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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. 

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Join one of our inclusion and diversity webinars

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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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January 22 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
EDI Strategy – Getting The Basics Right
This webinar lays the groundwork for creating a robust Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) strategy. Participants will explore the fundamental...
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February 4 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Member Community Event – 4 February 2025
Preparing for CSRD Disclosure (ESG): In this member-only event, we will discuss how to prepare for Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
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February 5 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Member Community Event – 5 February 2025
Preparing for CSRD Disclosure (ESG): In this member-only event, we will discuss how to prepare for Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
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February 11 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Ethnicity Pay Gaps – Where To Start?
This webinar provides a practical guide to addressing the ethnicity pay gap within organisations. We’ll explore what the ethnicity pay gap is, why...
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March 31 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Transgender Day of Visibility 2025
This webinar will mark Transgender Day of Visibility 2025 by focusing on raising awareness and celebrating the lives and achievements of transgender...
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April 1 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Member Community Event – 1 April 2025
Topic TBC: These sessions are aimed at Inclusive Employers Members who are inclusion and people professionals who are actively working in this space...
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April 2 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Member Community Event – 2 April 2025
Topic TBC. These sessions are aimed at Inclusive Employers Members who are inclusion and people professionals who are actively working in this space...
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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.

“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.”