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Bridge to the City programme
International Women’s Day
On 8 March we celebrated International Women’s Day, an important day around the world where we mark the many achievements of women throughout history and in the present day. It also allows for a collective call to action for the acceleration of gender parity. T his year’s theme was Break the Bias. To mark the day, a number of colleagues across our firm who are involved in diversity and inclusion initiatives were asked to share their views on how we can address the biases that might hold us back. You can watch the film, introduced by Carolena Gordon, on this page. We also held a number of events across the firm, including panel discussion with clients and thought provoking webinars.
In February, the firm welcomed 30 students from less advanataged socioeconomic backgrounds to participate in our programme, Bridge to the City. T his programme is targeted at students who come from underrepresented backgrounds, and offers them their first experience of life in a city firm. We offered a week of workshops and sessions which improve education around employment and tackling the barriers that these students may face in the future. We are welcoming these students back to the firm in May to provide further experience, shadowing a variety of fee-earning teams and business service colleagues.
quest for diversity and inclusion and it is vital that we continue to engage with the Break the Bias theme throughout this year. Please contact inclusion.matters@ clydeco.com to find out how you can get involved.
Watch the recordings of the events here
If you want to learn more about how to get involved in the scheme, please email thomas. hogan@clydeco.com.
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