Kevin has been a member and supporter of Prism, Jacobs LGBTQIA+ Employee Network since 2019 and in 2021 relaunched the European network as the ‘House of Prism Europe’ (HoPE), embracing the core principals of the Haus movement that he grew up within during the 1980’s. Kevin is now celebrated as The Mother of the Family Hope. In 2021, Jacobs achieved 6th place in the Stonewall WEI, becoming the first construction and engineering company to enter the top 100, a rise of over 115 places since their previous ranking, with Kevin’s role in the process being instrumental to this outcome. Kevin also facilitated the formation of the Nuclear Rainbow Forum, a network of LGBTQIA+ networks within the nuclear sector holding the core values of collaboration and providing a place of psychological safety for LGBTQIA+ colleagues across the sector. He is the winner of Diversity Hero at the British LGBT+ Awards 2022 and was made a Champion of Stonewall Housing, an independent charity supporting members of the LGBTQIA+ community suffering from or under threat from homelessness. Kevin remains an activist for the homeless, the displaced and refugees, working closely with charities to advocate and support those whose voices need to be heard.
