The Inclusion Agency (TIA)

Louisa is co-founder of The Inclusion Agency (TIA), a community interest company which she set up with Louise Boston-Mammah, educator and programme co-ordinator. TIA champions Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the arts, heritage, education and other sectors, and their vision is of a more cohesive and inclusive community for all.

TIA aims to bring marginalised and diverse voices to centre stage; create connections between people of different ethnic backgrounds living in the south west; work to reduce prejudice and racism; and develop strong partnerships with individuals and organisations to promote ED&I in the south west and beyond.

Recently they worked with The University of Bristol to deliver the Student Diversity Engagement Project where they worked with Black, Asian and ethnically diverse students to discuss their perspective on student life, looking at issues of racism and sexism to create change for the future.

The findings were then used to inform and deliver further EDI training to over 200 staff and students online and face-to-face from the University of Bristol and the University of West England (UWE), on ‘race’ and ethnicity; gender and sexism and mental health and wellbeing. 

TIA also delivered the Where are you really from project during 2020, which told stories of black and brown people living in the south west and other rural parts of the UK.

TIA offers a range of services which include bespoke ‘race’ equality or anti-racist training; diversity audits; partnerships on arts and heritage projects; talks and workshops; and more. They can work with organisations to support them to become more inclusive, particularly (but not exclusively) in relation to representing and engaging with ethnically diverse communities. They offer a ‘fresh eye’ on an organisation’s practices and inclusivity in a non-judgemental way. 

‘On behalf of FARSCOPE CDT, I would like to extend my thanks to Louisa and Louise for delivering such a positive, insightful and thought-provoking session. We have received a number of messages of appreciation from our students, thanking you for your time, expertise and the opportunity to learn more about this crucial and timely issue. I thoroughly recommend The Inclusion Agency to all universities interested in learning how to become more equal, diverse and inclusive. We really look forward to working with The Inclusion Agency more in future.’
Paul Harper, CDT Manager, FARCOPE CDT, University of Bristol & the University of West England (UWE)

‘TIA helped us identify specific challenges we face with ED&I within the faculty.  They provided a safe space for frank discussions with students from under-represented groups & presented their findings in an honest & helpful way. They’re now working across the faculty to help us develop strategies to remove barriers & be as welcoming as possible to students/staff from all backgrounds.’
Sean Lancastle, School of Civil, Aerospace, and Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol

 ‘Louisa and Louise have provided a number of training events for us at Bristol University, both for staff and students. I have always found their sessions to be very informative and powerful, with plenty of personal lived in experience of racism and its effect on their lives. Their approach of non-judgemental spaces to discuss race and racism is excellent and has helped to engage our staff and students in discussing difficult topics in a way that is breaking down barriers. They are very professional and have provided some impactful reports for us to use going forward in tackling racism within our institution. Highly recommended.’
Professor Stephen Eichhorn, School of Civil, Aerospace, and Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol