Heidi lives and breathes LGBT+ equality at Emerald Life. As the UK’s first full-service insurance provider to the community, they serve LGBT+ people and their insurance needs in a way that has not been done before. They have an LGBT+ intern program which shows young adults the real environment of bringing their true selves to work. As a speaker in financial services/insurance arenas, Heidi has frequent opportunities to share her experiences as a straight person in her “on boarding” to the challenges faced by the LGBT+ community. Externally, Heidi is a Diversity Role Model and has merged her passion for the arts with increased awareness of LGBT+ issues (positive change) by being involved in the organisation/execution of the Winter Pride Arts Awards (2nd year as sponsor) and the “Now, Where Are We” exhibition at the Strand Gallery in conjunction with Pride in London this year. In other areas, Emerald has sponsored the Elton John AIDS Foundation programme for teenagers living with HIV to attend summer camp, funded the National LGBT Police Conference and the decoration of a Metropolitan Police Van for the Pride in London parade and seconded their communications staff to re-write the content on an LGBT+ parenting website for city workers to network and seek expert support.
