Minority Ethnic – I Am Birmingham

Big business from the West Midlands have come together to champion a need for greater diversity in the workplace

West Midlands employers join forces to tackle lack of diversity in big business

Staff ReporterJanuary 9, 2019January 9, 201901 mins

A selection of the region’s biggest employers united today to pledge their support to tackle the lack of diversity at the very top of major companies and public bodies. Representatives from more than 60 businesses and organisations gathered in Birmingham for the launch of the Inclusive Leadership Pledge – an initiative aimed at rebalancing boardrooms.

Paulinah Eboh-Sampson, co-founder of the Donation UK Project, joined by a model showcasing womenswear label Dolls of Decadence

Birmingham sisters launch fashion campaign to highlight blood donor shortages

Staff ReporterOctober 2, 201701 mins

Birmingham sisters Janet and Paulinah Eboh-Sampson used their creative platforms to set up the DoNation UK Project, a charitable initiative that would address the issue of donor shortages within the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Community (BAME). Inspired by the experience of their childhood friend Charlene Nelson, who underwent a kidney transplant at the age…