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Allyship Programme

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Allyship Programme

An allyship programme has been offering training and workshops for businesses that want to improve their knowledge and understand more about the challenges facing women in business. Now the hope is that even more people will sign up to offer key allyship.

  • Partnership with Women Leaders
  • How to retain and progress women in the workplace
  • Chance for businesses to become key allies
  • Bespoke training and online workshops

Overview

The Allyship programme, in partnership with Women Leaders, has been providing bespoke training and online workshops for businesses that wish to improve their knowledge and expand their understanding of the challenges facing, not only women in business but also unconscious bias, those with neurodivergent issues and the challenges facing different cultural minorities in business. The programme is for businesses looking to expand their knowledge and understanding so they can champion their staff, whilst developing their roles as leaders in their organisations. It has been popular with those that have attended but more needs to be done to increase the number of attendees so the programme now offers a shorter overview of key allyship elements online.

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  • Focus on making the city competitive and aspirational place to work

  • Addressing changing business needs, including hybrid working

  • Huge push on recruitment and retention of staff

Partnership/Stakeholder Development

The Stakeholder Development group was created to enable businesses to get together and discuss major issues affecting the area.

  • Key area developers have been engaged throughout the process.

  • Stakeholder Development Group seen as a key group moving forward

  • Allows for discussions on major issues in the BID area

Accreditation/Governance

MyMiltonKeynes is actively pursuing its second accreditation from British BIDs.

  • Accreditation assures levy payers that the BID is a well run and governed by local businesses

  • This award is more challenging than ever to obtain and MyMiltonKeynes is one of only 29 BIDs in the UK that have achieved it.

  • The award also highlights areas of best practice for the BID to further improve and develop its management and communication measures.

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