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WHAT IS THE GREY AREA?

This is less about 50 shades of grey and more about the many shades of black and brown!

Despite repeated efforts, why aren’t diversity initiatives working their charm? What else needs to be done or rather done differently?   

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Organisations are increasingly trying to find solutions to diversity and inclusion challenges by opting for black or white solutions and answers and that’s where THE GREY AREA comes in!  A solution which is not entirely black or white but a combination of both. What we are trying to establish is that achieving inclusion is not simple, many forces are at play and hence, the answer cannot be either/or. If you are trying to be more inclusive then perhaps it’s about time we step into THE GREY AREA. See more below

The Grey Area research is featured in powerful new book! 

We are honoured to be mentioned in Baroness Sayeeda Warsi 's powerful new book Muslims Don’t Matter in the chapter Unequal Nation.

Baroness Warsi highlights the escalating anti-Muslim racism in Britain, from the far-right violence of summer 2024 to the vitriol aimed at Muslims in public life during the Gaza conflict. She exposes how Islamophobia, fuelled by media outlets, think tanks, commentators, and even the entertainment industry, has become Britain’s blind spot, going unchallenged at every level of society. In this compelling work, Britain’s first Muslim Cabinet Minister, a Conservative peer, campaigner, and podcaster, draws on her unique position in both British politics and the Muslim community to challenge this deeply entrenched prejudice.

Our groundbreaking survey on racism and Islamophobia in the NHS, conducted in collaboration with the Muslim Doctors Association & Allied Health Professionals CIC and featured in the book, sheds light on the experiences of Muslim health workers. Exclusion on the Frontline documents the bias these professionals face, from verbal abuse to the discomfort of raising workplace concerns, the underrepresentation of Muslims in leadership, compromises in practising faith, and the prevalence of othering and stereotyping.

This book is an essential and timely read for anyone serious about addressing Islamophobia in the workplace and society.

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More about TGA

More about the Grey Area...

The phrase GREY AREA itself indicates an ill-defined area. We may know something exists but we can’t exactly pinpoint what it is. It’s always there and doesn’t go away and we often mistakenly try to work around it or try to avoid it.

 

We at the GREY AREA aim to redefine and reconfigure balance of power in an organisation by giving a voice to minorities and hearing from them as to what exactly it is that they need to see in order to progress.

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We wish to support employees and employers walking through the GREY AREA by asking those rather difficult questions so that they can understand and realise what inclusion means to them. The GREY AREA Team wants to help managers reframe their thought process by helping them recognise this grey area exists – we can’t ignore it so we might as well dive in, find out what’s going on and dispel the myths and ambiguity. Could the Grey Area hold some of the solutions to truly embracing inclusion? 

We want organisations to:

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Genuinely

Recognise

Ethnicities...and that’s why

Your voice matters!

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The Grey Area - Decoding Inclusion

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