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Digital Programme Enablement Manager
“Maik Or-mund” |Â he/him
Mike is responsible for the maintenance and continuous development of our digital channels, including maintaining our website, online forms, and internal intranet pages. He also provides digital support for our marketing and is responsible for creating the quarterly newsletter.
He is passionate about diversity and inclusion, and with this in mind has worked to make our programmes more accessible and inclusive, such as our bursaries. He also started an LGBTQ+ support network at City & Guilds, which has been running since 2020.
He studied Media, Culture and Communications at University in Leeds and now lives in Cheshire with his partner. In his spare time he loves cooking and trying new foods, and he is a keen knitter.
intellection | achiever | ideation | analytical | relator
The latest stories from Mike Ormand on the City & Guilds Foundation website:
In our Spring 2023 newsletter we launch our Neurodiversity Index, share how we are supporting UK youth into meaningful employment and more.
From all of us at the City & Guilds Foundation, we’d like to wish you Happy Holidays if you celebrate, or a great break if you don’t.
This year 46 organisations came together at London’s Banqueting House on Tuesday 6th December to be personally congratulated on stage by HRH The Princess Royal, alongside Chief Executive of City & Guilds, Kirstie Donnelly MBE and Chair of City & Guilds, Dame Ann Limb.
This guest post is by the DE&I team at City & Guilds City & Guilds, in partnership with the Education Training Foundation: SEND excellence gateway, are launching a series of tools to support inclusive learning. This project was run as part of our Inclusive Curriculum Framework work at City & Guilds, to equip our trainers to confidently support students with disabilities. Being able to effectively support learners with disabilities in the classroom is an essential part of any...
In our latest newsletter we launch our 2022 Impact Report and also highlight the impact of our work and programmes have had in the last quarter.
The history of LGBTQ+ Pride Month LGBTQ+ Pride Month is celebrated each year in the month of June to honour the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. The Stonewall Uprising was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States and its impact was felt globally. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first Pride march in the UK, a day when hundreds of LGBTQ+ people and their allies arrived in London to protest a society where we were not safe to be ourselves. The actions...
In this edition of the Foundation Newsletter read about our royal heritage and our recent impact in our summer news roundup.
In this edition of the Foundation Newsletter, we celebrate our partnerships and the power of collaboration in maximising our impact.
City & Guilds Foundation would like to congratulate some of our Fellows, Council Members, customers and PRTA Alumni for being recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours List. Congratulations to Jenny Taylor (MBE), member of the City & Guilds Council and Commissioner for Princess Royal Training Awards, for services to Education. Jenny Taylor is Leader of IBM UK's award winning graduate, apprentice and internship Early Professional programmes (Foundation) with responsibility for all...