{"id":15200,"date":"2022-06-14T20:30:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T19:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/?post_type=blog&amp;p=15200"},"modified":"2022-06-14T20:30:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T19:30:04","slug":"inclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/news\/2022\/inclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive Language Creates Inclusive Workplaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span class=\"pink\"><strong>Inclusive Language Creates Inclusive Workplaces<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15197 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Language-e1655210659131-600x331.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"203\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Language is one of the most powerful tools we possess. It\u2019s integral to our everyday life and is essential if everyone is to feel welcome, understood and have a sense of belonging.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Engagement with our members tells us that a large number of colleagues are sometimes unsure if they are using correct terms and language in their everyday personal and professional lives, fearing that they may say or use the wrong term which has a negative impact on someone &#8211; or even inadvertently exclude them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Inclusive language put simply, avoids any language that is biased or prejudiced to any individual or group of people.\u00a0 Inclusive language through all mediums seeks to treat all people with respect, dignity, and impartiality and ultimately exclude no-one, creating a sense of belonging. However, it\u2019s not an easy path, as the meaning of language can change over time and it requires us to regularly challenge and change our habits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Making changes to use more inclusive language allows us to grow and shows compassion and empathy to the people around us; the fact is that we still might not always get it right, but the commitment to learning is how we do better in future.\u00a0 We also need to remember that inclusive language covers a wide range of communication approaches like emails, social media, websites, imagery and policies and all should be reviewed through an inclusion lens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To help you on your way we have developed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Inclusive-Language-Guide-Tai-Pawb-eng-welsh-protected.pdf\"><span class=\"pink\"><strong>Inclusive Language Guide<\/strong><\/span><\/a> that has common words and phrases found in communication and the inclusive replacements, which we hope you find useful so feel free to download and save it to your resources.\u00a0 \u00a0However, these are only our suggestions as there are many ways to express something in a more inclusive way, also if there are some we haven\u2019t included that you&#8217;d like to see, then drop us a line at <a href=\"mailto:info@taipawb.org\">info@taipawb.org<\/a> and we can update it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a last reminder, we just want to reiterate that it\u2019s ok to get it wrong sometimes, we are human after all.\u00a0 If you get something wrong, correct yourself, apologise and move on. If you aren\u2019t sure about something \u2013 just ask.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Podcasts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/diverseminds.co.uk\/why-bother-with-inclusive-language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"pink\">Why bother with Inclusive Language? &#8211; Diverse Minds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inclusive language and disability (Disability Wales) &#8211; <span class=\"pink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.disabilitywales.org\/socialmodel\/inclusive-language-and-imagery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inclusive Language and Imagery &#8211; Disability Wales<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Accessible communication formats (Welsh Government) <span class=\"pink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/inclusive-communication\/accessible-communication-formats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accessible communication formats &#8211; GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Training &amp; Development:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lets Talk About\u2026. The Power and Impact of Language (Tai Pawb) <span class=\"pink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/training\/\">Training &amp; Development &#8211; Tai Pawb<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Inclusive Leadership (Tai Pawb) &#8211; <span class=\"pink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/training\/\">Training &amp; Development &#8211; Tai Pawb<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inclusive Language Creates Inclusive Workplaces Language is one of the most powerful tools we possess. It\u2019s integral to our everyday life and is essential if everyone is to feel welcome, understood and have a sense of belonging. &nbsp; Engagement with our members tells us that a large number of colleagues are sometimes unsure if they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,127,119,117],"tags":[],"temporary-categorisation-from-im":[115],"class_list":["post-15200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-housing","category-human-rights","category-leadership","category-resources","temporary-categorisation-from-im-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15200"},{"taxonomy":"temporary-categorisation-from-im","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/temporary-categorisation-from-im?post=15200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}