Recruitment specialist launches neurodiversity campaign

Gi Group, an HR and recruitment specialist with branches across the East Midlands, has launched a neurodiversity campaign called “This is Me.”

The campaign aims to unlock the potential of neurodivergent employees and promote their progress in the workplace.

“This is Me” seeks to eliminate misconceptions and bridge the gap between neurotypical and neurodivergent colleagues, helping to create an environment of understanding and appreciation.

To kick off the campaign, Chesterfield-based Gi Group has created a “Neurodiversity at Work Guide” for its employees, focusing on Autism, ADHD, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, and Dyslexia.

The guide includes information, toolkits, advice, and personal stories from neurodivergent team members.

Gi Group has also joined Neurodiversity in Business, an initiative launched at the Houses of Parliament to improve employment experiences for the neurodiverse workforce.

Despite one in seven people in the UK being neurodivergent, only 33% of businesses include neurodiversity in their EDI strategies.

Gi Group’s head of learning and development, Emma-Louise Taylor, said: “Neurodiverse individuals have unique skills and talents that they can bring into the workplace, but it’s how a company supports them which makes the difference in allowing them to flourish. Alongside adjusting working patterns, ways of working and the environment teams work within, we hope that by sharing personal experiences, we can help someone find a sense of identity and understanding.

“Since I was diagnosed with ADHD two years ago, I have never felt more myself. The support I have had from the Gi Group team has massively contributed to this as well, who unbeknown to themselves, have allowed me to feel at home and contributed to me flourishing both personally and professionally.”