Member focus
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The right to contribute
The FDA’s Public Sector Development and Mentoring Scheme has been working alongside social enterprise Third Wave…
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FDA celebrates Women’s History Month 2025 with panel event
To celebrate Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day 2025 the FDA hosted a panel event…
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FDA attends TUC Women’s Conference 2025
A delegation of FDA members attended TUC Women’s Conference 2025, held in Congress House, London, from…
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FDA panel event for LGBT History Month 2025
To mark LGBT History Month 2025, the FDA hosted an online panel event with members and…
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Unlock your leadership and management potential
As part of Young Workers’ Month, the FDA highlights how development schemes like the Fast Stream…
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Meet the President: Margaret Haig
The FDA’s newly elected President Margaret Haig discusses with Katherine Hutchinson the key challenges facing the…
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FDA at the TUC LGBT+ Workers’ Conference 2024
An FDA’s delegation attended the TUC LGBT+ Workers’ Conference 2024, engaging with the wider trade union…
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FDA Fast Stream section receive group Impact Award at ADC 2024
The 2024 group Impact Award was presented to the Fast Stream section for their hard-fought campaign…
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FDA member Ross Thompson awarded Individual Impact Award 2024
FDA member Ross Thompson received the Individual Impact Award for his work increasing membership and engagement…
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Fast Stream member Cyara Buchuck-Wilsenach receives FDA equality award
At this year’s ADC, Fast Stream member Cyara Buchuck-Wilsenach received the Wendy Jones Equality Award for…
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‘I wanted to be in charge’: The FDA’s women leaders
The FDA’s five surviving female presidents met to discuss the challenges still facing women in senior…
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Member focus: “I didn’t want anyone else to go through this”
After his employer failed to properly support his disability, which ultimately led to him not passing…
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Engaging and motivating: FDA member development programme
Kay Hender speaks to Equality Officer Victoria Jones about the FDA’s member development programme.
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Baby Loss Awareness Week: New guidance adopted in IPO
FDA member Mike Warner shares his lived experience of miscarriage and subsequent campaigning for a new…
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2022 Wendy Jones Award winner: Grace Oduja
“It’s in my DNA to help”: Grace Oduja reacts to winning award that recognises equalities work.
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Meet the President
The FDA’s new President Tony Wallace tells Scott Dobson about never looking back after joining the…
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Dame Alix Kilroy: FDA’s first woman Chair
This International Women’s Day, we celebrate “one of the most remarkable women in civil service history”.
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Shola Akinyamoju wins 2021 Wendy Jones Award
Shola has been recognised for her fantastic work championing learning opportunities for BAME civil servants.
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Taking time for yourself
FDA rep Claire Bottomley tells Kay Hender how her own experience helped her to learn the…
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Meet the President: Vicky Johnson
The FDA’s new president, Vicky Johnson, has been a civil servant since 1986, but originally had…
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On your case: Recovering from stress-induced ill health
After workload pressures put her health at risk, an FDA member tells Tommy Newell how her…
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Kris Barnfield: Championing openess about disability in the MoJ
This Disability History Month, Disability Champion Kris Barnfield discusses his experience of having dyslexia in the…
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Why we need Flex for All: Ben’s story
After years of struggling with a rare form of inflammatory arthritis, DExEU’s Ben Willcocks explains how…
