As Trump makes his EDI staff redundant and moves to revoke legislation that protects workers from discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin we, at HQN, are moving in the opposite direction.

Our EDI Network will be ramping up activity with a wealth of new briefings, toolkits, case studies, podcasts and best practice groups to help you navigate the current challenges for your communities and organisations.

Below is a rundown of the network’s key resources and events for the first few months of the year. As always, any feedback and ideas are very much appreciated. Please email [email protected] with your suggestions.

• How to diversify your board voices blog from MSV Housing
• Apprenticeships across the sector blog
• A briefing on Sexual Harassment
• An update from Amy Davies, Great Places Housing Group on her Churchill Fellowship research on improving the Housing and Care Experience of Older LGBTQ+ People
• A briefing on Neurodiversity
• A best practice group on Neurodiversity on 25 March 2025
• A blog on ‘Autism and the workplace’
• A briefing on ‘George Floyd – five years on’
• Weekly content focused on LBGTQ+ issues during PRIDE month
• A briefing on the Employment Rights Bill
• We are currently looking for some best practice on deaf awareness and workplace adaptations, please get in touch if you would like to be a part of this.
• We will be looking at how to prepare for the Employment Rights Bill at our best practice group in May  

• Our virtual annual conference takes place on 4 September – if there is anything in particular that you would like to see, please get in touch.
• A refresh of our pay gap toolkit to include race and disability.

We will also be commissioning content and hosting events on:

• Disability pride month
• South Asian Heritage month

We will continue to update our plans, reacting to emerging issues and new government policies throughout the year so keep an eye on the newsletters and the website.