Beyond Benefits: Redefining Workplaces for Everyone

Women in Tech York is a community! We're made up of individuals studying, working or interested in technology. We run events where attendees can share their knowledge and interests, as well as encourage and empower one another whilst building their network.

Our events are not exclusive to women; absolutely everyone is welcome. You also don't need to be a coder or consider yourself technical to get something out of our events.

Events run on the 2nd Thursday of the month.

We welcome all students and career-changers who are interested in learning more about tech and careers in the industry.

As always, there will be a free buffet (vegan options available) thanks to our amazing sponsors BJSS and Isotoma. Please let us know about allergies in advance.

We'd like to thank our Community Partner DevEx Connect for their support with this event.

We're discussing how we can create workplaces that work for people as individuals. We keep seeing companies advertising their maternity leave / pay as a benefit, but that only applies to a subset of people, and then only in a subset of their working life! We want to talk about the benefits and policies that we want to see, and what we can do to push companies to implement them.
We'll have a brilliant panel discussion featuring:

• Bethan Vincent...
  
• Sophie Weston...
  
• Yasmina Fadel, co-director of an emerging game development, co-development, and consultancy company Maximalist Ltd, based in York. With experience in game releases and a background in production, she is now set on creating a work environment that reflects her team’s core values and needs.
  After the break we'll be hosted some facilitated group activities to get you thinking about what would benefit you now, and how to ask for it.

Submit your talk details here - we review them with our team and vote for the talks we'd like to hear the most. All talk details are anonymised prior to voting to ensure a fair process.

We're a very friendly group! If you'd like to chat to us beforehand you can join our Slack and LinkedIn communities or contact us directly via social media or email if you have any questions.

• Slack: https://wit-york.slack.com
• LinkedIn: Women in Tech York
• Twitter: @WiT_York
• Instagram: womenintechyork
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: https://www.wityork.org.uk/contact
  
  

Can you cater for allergies and dietary requirements?

We will always do our best to cater for everyone. If you let us know about your requirements at least 72 hours in advance we'll pass them on to the venue and ask them to accommodate. We order a vegan buffet by default.

If you have any concerns about the food on the night then please speak to a member of staff. Nutritional information can be found on Revolution's website. We usually order a buffet which typically includes mini burgers, fries, salads, garlic bread and small snacks. If you need to know what food will be provided ahead of time then please let us know.

Is this event accessible?

• The room booked for this event is upstairs, but can be accessed by a lift. Please contact Revolution to confirm access to the lift.
• We usually use Google Slides and can turn on captions if required
• W e ask our speakers to use the microphones provided.
• We have exclusive access to the upstairs toilets - please note there are 2 steps up to access these toilets specifically, though other toilets are available.
• You know your needs best - we've added an option on our order form for any adjustments or requirements you want to let the organisers know about in advance. We will do our best to ensure a fair and comfortable experience for everyone.

Is this event inclusive ?

We try our best to make sure everyone feels included, welcome and comfortable at Women in Tech York events

• Pronoun stickers are available for everyone (if your pronoun isn't provided please let us know and we'll get more created to include you).
• Red camera badges are available to indicate that you don't want to be photographed.
• Music is kept to a low volume.
  

Getting here

If you're unsure how to get to Revolution check out thesection of our website - we've added information on car parks, buses and bike paths around York.

The short version of our code of conduct is be respectful. Everyone here is part of our community. We do not tolerate any form of harassment or abuse.

If you'd like to see the full code of conduct, please view it on our website https://www.wityork.org.uk/conduct or email [email protected] for more details.

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