Berkeley Wilde
Director, The Diversity Trust CIC
I have been working as an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion consultant, researcher and trainer for nearly three decades.
I am passionate about community cohesion and community development, empowerment and leadership, as well as social change.
I work as a strategic partner with hate crime victim support services in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire with Stand Against Racism and Inequality (SARI).
I have also worked with Next Link, Missing Link, Safe Link and Safe Lives on improving access to domestic violence and abuse services.
I have supported the substance misuse sector in developing equality, diversity and inclusion solutions with substance misuse services. Including the development of an Equality Standard.
I have written research reports which influenced Health and Wellbeing Strategies and Joint Strategic Needs Assessments.
I have a background working in health inequalities, mental health, substance misuse, domestic violence and abuse and LGBTQ youth work. I have worked with national charities including Mind, Relate and Terrence Higgins Trust.
I led a research project into access to primary care services for the Department of Health. I have also worked on projects for the Home Office, including on a Domestic Homicide Review and a Government Scrutiny Panel.
I have worked internationally with non-governmental organisations based in Brussels, with the European Union and European Parliament, tackling health inequalities.
I am a Fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs, a collaborator with the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. As well as being a guest lecturer at Fudan University in Shanghai, China and at the University of York Law School.
In 2016 I won The Ann Wood Award for making an Outstanding Contribution to Tackling Domestic Abuse. I was on the Happy City List in 2017 and nominated in the Diversity Awards – Role Model category – in 2018 and 2019. In 2020 I was awarded an Outstanding Contribution Award for my work with communities.
I am a Stonewall UK Education Role Model, a Trustee of CVS South Gloucestershire and Chair of the Disability Equality Network.