Creating Kind & Inclusive Work Cultures

When Rachel met David….

Rachel Meakins and David Beeney first met early in 2019 when Rachel called David to speak at a company event. David kindly accepted!

It was such a success that they decided to go around the UK to various organisations that opened their doors to the wider community and companies to hear David talk about Mental Health in the Workplace, on creating cultures of trust that are free from the stigma of mental health that are all inclusive.

The feedback on each of these events was incredible on how inspirational David was in highlighting his own vulnerability and how mental health needed to be at the forefront of employee engagement.

When lockdown happened, they turned to doing webinars that were open to all, to support HR and companies on how to look after each other, employees and yourself.

The journey continues to create kind inclusive work cultures, with wellbeing, employee engagement and leadership training delivered by David and HR Projects, that attract, engage and retain employees led by Rachel and our team of expert Curators, who all share our passion of creating kind and inclusive work cultures.

The Curators

  • David Beeney

    CHIEF CURATOR

    David, the Founder of Breaking the Silence has established himself as one of the leading advisers on how to drive employee engagement through an effective wellbeing programme and is proud to have been listed in the top 101 influencers globally on how to create kinder work cultures.

    David speaks with great credibility about mental health as he suffered in silence with his own struggles for over 30 years. He has been a qualified counsellor for the past eight years.

    David works bespoke with all of his clients depending on where they are on their wellbeing journey. Helping employers to discover the direct link between employee wellbeing and energy.

    As a consequence, more boardrooms are now realising that investing in their people will drive productivity and business results will always improve.

    David is at the leading edge of understanding how you create a greater understanding of mental health in the workplace and how investment in the education of your staff will give you a return on investment.

  • Rachel Meakins

    FOUNDER

    Rachel has considerable experience in both the public, NFP and private sectors, with a particular focus on attracting, engaging and retaining the right people for organisations..

    Passionate about providing innovative and consultative solutions that support HR and their teams . To improve recruitment processes and systems, EVP, Diversity & Inclusion, wellbeing, and employee engagement.

     A keen and natural networker that forges strong business relationships and partnerships  with organisations.

  • Gamiel Yafai

    DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

    Gamiel has worked at the highest levels with many public, private and voluntary sector organisations on Diversity and Inclusion Culture Change Initiatives over the last 21 years.

    Expert Panel Member at Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Benchmark. Standards Around the World.

    Recipient of the Global Diversity Leadership Award presented by the Global HRD Congress, Global Goodwill Ambassador and Author of ‘Demystifying Diversity’ and ‘Yemen Proud’.

  • Kate Coulson

    HR

    Kate Coulson has experience in education and construction in both HR management and developing leaders and their teams across a spectrum of professional development areas.

    Kate holds CIPD, CMI and Project Management qualifications and regularly teaches leadership and management through a series of courses and coaching programmes.​

  • Szara Coote

    DOMESTIC ABUSE ADVISOR

    Szara is a qualified programme facilitator and Certified Mentor, Support worker and holds a Peer leadership Foundation.

    Szara works totally bespoke with all of her clients depending on their needs, along with helping employers to discover the direct link between employee secrets and silence, due to fear of reprimand.

    Szara speaks up and out, in order to create a greater understanding of Domestic Abuse and Mental Illness within the workplace and how support at work will reduce sickness, but more importantly save employees lives.

  • I would highly recommend Rachel and look forward to years of partnership ahead.

    Rachel has supported us at Hestia over the last 18 months and project led the procurement of an Application Tracking System and the creation of our Employee Value Proposition.

    She has played an integral part in both these significant pieces of work for us at Hestia and has shared with us her vision & creativity, along with her having a considered and methodical approach to project management.

    Rachel connects with those she provides a consultative service for and has taken the time to understand who we are, so in turn we are able to deliver the best possible service for our employees and for our service users.

    Megan Darroch, Director of HR , Hestia

  • I would highly recommend Rachel for any HR Projects.

    At a time in Social Care where attraction is critical Rachel has been invaluable in supporting Hestia to source and implement an alternative ATS, develop our EVP and create our Careers pages to attract candidates to our wonderful organisation.

    We are already seeing an increase of 13% on application rates per vacancy and 40% on candidate appointments month on month.

    Her insight of both the recruitment market and our sector, her project management capability and total partnership approach with the internal recruitment team has been second to none, challenging third parties robustly where required to get the best for their partners.

    Mel Cox, Executive Director, People, Technology & Change