As part of their commitment and allyship, RS Group continues to provide a platform for LGBTQ+ people to share their experiences and views.

The RS event featuring a range of guest speakers, including an external sustainable engineering expert and employees at RS leading the charge on packaging, plastic and waste reduction.

Emily Hamilton spoke to myGwork about overcoming the history of homophobia in sports, and navigating sport activities as a visibly queer person.

RS, in collaboration with myGwork, not only promotes camaraderie among its employees but also celebrates the diversity of its Asian colleagues, with a particular focus on LGBTQ+ identities, against the backdrop of the Lunar New Year.

Kelli Naylor, Marketing Manager at RS Americas, spoke to myGwork about her coming out story, and how being in the closet took a toll on her mental health.

Tom Portingale, Luke Payne, Adele Baker, Alison Hutchings and Will Evans from RS Group discuss how allies can be more vocal and share unique advice to people who wish to improve upon their methods of allyship.

To commemorate IDAHOBLIT, employees from RS Group discuss the best ways to tackle LGBTQ+ discrimination and inspire progression.

What does International Day of Trans Visibility mean to you? It's an important counterpoint to Trans Day of Remembrance which we observe in November. That's a very somber time, you know we have a week leading up to that where we’re much of our minds are on the people we've lost over the years. Trans Day of Visibility is designed to be a much more joyful occasion. It's about celebrating the successes, the wins, the lives of our community and what we've contributed to the world. I think for me, that time of celebration is a really important thing. And frankly, it’s very difficult at the moment, but you can't spend the whole year thinking only about the awful s

Check out the top LGBTQ+ jobs with RS Group on myGwork.com, the world’s largest business community for LGBTQ+ professionals, students and anyone who believes in workplace equality.

Jessica Chu highlights the 'huge' importance of LGBTQ+ inclusion at work and shares why being an LGBTQ+ ally is really important to her.

The 31st March is Trans Day of Visibility, ‘TDoV’
for those of us in the community, and you may wonder, what is this day all
about? – To which the answer is ‘exactly what it says’ – it is about
Transgender people being visible, living their lives.  It started as a response to the fact that
during a year of observances, trans people recogni...

by Louise Healey, My name is Louise Healey and I am a supply planner within BLE and in the passives cell. I have worked in RS since September 2014 I joined after being made redundant in my previous employment and my dad who has worked here for over 30 years encouraged me to apply as he has always said RS is for life once you get in you will ne...

An interview with Natasha Walker, RS ComponentsTell us about yourself.I am Natasha Walker, I have been with my wife for 11 years and we have a 3-year-old daughter.  I have worked at RS Components for 15 years and I am currently a Senior Pricing Analyst. What advice would you give to an LGBT+ first time parent?We’re still very early on in...

LGBT+ History Month is a month-long event encompassing education and a celebration of LGBT+ history. In the UK, it started in 2005 and has been celebrated in February every year since. This month is vital in raising awareness of the LGBT+ human rights movement, increasing LGBT+ visibility and creating a more inclusive societyEmily Hamilton, Vice Pr...

One of the first things I noticed when joining RS just over three months ago was the multicoloured lanyards around most employee’s necks… not being part of the LGBT+ community myself I was unsure what this was about and why so many people wore these lanyards. However, RS has helped me to learn more about the community. Offering all employees, the o...