McPhail Watmore Associates Ltd
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Training
Build a workplace where people thrive
We help organisations build fair, inclusive workplaces where people thrive rather than simply survive. Our equality, diversity and inclusion training ranges from foundational awareness for everyone, to specialist courses on harassment prevention, disability, unconscious bias, menopause and more. Every course can be delivered in person or online, and tailored to your organisation.
Our core EDI courses
These are our foundational equality, diversity and inclusion sessions. Each can be booked on its own, or combined into a programme.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Awareness
People thrive when they are treated fairly and can use the full scope of their knowledge, skills and abilities. This course explores the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion, and shows how you can use your personal influence to create an environment where everyone is included and able to thrive. Inclusion grows from psychological safety, and we build the skills and confidence to understand the needs of different groups, to ask questions when we do not understand, and to truly listen.
Ally and Active Bystander Training
Develop the confidence to support others in the workplace. This session helps you identify your own unconscious bias, notice it in others, and learn the skills to step in and act as an ally. Everyone has the scope to be an ally. Allyship shapes the culture of an organisation, it is the difference between just turning up and truly belonging.
Equality Champion Training
Organisational responsibility, the legal framework, and how leaders set and evidence the tone from the top.
Inclusive Team
There is strong evidence that a diverse team is an effective team, making faster, better decisions by drawing on the knowledge of all its members. This session shows what it is to be an inclusive team member, and how, through our actions and our contribution, we can achieve better outcomes for our colleagues and our organisation. Inclusive teams give competitive advantage, and the statistics will surprise you.
Specialist courses
Several of our most requested subjects have their own dedicated pages, where you can find full details. All are part of our equality, diversity and inclusion offer.
Preventing Sexual and Third Party Harassment
Training at every level to meet the new duties under the Employment Rights Act 2025.
Unconscious Bias
Understanding bias and putting in place the structures that control it, in employment and service delivery.
Disability and Reasonable Adjustments
Disability awareness for everyone, and the reasonable adjustments duty for managers.
Neurodiversity and Neuroinclusion
Understanding neurodivergence and building a neuroinclusive workplace.
Menopause
Awareness and manager training, plus support with your menopause action plan.
Equality Impact Assessment
The practical skills to assess policies and decisions through a diversity lens.
Inclusive Leadership
Leading inclusively and championing diversity from the top, part of our leadership training.
Who this training is for
Our EDI training suits organisations of every kind, and people at every level, from team members building awareness to senior leaders driving cultural change. We work with organisations across the UK in the public and private sector, including higher and further education, the NHS, national and local government, finance, legal and professional services, housing and the charity sector.
Our approach and credentials
All of our training is bespoke. We take time to understand your organisation, your sector and your risks, and we build sessions around realistic scenarios your people will recognise, because that is what changes behaviour and what stands up as evidence of compliance. Sessions can be delivered in person or online, as standalone courses or as a programme across all four levels.
Our consultants are experienced practitioners drawn from the public and private sector. McPhail Watmore Associates was established in 2000, and our founder Fiona McPhail is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD with 30 years' experience in HR, you can read more about our team on our About page.
Established 2000
Over 25 years of training and consultancy
Chartered FCIPD
Founder led, 30 years' experience
Charter assessors
Investors in Diversity, Disability Confident Level 3
Seven consultants
Public and private sector practitioners
Talk to our team
Whether you want to book a course or discuss what would work best for your organisation, get in touch to discuss your training needs.