A series of free Pride talks have been organised by Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service to run alongside a series of events throughout August.

As advertised in our What's On page, the #RainbowWednesdays talks will feature a variety of speakers and be held on every Wednesday of the month.

Run in conjunction with Warwickshire Pride, the talks will form part of a month of pride activities with the virtual festival taking place on Saturday, August 21.

Each talk will be inclusive and will last 90 minutes including time for questions from the audience.

The aim of these talks is to explore important topics affecting LGBTQ people and to provide an opportunity to hear diverse perspectives.

Each talk will start at 6.30pm.

The talks will be on four topics as follows:

• Angela Dunne, Senior Customer Service Assistant, from Warwickshire County Council & 1 Other will speak about Pronouns - he/she/they on 4 August.

• Imran Dean, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Officer for WFRS & Dan Brown from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service will speak about LGBTQ Allies in the Workplace on 11 August.

• Dan Brown & Rachel Salmon, Inclusion Officer from Derbyshire Fire & Rescue will speak about LGBTQ Discrimination and Microaggression on 18 August.

• Joanna Kemp PhD, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisor from Warwickshire County Council & 1 Other will speak about Terminology - appropriate or inappropriate on 25 August.

Chief fire officer for Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service, Ben Brook, said: "Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service wants to create an environment where everyone feels like they belong and can contribute. I'm pleased that we can talk openly about these important issues that affect people across the county.

"We are committed to further improving equality, diversity and inclusion efforts for our service and creating an environment where our staff can bring their whole selves to work and where they can understand issues that are faced across all of our community so that they are best placed to address them effectively."

You can sign-up for free to register your attendance through this link

For more local events, follow this link to our What's On page!

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