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CTSI Celebrates: Inter Faith Week
Posted: 07/11/2025
November 9 - 16 2025 : Each November, communities across the UK come together to mark Inter Faith Week - a vibrant celebration of the country’s rich tapestry of faiths and beliefs.
CTSI Supports: Men's Mental Health Awareness Month
Posted: 20/10/2025
November 2025 : Men's Mental Health Awareness Month is an annual focus, held each November, running alongside Movember and Internationals Men's Day. This month-long initiative aims to shine light and address the mental health challenges men face.
Happy Diwali!
Posted: 13/10/2025
20th October - 21st October : The festival of lights is just around the corner! Diwali, also known as Deepavali, is India’s biggest and most important holiday of the year. It celebrates the triumph of good over evil, light over darkness and wisdom over ignorance.
CTSI Supports: World Mental Health Day
Posted: 08/10/2025
10th October 2025 : World Mental Health Day is a global initiative that aims to raise awareness of mental health issues and promote efforts in support of mental wellbeing. This year's theme focuses on Access to Services – Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies.
FEATURE: Honouring a Windrush Legacy
Posted: 06/10/2025
This Black History Month, CTSI is sharing the voices of Black colleagues in Trading Standards, shining a light on inequalities, and reflecting on the stories that helped shape Britain today. Here, Vincent Searle - Principal Trading Standards Officer and Team Leader at the London Borough of Newham - reflects on his family’s Windrush legacy and the impact it has had on his own life.
CTSI Supports: Yom Kippur
Posted: 01/10/2025
1 - 2 October 2025 : Sundown of Wednesday 1 October to sundown Thursday 2 October 2025. Yom Kippur is the most solemn day in the Jewish, or Hebrew, calendar. It is the Day of Atonement.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Marsha Bell
Posted: 26/09/2025
INTERVIEW : Marsha Bell - Trading Standards and Licensing Manager at Salford City Council - reflects on her journey into Trading Standards, highlighting the achievements that have brought her pride, the unique challenges she’s encountered as a Black professional, and the personal and professional significance of Black History Month.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Samuel Abdullahi
Posted: 26/09/2025
INTERVIEW : Samuel Abdullahi - Trading Standards Team Leader for London Boroughs of Brent and Harrow - reflects on his inspiring journey into Trading Standards, sharing proud career moments, challenges faced as a Black professional, and the significance of Black History Month. He also offers advice to aspiring Black professionals and thoughts on how the sector can become more inclusive.
CTSI CELEBRATES: Black History Month!
Posted: 25/09/2025
October 2025 : Black History Month is an annual celebration - marked every October, here in the UK - dedicated to honouring the achievements of people of African and Caribbean heritage, while also educating others on the importance of sharing and discussing Black history.
FEATURE: Look for the ‘Ubuntu’ in You
Posted: 24/09/2025
CTSI's Ubuntu Mentorship Programme : Encouraging open and honest conversations about societal issues is at the heart of CTSI's mentorship programme, says Giles Speid, Team Manager at Westminster Trading Standards.
FEATURE: Words of Power
Posted: 24/09/2025
Even those with the best of intentions can sometimes cause harm through their choice of words. Tendy Lindsay explores the role of language in making Trading Standards more inclusive, welcoming and effective in its mission.
FEATURE: Language Lessons
Posted: 24/09/2025
As Black History Month kicks off with the theme of ‘Standing Firm in Power and Pride’, Vincent Searle, Trading Standards Officer at Newham Council in East London and member of CTSI's London Race and Equalities Working Group, looks at how the language we use has the power to change our lived experience and celebrates those within the Trading Standards world who are making a difference.
