Best in class training for businesses and organisations

We provide award winning, best in sector training and awareness sessions across a wide range of subjects run by some of the UK’s most inspirational and engaging speakers. Most sessions can be run either virtually or in person and bespoke training, either as a combination of courses or those created to custom requirements are available. Many sessions are run regularly as part of our package for our sponsors providing a hugely valuable and cost effective way to build organisational expertise. We also provide discounted virtual training to Not for Profits and community organisations.

  • Virtual or in person, this course provides everything you need to bring yourself up to speed with trans and non-binary people - how it affects individuals, what causes it and how society around the world deals with the huge variety of different trans people. Most importantly what you can do to help and be an effective ally.

    The course is run in a completely open, honest and frank way and is designed for people of all knowledge levels on the subject - all questions, whether thought silly, offensive, politically incorrect are positively encouraged - it's run to provide you with the information you need to make an informed decision on how you feel about transgender people.

    Most of all it’s interesting, funny, fairly irreverent and importantly: a completely safe learning environment.

  • A suite of courses that can either be delivered as individual sessions or combined into a half day immersive session to provide an in depth exploration of the lives and challenges of trans and non-binary people.

    Subjects covered include:

    • A deep dive into transitioning - types of transitioning, healthcare challenges, supporting trans and non-binary people through transitioning in the workplace, how.

    • Life experiences of trans and non-binary people - mental and physical wellbeing challenges. How workplaces can help.

    • Biology deep dive, gender development and investigation inro gender dysphoria.

    • Trans people in sports and single sex spaces deep dive into the evidence.

  • Virtual or in person this one and a half hour session takes you on a journey of allyship from insecurity and a place of being unsure how to help to a place of confidence and knowledge.

    The session is an absolutely safe space where discussion and exploration about all subjects around trans and non-binary inclusion and rights in society are encouraged and explored.

    An open and fluid course that allows content to flow to cover the needs of the attendees it typically covers subjects as diverse as:

    • The benefits of visible allyship

    • Dealing with challenging conversations

    • Supporting trans and non-binary people in the workplace

    • Challenges managing people through transition

    • Maintaining a respectful and safe environment for all employees in the workplace

    • The do’s and don’ts of workplace allyship

    • Moving to effective ally actions

  • A one and a half hour virtual or in person session pulling the lid on everything you’ve read about trans and non-binary people and examining the evidence and unravelling the truth.

    Subjects include:

    • Trans people in sport and evidence of performance metrics.

    • An examination of the prison service and other single sex spaces and how safety is ensured for all.

    • Numbers of trans and on-binary people through different age ranges.

    • Trans and non-binary people through history

  • An in person or virtual session looking at the complex situation organisations find themselves in when attempting to establish the most appropriate and least risk scenario in supporting trans and non-binary, and gender critical, individuals in the workplace with respect and safety.

    This course covers:

    • A summary of applicable primary legislation, case law and guidance.

    • A scenario based review of best case solutions for employees, customers and service users.

    • Likely trajectories and risk scenarios for employers to enable strategic decision making for policies.

  • In person or virtual session featuring the lived experiences of a parent of a trans child. The challenges, the joys, what helps and what hinders - and how employers and allies can gain a better understanding of how to better support.

  • A three/four hour session giving people access to as much of the full spectrum of the trans and non-binary community as possible to understand the miriad of people, challenges and needs to enable better allyship and support.

    The session starts with a Trans 101 session to ensure a shared foundation of knowledge for all participants before breaking out into groups and rotating round different diversities of trans and non-binary people for first hand detailed question and answer sessions.

    Typically including :

    • A trans woman

    • A trans man

    • A non-binary person

    • A trans person of colour

    • A trans person of disability

    • Trans people of different age groups

    • Parent of a trans child

    • An ally

    each providing their own individual perspective on the challenges and needs of their diversity group.

Listening and discussion sessions for trans staff and allies

We pride ourselves in our real world experience rooted in corporate diversity and inclusion and people teams, and senior management. This allows us to bring a perspective that so many other support organisations are lacking - pragmatic solutions that work for business; real support for trans employees that works in the real business world and effective ways to help allies and people professionals deal with the complexities of supporting all staff, whether trans or not in an ever changing world.

  • Understanding how your trans and non-binary staff really feel about you as an organisation is key to both becoming an inclusive environment for everyone but also empowering the best performance from your employees.

    Utilising our global corporate DEI experience across 77, our people team skills and with the optional help of accredited counsellors we can run listening sessions for your staff, either on your premises or at a neutral location to empower them to freely and openly discuss their challenges and sucesses, their experiences, good and bad, with your organisation.

    We find discussing with us, members of their community, in a confidential setting, allows a far greater depth of discussion and far greater trust that they will be heard and understood. The results are always remarkable.

    From the anonymised feedback we can then work with you to present the findings and create a strategic and pragmatic plan, if necessary, to implement changes needed.

  • Open, honest and challenging discussion for allies on all aspects of trans and non-binary inclusion. Designed with DEI professionals, ERG leaders and people managers in mind this session tests depth of knowledge and approach to allyship within the workplace and beyond. Utilising role play and scenario based activities it tests in a disaster recovery type setting your reactions, your words and your beliefs to forge your allyship and understanding into a sustainable and resilient asset for your business.

    Requires Trans 101 and Trans Next Steps foundation training.

Individual, team and executive mentoring

The team at Trans in the City has a wealth of senior leadership experience from global diversity and inclusion management to senior operations management experience in technology, from programme and project management to strategic change leadership at all levels of business C-suite and down and across a wide range of industry from banking, trading, commodities, retail, military, aerospace, cyber security and technology. It gives us the breadth of knowledge when combined with our knowledge of the trans and non-binary community to be the perfect mentors for all levels in business

  • We understand the pressures at executive level when it comes to needing to understand the full landscape around business inclusion and how to balance the needs of not only trans and non-binary people but all employees while reducing the risk to your organisation by understanding the legal and political framework you must operate within.

    Our executive mentoring framework, typically between 3-9 sessions, provides you with the knowledge, sounding board and expert knowledge base to increase your vocabulary, expertise and confidence in a completely safe and confidential environment. Working to your timescales and pace and covering the areas you need to make your inclusion journey a success these one to one sessions transform executives’ inclusion confidence.

  • Our team at Trans in the City have many years experience in global diversity and inclusion team management in FTSE top 5 organisations. We understand the challenges in balancing diverse employees and ERG expectations with the real world realities of legislation, business economics and conflicting opinions and rights - We’re here to help.

    Our DEI and people team mentoring framework, typically between 3-9 sessions, provides you with the knowledge, sounding board and expert experience to increase your vocabulary, expertise and confidence in a completely safe and confidential environment. Working to your timescales and pace and covering the areas you need to mutually work through the challenges that you face.

    Minimum 3 people

  • As people that have set up, been leaders of and members of ERGs for over 20 years the Trans in the City team are incredibly well placed to provide insight in to the best practices, pitfalls and challenges quickest paths to success.

    These sessions, typically 3-6, take you through everything you need to know to not only create a diverse and self supporting resource group but also give you an insight into how to effectively navigate businesses needs and demands while managing your day job and wellbeing

  • Many of our team have navigated senior leadership positions as trans or non-binary individuals in business for many years. Bring a powerful mix of personal and business experience, these one on one sessions provide the perfect way for trans and non-binary individuals to understand the best approaches, the pit falls and to openly discuss the challenges they’re facing in their careers to lead them to a place of greater confidence, better wellbeing and empower their success.

  • The Trans in the City team are among the most inspirational and experienced keynote speakers in the UK used to presenting emotional, informed and entertaining speeches on a wide variety of topics form Trans experiences to wider DEI , to neurodiversity to business topics to audiences up to 4,000 people.

  • A more intimate, human approach to discussion on all subjects out team is well versed and practiced in participating in fireside chats. We’re more than happy to participate or arrange the whole event for you in person or virtually.

  • Trans in the City has a wealth of speakers with real world and extensive business knowledge and experience. whatever your requirement whether a panel member, a moderator or arranging the entire event Trans in the City can help.

  • An original and uplifting experience - leaning heavily on extensive DEI, business and lived experience, coupled with over 40 years of playing, singing and songwriting, Bobbi takes you on a journey through her life, her views and her experiences through anecdotes, stories and snapshots highlighted by the songs that meant something special in those moments. It’s a rollercoaster of laughter, tears but most of all a testament to a lifetime of resilience and optimism.

Keynote Speaking, Fireside Chats and Panel Events