Virginia Golding is a specialist Equality and Diversity Training Consultant who has studied and worked in the field for over 10 years. She is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and an Associate member of the Institute for Learning (IfL).

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Golding Diversity Training offers generic and bespoke training across a broad range of subjects, from equality and diversity awareness to cultural competence.

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Testimonials from training courses & workshops

Nikki Sharpe, Solicitor, Sheffield

"I have used the services of Golding Diversity Training in relation to my trade union position to highlight equality issues and matters and develop strategic plans. I would highly recommend Virginia and look forward to further working with her in the future."

NHS Trust

“Just a note of thanks for the excellent training delivered to the laboratory managers group. It was quite clear that we found the subject challenging, extending into areas of work (and life) that we perhaps did not previously acknowledge. One of the key aims was to challenge our way of thinking, and hopefully everyone has reviewed their own position and will ultimately become a better manager.”

NHS Trust

“Virginia has a very good knowledge of the diversity agenda and is able to develop and present a business case in support of this. In our organisation she persuaded the Trust board to commit resources to Diversity training by making it mandatory for all staff.

… Virginia developed a Diversity and Equality Training strategy and worked with managers and staff across the Trust in implementing this strategy. She developed and delivered short in house diversity training courses for staff and managers but also negotiated with colleges and universities to provide specific aspects of diversity training, Virginia has good training skills as evidenced by the fact that courses she delivered always evaluated well.

… she has experience of working in an internal consultancy capacity. For example being asked to work with teams following allegations of bullying/ harassment which needed handling sensitively.”

Equality and Diversity Awareness Workshop

Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust

“I really enjoyed the day – it was thought provoking and made me relate previous experiences to equality/diversity issues – both for other people and myself. A good balance of facts and group work.”

“It was excellent – very informative and cleared many ‘grey’ areas.”

“Well resourced; well presented and researched.”

Promoting and Managing Equality and Diversity Workshop

Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust

“Very helpful, practical and relevant. Put issues into context, challenged my understanding and was enjoyable.”

“Met expectations as per Terms of Reference. Effective facilitator for style – consistent with the key messages. Really good balance of practical v theory. This will form part of the 2009 E&D Agenda for the trust.” Head of Learning and Development.

Cultural Awareness (Bespoke 2 hour workshop)

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue

Revealing	Clear	Stimulating
Thorough	Innovative	Challenging
Interesting	Thought-provoking	Easy
Useful	Enjoyable	Fascinating
Practical	Entertaining	Inspiring
Valuable	Changed my life	Comprehensive

Leicester and Rutland Mental Healthcare Trust
Delivered as an Associate Trainer

“Really useful. Felt good to be able to relate to real experiences in a safe environment.”

“Gave me a greater understanding of cultural awareness.”

“The focus on debate was the highlight of the programme. Lots of interesting discussion with group members that made you think and dissect the issues to the same depth. Very useful. Excellently facilitated – the day went very quickly.”

“Interesting day, thought about application to healthcare.”

“The session was very well paced with good balance between activity and teaching. Useful supporting handouts and documents.”

“A very good session. The best equality and diversity training every attended!”

“Well thought out and presented training session. Plenty of food for thought.”

“Good emphasis on thinking through issues yourself. Very useful.”

“Content broad, applicable to daily and longer-term practice.”

“Very good, thought provoking.”

“Very useful indeed.”

“Useful for reflective practice.”

Sheffield City Council

Equality, Diversity and Discrimination (Bespoke workshop)

“It has made me question what cultural/value/beliefs have made me who I am and how I view the world/people. It has made me more aware of issues and given me the ability to challenge issues/comments positively. Would recommend to a colleague – yes – no one knows everything and this knowledge could be diversified into all aspects of work/life and self development.”

“I have learnt more about diversity and equality and it made me feel more confident and to act upon the situation. I wish this program was delivered to people when they first joined the service so that you are aware of what is happening. Very useful information.”

Sheffield City Council

Prevention of Bullying and Harassment ½ day Workshop

“Useful updating knowledge about procedures. Gave Ideas about how to improve difficult situations in current team. Well presented – very good trainer.”

“I felt very positive about how I would look at approaching and dealing with people and how to prevent bullying and harassment, which I will bring into my work role.”