With LDC’s support, Headland builds a diverse workforce

Financial and corporate reputation specialist Headland is building a diverse business and championing diversity across its sector, with support from LDC.

Diverse recruitment

In the past two years, Headland has recruited 50% of its summer interns via the Taylor Bennett Foundation, which encourages black, Asian and minority graduates to pursue a career in communications. Headland plans to again recruit half its interns from the organisation in 2024.

Headland has chosen the Amos Bursary as its charity partner for the year. Alongside a donation to the charity, which works to ensure talented people of African and Caribbean descent have the opportunity to excel in education and beyond, Headland employees are mentoring students on the programme.

Finally, the agency has secured ally status of the Blueprint diversity mark. It recognises that
Headland is working to help talented black, Asian, mixed race and ethnic minority people
build careers in the PR and communications industry.

CEO Dan Mines said: “The PR and communications industry recognises the need to be more diverse and we’re aiming to drive change with meaningful partnerships delivering
impact across our business. Importantly, our people are completely bought in to our diversity strategy.”