To commemorate Neurodiversity Celebration Week, Manoj Mansuria from Santander discusses the impact of receiving a late diagnoses, and how to embrace differences in the workplace and beyond.

Angela Monzione, PA at Santander, spoke to myGwork about her incredible, consistent support for the LGBTQ+ community, describing how Santander gets involved in the ongoing campaign for equality.

Jack Eves from Santander, spoke to myGwork about his coming out story, his transition journey, and the inclusive culture at Santander.

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

Santander UK attends the Milton Keynes Pride Festival. Tj Richards participated in two capacities - first, as a role as Embrace Network co-chair at Santander UK, she was honoured to assist her good friend and Network Exco Sponsor Duke Dayal in the opening ceremony for the day. Santander UK was delighted to return as Headlin...

Congratulations to Santander’s Head of Culture and Experience Damien Shieber who has been shortlisted as a Top 10 Inspirational leader in the
British LGBT Awards 2022!The British LGBT Awards 2022 shines a spotlight on role
models and organisations who are working to better the needs of LGBTQ+ people.
Damien actively champions LGBTQ+ inclusion to...

An interview with Karl Darby-Warner, Product Manager at SantanderKarl has been with Santander for eight months and officially worked in the office for two of those months. He is the Product Manager for Retailer Offers within the Banking Product Team.How did you start your current career?Truth be told I fell into Product. I started working full...

By Karl Darby-Warner, Product Manager at SantanderKeep an open mind, the day is going to be full on so go with the flow.Ask questions – as cliché as it is, there are no stupid questions, and everyone is willing to help you out.Take notes – I cannot stress this enough. Write as many notes as possible in a way that make sense to you. You want to walk...

By Joshua Wilds, Customer Service Manager at Santander UKHi! My names Joshua Wilds, and I’m a Customer Service Manager for Santander UK. My job is to inspire, lead and engage a team within the branch network, in order to offer exceptional service to our customers. I live on the sunny South Coast near Portsmouth with my lovely boyfriend Matthew, who...

By Laura McLean, Project Manager & Inclusion Mentor, SantanderThe first Pride I attended was London 2019. I walked in the Parade, representing the company I work for, with my partner by my side. We were both wheel stewards, so we were able to be down on the ground, dancing around, getting involved with the crowd and ensuring that everyone...

Anish Jalabhay is a Business Analyst and also the Head of Events for our Embrace (LGBT+) Employee-led Network at Santander and share his thoughts around IDAHOBIT.Have you marked IDAHOBIT before? Yes – IDAHOBIT has been firmly on our national events calendar in Embrace for over 2 years now. Can you tell us about one of your favourite years...

An Interview with Kate Hill, Customer Service Manager at SantanderPlease introduce yourself and tell us your role at your organisation. My name is Kate Hill, I am 26 years old and live with my fiancé, Sarah.I am a Customer Service Manager in branch at Santander in Huddersfield, having worked for Santander since I left school at 17 and couldn’t...

Damien Shieber, is the Head of Culture and Inclusion at Santander – he leads the culture strategy to align with Santander’s purpose, values and behaviours across their 23,500 colleagues in the UK. Damien and his team are responsible for cultural direction, employee wellbeing, inclusion and diversity, people insight and employee engagement. &nb...

David Betty is the Area Director for Branch Interactions Santander in the North and looks after all of our Branch colleagues and customers in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England. What is your experience of being an ally to the LGBT+ community?It has been hugely positive and very easy! I think it’s important for allies to b...

Carly Hayburn (a bit like Wonder Woman) by day works as a Regional Manager Supervision for Santander and by night is Head of Embrace Communications (Santander’s employee-led LGBT+ network).     When and how did you start looking for a mentor?I started looking for a mentor a few years ago, however the right opportunity has never...

Hi Sophie, can you please tell us a bit about yourself? Hi, my name’s Sophie, I work for Santander UK and I attended the University of Hull where I studied Politics and International Relations.When in university, were you out to your university friends and/or your teachers? If yes, how important was that for you? At university, I was alwa...

By, Craig Baines - Senior Segment Manager & Head of Embrace Site LeadsDid I grow up in a homophobic household and in a homophobic town? I’d like to say no, but in reality, I think I did. I distinctly remember standing at the side of my mother, washing the dishes at around the age of 12 when Julian Clary appeared on the television (I think...

This year, on the 50thanniversary of Stonewall, Santander’s employee-led LGBT+ and allies network [Embrace] has been more active than ever, ensuring Pride is recognised and celebrated throughout the communities Santander serves.  Officially we have attended 16 Prides, with more colleagues choosing to get involved in other events where they wor...

The women behind banking giant Santander count on teamwork to support their LGBTQ+ colleaguesTJ RICHARDS AND SUSAN ALLEN. SANTANDER. The team from mygwork, the LGBT recruitment and networking hub, sat down with Santander UK’s Susan Allen and TJ Richards to talk about female empowerment and the importance of visible role mod...

Living half a lifetime pretending to be someone you’re not, takes its toll. Like most transgender (trans) people, I knew from an early age that things weren’t quite right. But growing up in the seventies, I quickly realised that sharing this would be met with opposition and I would be made to feel ashamed of myself. In a time before the internet, I...

Stuart Laird is a Team Manager at Santander’s Glasgow Head Office and Site Lead of its LGBT+ Network, Embrace. He managed to grow the network membership in Santander’s Glasgow office site from under 50 at the beginning of 2017 to over 500. And with the enormous success of driving the network in Glasgow, Stuart has been given the role of Head of Pri...

Embrace, Santander UK’s LGBT+ network, is one of the bank's fastest-growing employee networks.In just under a year the network has grown from 400 to more than 2500 members and allies in the UK. The co-chair Darren Kerrison has been a vocal advocate for the LGBT+ community for quite some time.Equipped with the skill set from his day job as an Engage...