Inclusive Employers Meet Our Inclusive Sport Team
We have a dedicated team of consultants with experience working within the sport, physical activity and leisure sectors to build inclusive cultures as well as a much wider team of inclusion experts that we can draw from
Find out more, below.
Michelle Daltry
Head of Service – Sport
Michelle was formerly the Partnership Manager for Disability Sport Wales a post that she held for over 19 years.
As an Inclusion and Diversity specialist within the field of sport and physical activity, Michelle is passionate about supporting the sector to address inequalities within the workplace and out in the field of play.
Michelle was formerly the Chair of the Welsh Wheelchair Rugby Association and is chair of LGBT+ Sport Cymru and a Co-Founder of the UK LGBTIQ+ Sport Alliance. She is also the Welsh Lead for the International Football V Homophobia Campaign.
Michelle is an ex-hockey international and has represented Wales at a Commonwealth Games.
“With Michelle having a sport background, she kind of gets the space that you’re working in. I think you can feel quite nervous talking about inclusion, but Michelle’s got a knack, has a nice touch of humour, which helps to create that comfort.”
Olivia Banton
Senior Inclusion and Diversity Consultant – Sport
Olivia is an experienced I&D practitioner with a background in academic research. Olivia is a published author, with articles in high-impact, peer-reviewed scientific journals. Her research addresses contemporary social problems such as prejudice against immigrants and gender bias within the criminal justice system.
Olivia has worked at several I&D consultancies prior to joining Inclusive Employers, where she designed and delivered training, reviewed policies to ensure that recruitment was fair and inclusive, and served as a subject matter expert on a podcast on I&D data collection best practices.
Alex Alexander
Senior Inclusion and Diversity Consultant – Sport
Alex has 10 years’ experience in Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). For the last 5 years Alex has specialised in inclusion in sport working with 48 National Governing bodies in England and other organisations across the sector.
As Head of Talent Inclusion Alex was responsible for delivering the inclusion elements of Sport England’s talent strategy and developed multiple inclusion-led pilot programmes.
Alex has written EDI strategies, designed and delivered cultural change programmes, provided advice and guidance around the Equality Act 2010, and challenged the status quo to create more inclusive environments.
Molly Byrne
Senior Inclusion and Diversity Consultant – Sport
Molly joined Inclusive Employers in 2023 and enjoys supporting sports organisations to be more trans inclusive. They previously led the inclusive recruitment efforts for England Rugby (RFU), where they implemented a new recruitment process.
Molly has worked in the EDI sector for most of their career, starting at a local LGBTQ+ charity in Cambridge where they organised LGBTQ+ history month for the city and provided inclusion advice for local businesses. From there they moved onto Stonewall, another LGBTQ+ charity, where they advised a portfolio of 40 clients ranging from large global corporations to smaller independent associations.
Our wider Inclusive Employers team will also share their wealth of experience with you.
“The training was delivered well from Claire who ensured there was a safe space to feel comfortable to give truthful answers based on your own bias. It was engaging, really informative and definitely taught us to think differently in varied settings. The training was adapted well to a sport setting which helped ensure that everyone came away with something because I definitely did.”
Terri Ritchie, LFC Foundation Inclusion Manager