About — BACKLIGHT

**We are BACKLIGHT**

A culture change agency that helps companies become **more inclusive across all intersectionalities** by fostering engaged workplace environments where your people feel valued and the work they produce connects with a **wider consumer audience**.
Established by Lydia Amoah, Founder of the universally acclaimed **Black Pound Report**, we advise and create bespoke workplace **diversity, equity and inclusion** (DEI) initiatives that:
Increase **profitability and performance**.
Deliver evolving, **positive change.**
Help brands **create better products, services and campaigns** with a broader reach.
**Drive inclusive recruitment.**
Transform the workplace into a **happier, more productive environment.**
**We make change happen.**

Within 30 minutes of our initial conversation, we can carry out a basic cultural audit that assesses the current landscape of your business, any workplace challenges and how they impact on your people and the work they produce.

We can tell you what’s going well, where there’s room for improvement and create a roadmap with a timeline that will help you reinvigorate your teams and enrich your brand.

Walking by your side throughout your journey of change, we’ll give you the tools you need to embed inclusivity into your workplace; and we’ll give you the know-how to build campaigns and communications that culturally hit target. You’ll also receive an industry-recognised DEI framework that sets you apart as a business that openly celebrates the diversity of its people.

It starts with a conversation

Initial consultations last 30 minutes

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Meet The Team

We are a collective of DEI experts, data specialists, visionaries and change-makers, all committed to helping organisations unlock the power of diversity.

Lydia is recognised as one of Britain’s leading authorities on diversity, equity and inclusion and has helped 1000’s of people transform their businesses and lives. An award-winning business coach, Lydia is focused on solutions and committed to partnering with the right people to make lasting change happen.

Barbara is a Diversity & Inclusion Consultant, Psychologist (MA), MBPsS & Complementary Therapist (MCMA). Barbara creates inclusive environments and equips teams to transform the way they work and has been integral to uncovering the concept of ‘Psychological Passing’ in the Black Pound Report.

Tim brings over twenty years’ experience of data and insight in MarComms agencies including Dentsu and TBWA. Tim uses data to quantify the experiences of marginalised communities, building business cases for developing DEI investment and measuring the impact of workplace DEI initiatives.

Joshua is an Associate Member of the CIPD with 15 years’ combined HR and ED&I experience. He has supported several public, private and third sector organisations with workplace culture reviews through listening sessions and creating psychologically safe spaces.
Joshua is passionate about supporting organisations to create cultures where the voices of underrepresented groups are heard and shape forward-thinking sustainable inclusion strategies. He specialises in understanding how organisations operate to design and deliver ED&I policies, training and wellbeing programmes that create cultures of belonging while also aligning ED&I aspirations and strategies to an organisation’s broader operational objectives to ensure real change.
Finally, Joshua's experience and expertise in employee relations have provided proactive and reactive solutions for organisations, particularly concerning microaggressions, LGBTQ+, anti-racism and race discrimination.