Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives & Resources
The initial list of initiatives below was sourced via the Atomico 2018 State of European Tech report, although this has now been expanded.
| Name / Link | Type of Initiative | Short description |
|---|---|---|
| AbleGamers Player Panels | Initiative | Connects players with disabilities who want to help make games more accessible with game companies and other organizations to test games and participate in player research and development to make games more accessible.. |
| BIMA Tech Inclusion & Diversity Report | Report | The first official study to explore the experiences of diverse members of the UK tech sector. |
| Inclusion in Tech | Resource & Guide | A step-by-step guide to help you plan, deploy, monitor and improve a Diversity & Inclusion strategy suited to your company. |
| Black Girl Gamers | Community | Online platform-based community that aims to positively promote diversity and affect change within the games industry |
| POC In Play | Initiative | The racial equity and inclusion movement for video games |
| A Vision for Women in VR | Initiative | A collective visionary document challenging gender imbalance in the creative industries and tech |
| AllBright | Angel group | Angel group and co-working club focussed on female founders |
| Angel Academe | Angel group | Angel group focused on female founders & angels |
| Astia Angels | Angel group | Angel group focused on female founders & angels |
| Rare Seed Capital | Angel group | Angel group focused on BAME investors |
| 23 Code Street | Coding school | Teaching women in the UK and India |
| One Tech | Collective / network | Focussing on promoting entreprenrship to BAME / female entrepreneurs |
| Hustle Crew | Community | Community for entrepreneurial women of colour |
| People of Color in Tech | Community | Community for entrepreneurial people of colour |
| Techish | Community | Podcast / community showcasing diverse tech rolemodels |
| YSYS | Community | Community group of diverse entrepreneurs |
| Accelerate Her | Company | Born out of Founders Forum, consulting fast growth tech companies |
| Inclusive Boards | Company | Helping recruit more ethnically diverse boards |
| Success Talks | Event series | Platform and event series showcasing diverse speakers |
| Jane VC | Fund | Fund focused on female founders |
| Merian Ventures | Fund | Fund focused on female founders |
| Voulez Capital | Fund | Fund focused on female founders |
| Backstage Capital | Fund / Accelerator | Accelerator in the UK focussed on LGBT, people of colour and female founders |
| Divinc | Incubator | Young Enterprise focused on inner city schools |
| Muslamic Makers | Meet-up group | Meet-up group for Muslims in Tech |
| 50/50 Pledge | Network | A pledge for events and conferences to be 50:50 represented |
| FemStreet | Newsletter | Start-ups / VC |
| 30% Club | Non-profit | Dedicated to increasing women on boards |
| Code First: Girls | Non-profit | Non-profit teaching women how to code and helping them get work in tech companies |
| Color in Tech | Non-profit | Non-profit promoting a fairer tech industry |
| DevelopHer | Non-profit | Non-profit social enterprise promoting women in technology |
| Dot Everyone | Non-profit | Focused on tech companies |
| Level 20 | Non-profit | Focused mainly on women in the Private Equity and LP community |
| Fearless Futures | Training group | Training focused on Social Justice |
