*Open to MVLS Staff*

As part of the MVLS EDI Seminar Series you are invited to attend a lunch and learn session on LGBTQ+ Inclusion delivered by award-winning social enterprise Pride Outside. After attending this session you will have a greater understanding of:

• LGBTQ+ key terms and definitions

• Best practice for using pronouns

• Practical actions to be a visible LGBTQ+ Ally

Who are Pride Outside CIC?
Pride Outside CIC are a Scotland based, award winning social enterprise delivering pioneering LGBTQ+ Diversity and Inclusion training to organisations and community groups, in the UK and internationally. They use their profits to fund a free LGBTQ+ Wellbeing programme, which includes monthly nature connection events and their flagship annual Pride Outside Wellbeing Festival in September each year.

Who is your facilitator?

Louise Beardsmore (she/her)

Lou is the co-founder of Pride Outside and an active part of the LGBTQ+ community in Scotland, inspired by her own lived experiences and her volunteering in LGBTQ+ communities. Lou has worked in the third sector for over 20 years, both in the UK and internationally and in that time, she has worked with over 100 organisations including Red Cross and Oxfam. Lou now works full time for Pride Outside specialising in LGBTQ+ diversity, equality and inclusion training and delivering wellbeing sessions to LGBTQ+ groups and LGBTQ+ networks.

Ellis Beardsmore (they/them)

Ellis identifies as trans and non-binary and is a founding member of the LGBT Funding Circle which provides support to LGBTQ+ youth activists around the world. Ellis was previously a CEO in an educational charity in Scotland and they have always been passionate about learning with over 20 years experience in the UK and internationally. They lived and worked in Sudan and Pakistan on youth and education programmes with the Department for International Development. Ellis is also a trainee psychotherapist working with the trans community in Glasgow and volunteers regularly within the LGBTQ+ community.