On 1 October 2020 the Naz Legacy Foundation held its first ever virtual Diversity Day – as required by COVID-19 restrictions. The session was with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Services (FCDO Services), which provides a range of secure services worldwide to the FCDO and other UK government departments, as well as managing the UK National Authority for Counter Eavesdropping (UK NACE), helping protect UK assets from physical, electronic and cyber attacks.
FCDO staff spoke and answered questions from over 50 students about their work on cyber security, the wide array of career opportunities and routes in to working at FCDO Services, and diversity and inclusion within the UK Civil Service.
By introducing a diverse group of young people to the range of STEM-related career opportunities available to them, including an excellent apprenticeship scheme, the session aimed to inspire young people to pursue a career in the Civil Service that they may not previously have thought was open to them.