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About US
Welcome to Devon Diversity Consultants. We are a diverse group of local trainers, facilitators and consultants with over 40 years combined experience in supporting organisations with their equality and diversity need. Together we can come to your organisation or group and help you move forward and respond to the changing local climate.
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DDC was set up by Sandhya Dave, Ghee Bowman and Dave Samuels in 2020 in response to the #BlackLivesMatter movement, bringing together three practitioners with a wealth of experience in equality and diversity, education and history.
Inclusivity leads to greater productivity.
The data shows that organisations that are diverse are more effective. In 2021 leaders who can create and sustain environments that are inclusive and safe of marginalised people benefit in many ways. They have happier more productive teams, engage better with their audience and achieve higher returns. We support your organisation through a number of services, learn from the best examples of diversity and inclusion today .
Diverse organisations are successful organisations.
Through consultations, audits, mentoring and guidance we can support your organisation to address the needs of its stakeholders, both internal and external in order to achieve success.
Improve the wellbeing of your Staff of diverse backgrounds and service users.
Address and challenge disparity and discrimination.
Address gaps in your knowledge on equality, diversity and anti-racism.
To ally itself with issues of ethics and justice, to be on the right side of history.
Our Team
We comprise of a founding team of leading diversity consultants and trainers, and exists within a wider community of practitioners. Discover our associate members here.
Our Services
We will work with you to design a bespoke package of training, mentoring, guidance and strategy development in order to meet your organisations equality, diversity and Inclusion needs.
Training & Facilitation
We offer bespoke training according to your organisations identified needs.
Audit & Strategy
We carry out a comprehensive assessment of your organisations current equality, diversity and inclusion practise. Supporting you to identify opportunities for improvement.
Mentoring & Empowerment
Working with leaders and staff of different ethnicities to support them to identify and fully develop the strengths and skills of each diverse individual.
Wellbeing & Guidance
Happy staff are productive staff! We offer facilitated spaces and workshops in mindfulness and body wellbeing, in order to build resilient teams.
Client Testimonials
We help our clients to drive change that makes their organisations more effective and inclusive of all of their stakeholders.
"Devon Development Education is a wonderful asset to our area, amplifying the stories and messages from Black, Asian and minority ethnic people.
I have been working with DDE on events for Windrush Day and Black History Month. They have strong connections with communities and can draw on this rich network of contacts for events which are always well organised and highly enjoyable – even online. They are able to explore more difficult subjects, such as systemic racism and slavery, in a non-confrontational and informative way. I felt overwhelmed by the frustration and anger of the rising Black Lives Matter movement and I engaged Sandhya Dave, DDE Cultural Champions Co-ordinator, as a mentor to help me explore the challenges on a deeper level, test my understanding and response, and find confidence and resilience to support the movement from ‘within the system’. Sandhya is also working with the County Council on a Race Equality Audit between January and July 2021 and I know she will be a great asset to the audit team."
Jo Hooper, Corporate Equality Officer.
Devon County Council. January 2021
Contact Us
You are welcome to contact us by emailing devondiversityconsultants@gmail.com today