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Having a diversity strategy has now become integral to the evolvement of many organisations’ vision. The benefits to all are becoming clearer - we can support you achieve that vision from conducting a diversity audit to writing a strategy, training your staff and finally supporting you in putting the strategy into action – often the most difficult aspect.

Diversity is a subject that can be viewed with fear: fear of saying and doing the wrong thing, inadvertently causing offence, losing your job, being seen to be ignorant, being labelled. Our approach is holistic; listening, valuing and guiding; that all are equal and deserve to be heard and that fairness is integral in all that we do.  

Services offered:

• Trainer training for Diversity/Equality internal trainers, consultants, managers and HR personnel
   
• Diversity & Equality audits
   
• Diversity & Equality senior management training
   
• Staff awareness workshops – one/two days or more as required
   
• Diversity training design and delivery
   
• Specialised awareness workshops e.g. awareness re: gender, sexual orientation, disability, gender, race and community relations, religion/belief
   
• Other specialised workshops e.g. challenging inappropriate behaviour, Gender Equality Duty, Fairness in recruitment and selection
   
• E.learning packages - developed with our partners Academy Internet
   
• Management Consultancy and Coaching - supporting, guiding and advising on how to meet your diversity and equality requirements

Benefits of equality and diversity training:

• Compliance with the law reduces litigation and the likelihood of costly tribunals
• Increased productivity and staff retention
• Seen as good organisation for staff and customers/clients
• Improves creativity and innovation in meeting the needs of your customers/clients.
• Seen as an accessible company to all - assisting in recruitment of best staff from the whole of community (in a reducing labour market).
• Demonstrates being a listening, caring company, impacting on the values, attitudes and behaviour of staff and in attracting customers
• Shows fairness, respect and trust - reducing conflict internally and externally Knowing how to respond positively where there are cross-cultural needs
• Better equipped to meet demand of a diverse customer/client base  

Our methods:

• We offer a complete tailor-made diversity and equality consultancy package, assisting you through the whole process of organisational cultural change: but you choose how much of that package you want to buy in
• Our training is participatory and up-beat: we create dialogue, we don't lecture
• We take a positive approach to diversity and equality, stressing its benefits for the individual and organisation and appealing to hearts and minds rather than simply highlighting punitive aspects of legislation or policy
• We use case studies and theatre sketches based upon realistic scenarios from your organisation to make the training more interesting and relevant
• We give participants concise handouts in ordinary language summarising the main issues and key points of legislation

• E-learning which we offer with our partners Academy Internet one of Europe's leading provider of e-business training, consulting & e-learning solutions, complementing your learning programme by connecting the face to face training with an e-learning package that can be tailored for your organisation adding extra versatility and value

Consultant Trainers who work with Samtosha

Jonathan Heath is the lead consultant for Samtosha has great depth of consultancy experience of working with issues of equality and diversity over the past 20 years. He works extensively with colleagues who represent the diversity that he promotes i.e. other consultants of different ethnicity, gender, sexuality, physical abilities, age and religion. We have jointly pioneered many new ways of working with the continuing and persistent issues arising from working with diversity.  

Sarah Playforth

Sarah Playforth provides training and consultancy in access, diversity and equality, underpinned by a deep understanding of the access needs of deaf and disabled people. She serves as a Lay Member on Employment Tribunals and as a Member of the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board. She has over 30 years experience as a volunteer, Trustee, officer, middle and senior manager in both the statutory and independent sectors. Sarah is profoundly deaf and uses both spoken English and British Sign Language (BSL). 

Razia Aziz

Razia is a people development consultant and trainer working with individuals, pairs, teams and organisations to assist the process of awareness-raising for growth, learning and development. Razia has worked with a very wide variety of clients predominantly in the public sector.  Her main areas of work are currently equality and diversity training, executive coaching and diversity mentoring programmes.
 

Jozimba Panthera

Jozimba is a highly experienced consultant and trainer working on delivering effective ‘Teaching and Learning’ in a range of areas that impact upon diversity and equality; leadership development, senior management coaching and corporate consultancy.  Currently Jozimba is delivering extensive training on inclusion and equalities for London Local Authority’s Children’s and Adults’ Services.

Sue Sanders

Sue is a dynamic facilitator at the forefront of equalities issues in the UK for over two decades as a trainer, writer, broadcaster and conference presenter. Co Chair of Schools OUT and instigator and anchor person LGBT History Month. Sue regularly appears in TV and radio programmes dealing with equality and LGBT issues.  She is an expert trainer, key note speaker and workshop leader with experience of innumerable conferences dealing with diversity and LGBT issues.  

Related workshops:

·     Gender Awareness

·     Diversity In-depth

·     Facilitation skills (for managers and trainers of diversity)  

Latest Diversity & Equality News

To download the latest diversity & equality news see Diversity In-depth page.

“I thought it was an excellent day with plenty of time to practice skills and pick up odd tips all day. It was a very relaxed, stimulating and productive day. I thought the trainer was really responsive and seemed to have got a grip of our level and skills.” Senior manager

“The best training I have done so far (and I’ve done a lot!) Really varied, and a good mix of exercises, with room to take into account individual interests and experiences.”  Diversity trainer

Jonathan Heath
Email: jonathan@samtosha.co.uk
Tel: 01672 513738   Mobile: 07977 540524
Address: Samtosha, Mildenhall, Marlborough SN8 2LR
Website: www.samtosha.co.uk