PUBLIC SPEAKING
Best Inclusivity Trainer (UK) - Global Business Insight Awards 2024, winner of a Vodafone World of Difference Award , a National Diversity Award 2014 , shortlisted for a European Diversity Award 2015 and nominated for an Excellence in Diversity Award 2015 (for his contribution to enhancing equality in education) and The Diversity Champion Award: Education Sector for The Excellence in Diversity Awards 2017 and Corporate Vision’s Most Dedicated Inclusivity Trainer 2023 (UK).
David, a former performer and Trauma-informed Specialist teacher, is an Inclusion and Wellbeing Consultant, with 25+ years of experience, training across all strands of Diversity & Inclusion, who champions the right of every individual to achieve their fullest potential, both personally and professionally, so that they are not held back by the limiting labels imposed upon them by others.
He is an Associate Consultant and Trainer for the Onvero, EMBED Inclusion and is represented as a Public Speaker by Champions Speakers , Diversity and Inclusion Speakers Agency , The Motivational Speakers Agency , All American Entertainment , and Evolve Talent and Speakers .
David is the founder and coordinator of the international Give ‘em Hope Campaign; a Marriage Equality Pioneer who successfully campaigned for a change in marriage legislation by taking a legal case to the European Court of Human Rights with Equal Love UK; and he is a Trustee for Embracing Arts, a theatre company that is dedicated to creating work for children with special educational needs and/or life limiting conditions.
He is the writer of, the soon to be published, Never Blend In, and has written the foreword for Retreating Forward: A Spiritual Practice with Transgender Persons by David Elias Weekley.
Most recently, he has spoken and delivered workshops with Border Force, the British Library, British Transport Police, bulk, Cargill, Capgemini, Clear Score, Dr. Oetkir, Ericsson, Enfield Council, HATS Group, Health Recovery Solutions, Maven, the NHS, the Royal Academy of Engineering, Square Trade Ltd, SuperDry, Tisski, and the Universities of Glasgow, London and Reading, amongst others.
