Tackling gender pay gaps
Dr Alison Parken is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Cardiff University, and a freelance policy and research consultant. In this blog she shares her reflections on the gender pay gap package she recently led in North Wales for Tai Pawb members.
A socio-economic duty for Wales
As Welsh Government seeks views on the commencement of a socio-economic duty for Wales, Tai Pawb set about exploring the vision behind it and its implications for the housing sector in its latest seminar. It was all the more relevant that it fell on equal pay day – the link between equal pay and socio-economic […]
Black History Month – looking back and journeying forward
Tai Pawb associate Marilyn Bryan-Jones has had a very busy October marking Black History Month. In her blog, she shares how she’s raised awareness and celebrated the achievements of Movers, Shakers and Legacy Makers, while also receiving recognition for her own role over the last 30 years.
Quod Erat Demonstrandum – Key Themes from QED
Since QED was launched over 2 years ago, Tai Pawb has carried out Stage 1 QED assessments on six housing associations of varying sizes and structures, from under 1000 properties to over 10,000 properties. So far, two have completed Stage 2 to attain the QED Award, while others are working hard to carry out action […]
Renting made me rant – why the private rented sector is so close to my heart
Last week, Tai Pawb said goodbye to Nazia Azad-Warren, our Open Doors Project Manager. Over the past two years, Nazia has worked tirelessly with tenants, landlords and partner organisations to promote equality and diversity in the private rented sector (PRS). Nazia made a fantastic contribution to Tai Pawb’s work and she will be sorely missed […]
Hydrocarbons to Housing
What’s a Biochemistry Undergrad Doing in Tai Pawb This Summer? Hello, my name is Tracey. In my term-time life, I’m a Biochemistry undergrad at the University of Liverpool. So why on earth am I doing a summer placement at Tai Pawb, a membership organisation that promotes equality and diversity in the housing sector? Getting good […]
Girls seeing girls choose: Why I wrote ‘What’s a girl to do?’
Alison Powell, author of “What’s a girl to do?” and former local authority Housing Team Leader, shares with Tai Pawb her motivation for writing a children’s book to encourage girls into STEM careers, and reflects on the relevance to the gender pay gap in housing. Growing up, I was surrounded by girls like me. Polly […]
Welsh Housing Sector Gender Pay Gap 2018-2019
This is the second year that organisations employing 250 staff or more have been required to report on their Gender Pay Gaps. Tai Pawb have analysed figures from 18 housing associations in Wales to compare the gap with the rest of the UK. This is a combination of mandatory reporting and voluntary reports from associations […]
Brexit Briefing
Our recent Brexit Briefing was designed to discuss preparations that housing providers and related services were making in relation to Brexit. Our key speaker was Bethan Bateman, Head of Migration for the Welsh Government’s European Transition Team. You can see her presentation here (members only). These notes are a combination of comments from delegates and […]
Improving Accessible Housing Registers
When I started at Tai Pawb in January to do 10 weeks work placement from my Housing Policy and Practice degree I was very excited to begin work on an area I am passionate about: accessible housing. I have been carrying out extensive research around Accessible Housing Registers and how local authorities in England and […]