As part of Celebrate 2014 Friday 21 March was designated ‘Wear are you from’ day. The idea being that staff and students wear clothes that show either what country they come from or what region or town etc. Here is a photo of some HR colleagues dressed up for the day.
We finished our week of Celebrate Difference and Diversity 2014 at our Avery Hill Campus and what a great way to round off the events.
We had a range of different stalls and activities including Global Greenwich from our International Office, mental health from Oxleas and Zoe Linekar our Mental Health Adviser, Learning and Talent Development, LGBT Staff Network and their lego competition, our BSc Health and Wellbeing Students were in attendance as was the lovely Lily from Dog Assistance in Disability. We also had the university Craft Club showing off their skills with knitting and crochet and our HR colleague Ibi volunteered to do some hairdressing which she did very successfully. It was a great day.
Yesterday saw an amazing turn out for Celebrate 2014. Running alongside the GK Unions Diversity Fayre, Celebrate was a huge success. A huge attraction was the Guide Dogs and Hearing Dogs who totally stole the show, they were fantastic.
Here is Guide Dog Puppy Farrah and Hearing Dog Echo.
Our HR Colleague Lexie sporting a very magnificent pair of shoes for Celebrate 2014 showing off her South African background.
Not one to be shy about wearing her african outfits, although you can’t see her face its definately her feet!
As part of Celebrate 2014 our colleagues from Sodexho are joining in with us this coming Friday.
In the spirit of the event they have put together the following menu from around the world:
English MSC fish & chips
Mexican Antojitos
Chinese Pork Szechuan
Thai Spiced Vegetables & Noodles
So if you fancy something different for lunch on Friday come along to the Dome and join in with Celebrate 2014.
Celebrate 2014 got off to a good start at our Greenwich Campus today with a varied selection of participants and a good attendance. Hearing Dogs for the Deaf came along bring with them Yen the Hearing Dog who was very popular, the LGBT Staff Network Lego stall was a big hit as was our BSC Health and Wellbeing Students lead by Nevin Mehmet.
The next event is on Wednesday at Medway and then onto Avery Hill on Friday.
As part of Celebrate 2014 our Sustainability Team are offering a special gardening session in the university edible garden on Friday 21 March.
You will be able to plant seeds which will form part of the crop of vegetables for this year’s garden and learn how to plant willow. You can see the plans for this year, visit the forest garden or the orchard, investigate the polytunnel or try your hand at watering and weeding.
So if you would like to have a go or just come along and chat to Emily and Alex from the Sustainability Team and see what the garden is all about, then find them in the garden behind David Fussey Building, Southwood Site between 11.00 am and 2.00 pm next Friday.
See how different we are in HR!
These are the teams we support, sports we follow and activities we take part in.
As part of Celebrate Difference and Diversity 2014 we are holding a photo competition.
The title of the competition is ‘What Does Diversity Mean to You’.
If you would like to take part all you have to do is take a photo showing a representation of what diversity means to you and send it to equality@gre.ac.uk .
The closing date is 21 March.
The judging panel will chose the winner who will receive a prize for their efforts.
So if you want to have a go please join in, we look forward to receiving your photos.
As part of Celebrate Difference and Diversity 2014 we have decided to make Friday 21 March ‘Wear are you From’ Day.
The staff and students of the university are made up of people from all over the world, so show us ‘Wear you are From’.
You could do this in a number of ways for example;
You might have some other ideas but whatever you do, join in and show us ‘Wear you are From’!