaboration

Urbanist Platform will be celebrating Black History month by sharing inspiring stories from an array of built environment professionals and changemakers.