David E. Hull-Watters

An associate consultant and trainer for the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion, EMBED Inclusion, and FireBird, David Hull-Watters is an Inclusion and Wellbeing Specialist who covers, among other topics, neurodiversity in the workplace, LGBTQ+ awareness and allyship, conscious inclusion, inclusive leadership and recruitment, disability confident practice, and inclusive language and accessible communication.

Hull-Watters is a former Specialist Educational Needs and Trauma-Informed teacher, who champions the right of every individual to achieve their fullest potential, both personally and professionally, so that they are not held back by the limiting labels imposed upon them by others.

He is a winner of Best Inclusivity Trainer (UK) - Global Business Insight Awards 2024, Corporate Vision’s Most Dedicated Inclusivity Trainer 2023 (UK), a Vodafone World of Difference Award, a National Diversity Award 2014, shortlisted for a European Diversity Award 2015, an Excellence in Diversity Award 2015, and the Diversity Champion Award: Education Sector at The Excellence in Diversity Awards 2017.

Hull-Watters is the founder and coordinator of the award-winning international Give ‘em Hope Campaign; a Marriage Equality Pioneer who successfully campaigned for a change in marriage legislation by taking a legal case to the European Court of Human Rights with Equal Love UK; and he is a Trustee for Embracing Arts, a theater company that is dedicated to creating work for children with special educational needs and/or life limiting conditions.

He is the writer of the soon to be published "Never Blend In – LGBTQ+ Stories of Resilience and Empowerment," and has written the foreword for "Retreating Forward: A Spiritual Practice with Transgender Persons" by David Elias Weekley.

Additionally, Hull-Watters supports individual clients and businesses as a wellbeing Coach and has created a holistic approach to mental health and wellbeing for individuals and organizations.