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    26 May 2017
    Ramadan: what does it all mean?

    By Tamoor Ali

    To mark the start of Ramadan tomorrow, role model and trustee Tamoor Ali has shared his thoughts about what Ramadan means to him.

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    25 May 2017
    Growing up gay in a heteronormative world

    Carrying on the theme from Mental Health Awareness Week, role model Adam writes for DRM about feeling different as he grew up, but not knowing why.

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    17 May 2017
    Annual Report and Accounts 2016

    By Beth Dowling-Jones

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    11 May 2017
    Inclusion Matters

    Last night we celebrated the launch of Inclusion Matters. This new and ground-breaking guide has been co-produced with P3, and is aimed at helping parents and carers assess a school's commitment to inclusion.

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    11 May 2017
    Discriminatory language and mental health

    By Kate Hutchinson

    For Mental Health Awareness Week, role model Kate writes for DRM about the damage done by homophobic, biphobic and transphobic language on the mental health of young people who are not yet out

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    08 May 2017
    Homophobic bullying: then and now

    By Ryan Valadas

    For Mental Health Awareness Week, Role Model Ryan writes for DRM about his experience of homophobia at school and now.

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    03 May 2017
    From silence to something: the need for inclusive relationships and sex education

    By Gemma Curtis

    Our Head of Education, Gemma, writes about her experiences of sex education at school and why it's vital for all young people to have LGBT+ inclusive relationships and sex education.

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    03 February 2017
    Paralympian and inclusion expert Claire Harvey appointed next chief executive

    The new chief executive of Diversity Role Models will be diversity and inclusion expert, Claire Harvey, who joins the charity from KPMG. Her appointment follows founder Suran Dickson’s decision to return home to New Zealand after 14 years in the UK.

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    18 November 2016
    Familiar Faces

    By Arif Adam

    Our Volunteer Manager, Arif, shares his story from a recent workshop where he saw some familiar faces among the young people in the class.

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    17 November 2016
    A parent's view on DRM's workshops

    By Beth Dowling-Jones

    Most parents will agree the moment that little bundle is delivered into your life, your priorities change; you are compelled to protect your children to the ends of the earth.  My wife and I share a nagging sense of uncertainty over our family set up.