Chwarae Teg
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| Founded | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable organisation |
| Location |
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Area served | Wales |
Key people | Joy Kent Chief Exec |
Employees | 51 |
| Website | www |
Chwarae Teg - (Welsh for Fair Play) is a United Kingdom based charity working in Wales to support the economic development of women as well as working with businesses and organisations to develop and improve working practices.[1]
History
Chwarae Teg was launched by a consortium in 1992 in South Wales, and Jane Hutt now a minister in the Welsh Government was appointed its first director.[2]
In 2009 Chwarae Teg launched their latest European Social Fund and Welsh Government sponsored project, Agile Nation (More details below)
Activities
Agile Nation
Launched in 2009 and often referred to as Chwarae Teg's Flagship project, Agile Nation aims to promote gender equality, support the career advancement of women and contribute to a reduction in the gender pay gap. Agile Nation is a £12.5 million project funded by the European Social Fund and the Welsh Government.[3]
The project has two training programs Ascent (targeted at individual women) and Evolve (targeted at employers).[4] Since their launch they've helped over 1,334 individual women and 188 businesses as of August 2011.
Policy
Chwarae Teg's policy function monitors economic and workforce developments that impact on women and business across Wales and provides advice to academia, government and industry. This knowledge is used to identify areas where new targeted projects can be developed to address situation where women are underrepresented in the workplace.[5]
Membership
As a registered charity Chwarae Teg is a membership organisation that offers membership to individuals, business, organisations and institutions.
Trustees
As of 31 July 2015 the trustees of Chwarae Teg are:
- Sandra Busby - Welsh Contact Centre Forum Chair
- Jeff Andrews
- Carol Bogue-Lloyd - Siemens Group
- Debbie Green - Finance Director Coastal Housing Group
- Leighton Jenkins - CBI Cymru
- Sue Lane
- Voirrey Manson - NHS Centre for Equality and Human Rights
- Wyn Prichard
- Shannon Robinson - Social Enterprise Solutions Ltd
- Sian Wilbin - PCS
Past Chief Executives
- Jane Hutt (1992–1999)
- Ruth Marks (1999–2005)
- Marcella Maxwell (2006–2008)
- Katy Chamberlain (2008–2012)
- Joy Kent (2013)
Past Chairs
- Jane Jones
- Elan Closs Stephens CBE
- Gwenda Williams
- Jacky Tongue
- Debbie Green (2009–Present)
References
External links
- Homepage: cteg.org.uk
- News article - New Chwarae Teg website: cteg.org.uk
- Website offline since 21 / 03 / 2015: chwaraeteg.com
- Agile Nation Project #1 2008 - 2015 agilenation.org.uk
- Agile Nation Project #2 2015 - 2018 agilenation2.org.uk