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DEI Insights & Trends in 2025. A WCS | INSIGHTS REPORT Join our Community Actionable Strategies from Practitioners, for Practitioners. Our DEI Insights & Trends in 2025 report shares practical knowledge gathered directly from those at the forefront of DEI work, forecasting how innovation, leadership engagement, global challenges, practitioner wellbeing, and external partners will shape DEI in the year ahead. Download for free Our privacy policy FOLLOW US About WE CREATE SPACE We Create Space is a registered not-for-profit organisation in the UK supporting the LGBTQ+ communities. Any questions? For any more information please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Get in touch

Learn. Connect. Grow. WE CREATE SPACE A queer-led learning platform, community network, and DEI consultancy. We bring people together to learn more about themselves, and each other. Welcome to CSR Our Events Our Services Our Resources Our Collective Our Platform Our solutions - 1 - Our Resources. Recent Articles Get in touch 13 min read REPORTS The Business Case for DEI in 2024. The continued importance of building diversity, equity and inclusion principles into the foundations of any company’s business strategy -... Post not marked as liked 2 min read LEADERSHIP WCS | Recognising 4 Years of Creating Space. Learn how We Create Space is improving the lives of LGBTQ+ people across the globe. Post not marked as liked 3 min read CASE STUDIES WCS x Coventry City Council: LGBTQ+ Talent Development Programme. How we worked with CCC to influence change across the organisation. Post not marked as liked 7 min read LEADERSHIP Creating Space for Queer Women. The importance of creating intersectional spaces for Queer women to share their experiences. Post not marked as liked 3 min read CASE STUDIES Queer Wellbeing: WCS>BCN. We share results from our series of free community wellbeing classes in Barcelona. Post not marked as liked 1 min read IDENTITY Queer Journeys | Shimar Guyo. Hear the story of Shimar Guyo, a trans woman who moved from the Philippines to study and her search for Queer Community in Barcelona. Post not marked as liked 6 min read LEADERSHIP Woman to Woman: Lessons from a Lesbian Executive. Nancy Di Dia on gender equity in the workplace, trans allyship and finding new life in retirement. Post not marked as liked 4 min read CASE STUDIES WCS x JTI: ERG Growth and Community Development. We delve into our partnership with JTI and their WCS Annual Membership. Post not marked as liked 3 min read CASE STUDIES WCS x Garnier: Inclusive Pride Campaign and Advocacy Strategy. We delve into our partnership with global beauty brand Garnier. Post not marked as liked 4 min read ALLYSHIP Inclusive Recruitment: Attracting LGBTQ+ Talent. Thea Bardot explores the importance of inclusive language in recruitment and hiring. Post not marked as liked - 2 - Our Services. Discover our range of bespoke corporate solutions, bringing powerful DEI-led conversations to the heart of your business. Corporate Solutions Get in touch Allyship Programmes Leadership Programmes Resources & Content Talks & Panel Discussions Event Packages Annual Membership Consultancy & Guidance Workshops & Webinars - 3 - Our Community. Follow us on social to receive all our latest free content. - 4 - Our Events . Sign-up to our newsletter to receive all the latest information and updates, including invites to our free events as they get announced. Upcoming Events Get in touch - 5 - Our Collective . Our Global Speaker Collective is comprised of DEI specialists, therapists, certified coaches, consultants, mental health professionals, activists, senior execs, legal experts, and corporate change-makers. Meet our speakers Get in touch - 6 - Our Campus . WCS | Campus is our new digital space where you can connect with other like-minded people from our community - engaging in meaningful discussions, workshops, events and online courses - at a global and local level. Join the Campus Get in touch

To celebrate Trans Awareness Week we're sharing another edition in our series of stories about Queer migration and the unexpected journeys we follow in search of ourselves, and community. Video by Stefan Chavarriaga / Swami Pro A Queer Journey can often take us far from the places we once called home, but it's in the nature of LGBTQIA+ existence that we seek out and build new family wherever we go. Elliot Theodor is a non-binary transgender man, a sports physical therapist, and a professionally trained circus artist. In 2018, Elliot immigrated to Barcelona from Israel in pursuit of freedom from the Middle East. He shares his story of finding community in Barcelona and how transitioning changed his life. While you're here... Did you know we consult with Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke corporate solutions? Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce DEI insights and craft bespoke content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Find out more here . We also organise FREE community events throughout the year! We offer a variety of ways to get involved - both online and in person. This is a great way to network and learn more about others' experiences, through in-depth discussion on an array of topics. You can find out what events we have coming up here . New ones are added all the time, so make sure you sign up to our newsletters  so you can stay up to date!

Bringing Queer perspectives to an international audience at the Festival of Consciousness in Barcelona. This year We Create Space partnered with The Festival of Consciousness in Barcelona to deliver three events as part of the festival's annual programme. The Festival of Consciousness is a non-profit association made up of entities and people who promote the transformation of consciousness in the world through genuine collaboration. They aim to foster human evolution through transformation, knowledge, discernment, and self-exploration. Aligned with our mission to Learn, Connect and Grow, we crafted our events for FoC with the aim of exposing their audience to the new ideas and fresh perspectives that our Queer lens can provide - an approach we have honed through our events and consultancy work with over 180 businesses across the globe . WCS CEO and Founder Michael Stephens delivered an inspiringly candid and vulnerable talk, sharing his own story of burnout after years of climbing the corporate ladder and how this experience led to him changing career paths to champion wellbeing and self-leadership for the Queer Community. We also brought two WCS staples to FoC in the form of a Queer Speed Networking event and an invigorating panel discussion on the business of inclusion featuring speakers from our global speaker collective. We Create Space x Festival of Consciousness Conversation with  Michael Stephens   | Inspiring Dome Queer Speed Networking hosted by   Sevi Koppe  | Connection Dome Business Stage Panel: The business of Inclusion facilitated by  Sanjukta Moorthy . In conversation with  Lotus Smits ,  Shimar Guyo  and  Kevin Hawkins  | Smash Dome Photos by Emiliano Del Piccolo While you're here... Did you know we consult with Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke corporate solutions? Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce DEI insights and craft bespoke content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Find out more here . We also organise FREE community events throughout the year! We offer a variety of ways to get involved - both online and in person. This is a great way to network and learn more about others' experiences, through in-depth discussion on an array of topics. You can find out what events we have coming up here . New ones are added all the time, so make sure you sign up to our newsletter so you can stay up to date!

Building connections amongst LGBTQ+ community memners and allies at the Barcelona Expat Life Job Fair. This year We Create Space was invited to participate in the 10th edition of Barcelona Job Fair by Mirjam Maarleveld , founder of Barcelona Expat Life , with the goal to bring more diversity and inclusion to the job fair event. The job fair welcomes over 1500 attendees each year and helps connect expats with leading companies, explore job opportunities, and get valuable advice on topics like relocation and professional development. This year it was held at The Social Hub Barcelona in Poblenou. Aligned with our mission to Learn, Connect and Grow, we crafted a new unique version of our Queer Speed Networking event series, allowing LGBTQ+ professionals and allies to better connect with each other. We welcomed WCS Programme Director and wellbeing coach Ora Özer to open the session, where they taught participants about active listening and how to be open minded and attentive even in the fast pace of a speed networking session. Ora offered a grounding session and then participants had an hour of speed networking where they could exchange information and build new connections.   Photos by Kiana Maria While you're here... Did you know we consult with Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke corporate solutions? Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce DEI insights and craft bespoke content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Find out more here . We also organise FREE community events throughout the year! We offer a variety of ways to get involved - both online and in person. This is a great way to network and learn more about others' experiences, through in-depth discussion on an array of topics. You can find out what events we have coming up here . New ones are added all the time, so make sure you sign up to our newsletter so you can stay up to date!