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What a f a b u l o u s weekend up north! 🌈 ✔ Glasgow Pride ✔Northern Pride ✔Leeds Pride Thank you to all of the members who marched through Glasgow, Newcastle, and Leeds with us to celebrate LGBTQIA+ joy and inclusion in the Built Environment. You were amazing! Big shout out to everyone who cheered us along the routes too! We'd love to see more of your photos, share them in the comments! ❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜

Thank you to all who attended Northern Pride with us today! Thanks too to Daniel Mossman-Clark & Ryder Architecture for hosting the fabulous Pride Breakfast. We stayed dry from rain this year but there might have been some perspiration!

Great weekend celebrating Trans+ joy in Manchester with our friends Sparkle - The National Transgender Charity It costs the charity around £88,000 to run Sparkle Weekend and they work tirelessly to raise that money to keep it free for everyone. We'd like to thank the Building Equality members who contributed financially or with their time to ensure Sparkle could run this year! If you haven't already seen our Greater Manchester Co-Chair Lynne Hamilton giving their speech to the Sparkle crowds, check out our article on the website! https://lnkd.in/ewQKFji6 🩵🤍🩷

We’re so happy to be back at Sparkle Weekend!! Sparkle - The National Transgender Charity 🩵🤍🩷🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

After a short summer break, our Community Spaces program is back! Our next session will be on July 12th at 7am PST/3pm BST. If you want to join reach out to lucy.bradbury@aecom.com.

🌈 On Saturday we celebrated Pride in London! 🌈 We had 46 members from across the built environment sector join us for the Pride parade in London. A big thank you to our London Pride Committee, Hiro Ng, Jess Dunning, Rodrigo Almeida (He, Him, His), Dee Ginty, Vicky Thorburn, Mark Bennett MCIOB AssocRICS and Olivia Parsons for coordinating our involvement and making it such a success! Thank you to everyone who supported us, and also a big thank you to those who donated to support Mermaids charity raising £600! 👏🏳🌈

It's July and we're attending lots of Pride events across the country this month... ❤️ Saturday 13th - Bristol Pride 🧡 Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th - Sparkle Weekend 💛 Wednesday 17th - Leeds Networking Fundraiser 💚 Saturday 20th - Glasgow Pride 💙 Saturday 20th - Northern Pride 💜 Sunday 21st - Leeds Pride 🖤 Saturday 27th - London Trans+ Pride Come join us! 🌈 Find out more on our website - https://lnkd.in/e9egMYXB

🌟 Join us for a night of Networking and Fundraising! 🌟 Building Equality is thrilled to host a special event dedicated to fostering connections and supporting our local trans community. 📅 Date: 17th July 📍 Location: Mott MacDonald Leeds 🕒 Time: 17:30-21:00 Come and enjoy free food and drinks while networking with industry professionals. We have two inspiring speakers sharing their experiences of being trans in the engineering sector, offering valuable insights and fostering a supportive environment: Karen McShane, Director at Kevin McShane Ltd and Immediate Past President of CIHT Pascale Harper, Technical Head of Process Engineering (Water) at AECOM This event is open to everyone working in the construction industry, built environment and property sectors regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. This event is free to attend, with food, alcoholic drinks and soft drinks provided. However, TransLeeds and Leeds Trans Pride will be present and it is greatly appreciated if attendees make donations on the evening. Whether you're looking to expand your professional network, learn more about diversity and inclusion in the workplace, or simply support a great cause, this event is for you. Register your attendance here: https://lnkd.in/e-55PxD3 Any questions, please get in touch with Steven Adams Hope to see you there!