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What is National Inclusion Week®?

Founded by Inclusive Employers in 2013, National Inclusion Week® (NIW) is an yearly event dedicated to celebrating inclusion and taking action to build inclusive workplaces. What began as a small initiative for our Members—with less than 100 participants—has grown significantly. In 2024, there was over 10,000 individuals taking part, showing the increasing importance of inclusion in today’s workplaces.

National Inclusion Week® offers an opportunity to spark conversations and inspire thinking about inclusion across your organisation. It serves as a platform for discussion, generating ideas, or launching new initiatives. Many organisations use the week to showcase their ongoing inclusion efforts or as a springboard for new projects.

Each year, we introduce a theme accompanied by a toolkit and events designed to help shape and enrich your internal celebrations.

In 2025, National Inclusion Week® will take place from 15th–21st September. 

You can now register to hear about important updates such as when we open up registrations:

Register for National Inclusion Week® alerts

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You can still get the free 2024 toolkit, for a limited time only

There is still time to sign-up for this year’s National Inclusion Week® to receive the free inclusion toolkit. Support your inclusion journey by instantly accessing quality inclusion resources to inspire, inform and make an impact that matters.

The toolkit contains:

  • Inclusion champion 20-question assessment
  • Business case for inclusion guide
  • Embedding inclusion and implementing change guide
  • 6 Steps to be an inclusive colleague infographic – printable as a poster!
  • And more!
Register now to access the toolkit

Join one of our inclusion and diversity webinars

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January 7 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Member Community Event – 7 January
Our Member Community Events are aimed at Inclusive Employers members who are Inclusion and People Professionals who are actively working in this...
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January 8 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Member Community Event – 8 January
Our Member Community Events are aimed at Inclusive Employers members who are Inclusion and People Professionals who are actively working in this...
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January 14 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Engage – Setting the scene for Inclusion
This series of panel events will help to guide and inspire you on your inclusion journey and is perfect for all organisations, regardless of which...
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January 15 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Prepare for 2025: Free EDI Insights Webinar
As we navigate an ever-changing EDI landscape, marked by increasing scrutiny and shifting rhetoric, it’s vital for HR and EDI leaders to stay ahead...
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About Inclusive Employers

Established in 2011, Inclusive Employers are experts on workplace inclusion. We are the first and leading membership organisation for employers who are committed to prioritising inclusion and creating truly inclusive workplaces. In inclusive workplaces all employees are valued and contribute towards the success of their organisation.

We launched National Inclusion Week® in 2013 to give organisations the opportunity to celebrate inclusion and place focus on their inclusion and diversity agendas.

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Join for free

Anyone can join National Inclusion Week® for free and access our starter kit containing:

  • The business case for inclusion guide
  • Inclusion champion self-assessment
  • Editable press release and details about the theme
  • NIW Logos and branding
  • Printable assets such as bunting and posters

You are also welcome to register to our free events!

Join as a free registrant
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Upgrade to a full supporter

Benefit from an enhanced range of support materials to help you plan and deliver an engaging, successful National Inclusion Week®.

The full toolkit gives you access to our premium content:

  • The ‘Impact Matters’ guide that details how to make the most impact as an inclusive employer with a step-by-step guide on making an impact plan and how to make the most out of National Inclusion Week®
  • The National Inclusion Week® 2024 quiz that can be utilised organisation wide by allowing everyone to participate in inclusion with eye-opening stats and pop-culture references as questions
  • On-demand webinar, Inclusion Voices: through lived experience and storytelling webinar with complementary worksheet that can be used by teams and individuals alike
  • An exclusive supporter logo to demonstrate your commitment to inclusion

 

£350 per organisation
Join as a full supporter

If you are an Inclusive Employers member please log in to gain full access for free.

“For us, National Inclusion Week gave us the perfect springboard to move the conversation about D&I from being among an engaged few champions to a broader audience.”

“National Inclusion Week is a great opportunity to put inclusion on the table (even more so than it already is) for discussion and sparking thoughts and actions in others.”

“National Inclusion Week gave us a great platform to bring lots of our inclusion activity and colleagues together in a unique way. The overwhelmingly positive feedback proved it was all worth it!”

“We hope to use the momentum to engage every employee so they understand the importance of inclusion and how they can make it an integral part of our culture.”