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LinkedIn 101

Earlier in the week, Personal Branding Consultant and fellow committee member at National Association of Women In Construction (NAWIC) London & South East Beatrice Ronchetti delivered a brilliant workshop titled “Linkedin 101” focused on the role that LinkedIn can play in elevating one’s profile across their sector to reach out to their desired audiences.

The workshop, hosted at Avison Young, started with a reminder of the importance of building a Personal Brand that reflect us as individuals followed by a quiz aimed at positioning LinkedIn as the tool to help us do so.

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End of the Year Celebration

We would like to send a big thank you to the incredible team La Gamba London for hosting the National Association of Women In Construction (NAWIC) London & South East End of the Year Celebration.

The menu that Juan Cabarcos and his team designed for the event was delicious (scroll to see some of the dishes) and their level of accommodation for dietary requirements of our group worth of our admiration.

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 “Reuse, Retrofit, Recycle” discussion

Last night, the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) UK & Ireland London and Southeast run an insightful event at the showroom of Kinnarps Group in Farringdon event at the showroom of Kinnarps Group in Farringdon. The event was organized by Rosemary Silver, deputy Chair and Building Surveyor, and had Circular Economy as the thread to join the dots connecting a great panel of experts.

The event covered many innovative ideas that could have a positive impact on our future as an industry if widely implemented

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The Projects Women Run Panel

Our network at NAWIC has many amazing women shaping the built environment daily, however, we find that they are often not invited to talk about their work but EDI matters.

And as much as it is important to talk about EDI, in order to create a framework where we can all do our best work, we feel that shining a light on the female talent is vital to :

  • Provide real role models, who are able to inspire and motivate others by sharing their insight honestly…
  • Help overcome the limiting believes which are holding back our industry.

This is why as part of this year’s contribution to London Build, NAWIC will be hosting a panel titled “The Projects Women Run”.

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Announcement

ONE YEAR LEFT TO APPLY TO THE EU SETTLEMENT SCHEME

Today (30 June 2020) marks one year before the EU Settlement Scheme application deadline of 30 June 2021. Already there have been over 3.6 million applications and, according to internal management figures, more than 3.3 million applications have been granted.

EEA citizens and their family members who have been granted pre-settled or settled status have secured their rights in UK law, ensuring that they will have the evidence they need to continue living and working in the UK – the country they call home.

The latest detailed official statistics show that the highest number of applications have so far come from Polish (697,900), Romanian (590,100) and Italian (363,600) nationals with more than 3.2 million applications coming from citizens living in England, 180,700 from Scotland, 59,400 from Wales and 59,700 from Northern Ireland.

 Secure your status now by applying on GOV.UK 

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Why teach social justice?

I grew up in an estate built for the families of fishermen like my grandfather’s and although my parents chose to prioritise our education above everything else, they also kept us grounded by reminding us, regularly, that ours was a privileged position we should never take for granted.

I was 9 when I became aware of global-scale social injustices and 10 when I learned about racism and my educators spoke to me about the work of Doctor Martin Luther King, Stephen Biko, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi and many others. 

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Chair Statement.

I would have loved to have learned of George Floyd’s life in a completely different manner. Not as an epilogue written by others but as a story narrated in the first person. A story he could have chosen to tell in order to reflect his true self, not one told by or defined by the actions of others.

It has taken me a while to share my thoughts using the platform that being the Chair of NAWIC London and South East gives me because I realise that while it is an honour to be in this position, the role gives me a responsibility to do so in a way which is both honest and useful to justify my use of space and to help build collective awareness.

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