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Aleka Gutzmore reposted this📢 On Wednesday 7 October, we’ll come together at Lloyds Banking Group to celebrate two years of the Black Mortgage Professionals & Allies Network, mark Black History Month and take an important next step in our mission. RAISING THE STANDARD Leadership. Excellence. Community. 🏆 We’ll be recognising people across our industry who are already raising the standard, and as part of your registration you can nominate someone in any of our five community recognition categories: Leadership Excellence | The Trailblazer | The Door Opener | The Collaborator | Community Impact Think about the people who have opened doors, broken barriers, brought people together, led with purpose or made a real difference to our community. This is our opportunity to give them their flowers. 📅 Wednesday 7 October 2026 📍 Lloyds Banking Group, London Whether you’ve been part of BMPAN since the beginning or this will be your first event, we’d love you to join us. Come and celebrate our community, recognise excellence, connect with the industry and help us raise the standard for what comes next. 👉🏾 Register now and make your nominations: https://lnkd.in/ejWReiaW #RaisingTheStandard #BlackHistoryMonth #MortgageIndustry #BlackProfessionals #Leadership #Inclusion
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Aleka Gutzmore shared thisI’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Financial Services Trainer at Simply Academy Ltd! Some things make sense 👩🏽🏫
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Aleka Gutzmore shared thisHello October You're here, quarter four, the last push… Let's make history, a season filled with memories & momentum 💫 🍂👩🏽🏫
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Aleka Gutzmore reposted thisAleka Gutzmore reposted this🌟 The Next Lunch and Learn Session for your Calendars 🌟 Creating Safe Spaces: Psychological Safety in the Workplace On Monday 19 October from 12.30 to 1.15 p.m. we are bringing together professionals from across the mortgage industry for an open and practical conversation about psychological safety. We will look at what helps people feel safe, valued, heard and able to contribute, and what can quietly get in the way. We will be joined by a brilliant group of speakers: Rob Gill, Shane Chawatama, Hazvi C., Siobhan Moran LLM, LLB,CeMAP, Jemel Edwards, Aleka Gutzmore and Atlyn Forde. Together we will explore why racial equity is an important part of this discussion and what leaders, managers, colleagues and allies can do in a practical way to create more inclusive workplace experiences. This session is for anyone who manages people, works as part of a team, influences workplace culture or simply wants to be a better colleague. Come curious. Bring your experiences and questions. Hopefully you will leave with greater understanding and some actions you can use straight away. Register for the session here: https://lnkd.in/eb_iHmUz
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Aleka Gutzmore shared thisYour feedback helps us improve. Well, I have a question, for the banks 🧐 If you have ever worked customer service in a banking hall you'll understand this Is a real question 🫣 in East London anyway. I would have responded: na, you’re too late that was earlier and waited to laugh! 🤣
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Aleka Gutzmore shared thisAn end of an era… and the beginning of something new. Here I am with Ashley Brown and Tom, after a national team training day, standing in front of one of London’s most iconic landmarks, a fitting backdrop for a milestone that feels significant and bittersweet. After almost ten years with Moneysprite, it's time for me to move on. I still remember the recruiter saying, “Can you wait two weeks? The director is on holiday, but I have the perfect home for you.” He was right. Back in 2016, the Financial HUG® was still in its infancy, with just two workshops behind it. Ashley listened to my vision and said, “I’ll support that.” He kept his word. He is one of the leaders I will remember; the care he provides to every team member is outstanding. At Moneysprite, personal and professional well-being are not just words; they are at the heart of the company. "Treat people well, and the rest becomes easier, more ethical and far more enjoyable." - My Christmases will never be the same! I joined Moneysprite with an idea and I leave as a multi-award-winning financial educator, carrying a wealth of knowledge, experience and gratitude. I was given room to grow, challenged when I needed it and championed at every turn. Now it is time to step into the next phase of my career. Moneysprite has not lost me completely; I will continue to interact with the team, just no longer as the front-facing adviser. In the interim, my clients will be supported by a very capable team: Arjan Bhakar, Ameer Mer and Jasneth Richards. Financial services will remain at the heart of everything I do; for now, I will simply be doing it differently. The Financial HUG® continues. But today, I am celebrating the remarkable company and people who helped turn a hopeful idea into a recognisable brand and framework, with so much more still to come. Thank you for an unforgettable chapter. 🏆 The next one is already taking shape, and I cannot wait to share more. #leadershipdevelopment #newchapter #succession
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Aleka Gutzmore shared thisWe all know someone who has gone that extra mile and never got the credit. We know a truly amazing colleague who deserves recognition. And we have all felt gratitude for an introduction and been inspired by someone's work. Help us celebrate them - BMPAN Recognition Awards nominations are now open. 👉🏾 https://lnkd.in/eMHJg5adAleka Gutzmore shared this⭐Recognising the People Raising the Standard.⭐ As BMPAN marks two years of progress and launches the BMPAN Standard, we are celebrating the professionals whose leadership, courage and generosity are already shaping a stronger, more inclusive mortgage industry. Excellence is not defined by seniority, job title or commercial success alone. It is reflected in how we lead, the barriers we break, the doors we open and the opportunities we create for others. Across our industry, Black professionals and allies are making that difference every day, advocating for colleagues, sharing knowledge and networks, challenging established thinking, collaborating generously and helping others move forward. Too often, their impact goes unrecognised. Together, we can change that. Now we are asking the BMPAN community and our wider professional network to help us recognise them. 💫 Who is raising the standard? Think of someone you have worked with, learned from, been supported by or seen create meaningful change across the mortgage industry. Who opened a door? Who broke down a barrier? Who brought people together, led with purpose or consistently gave back? Nominate an individual in one or all of the five categories and share a few sentences about the contribution they have made. - https://lnkd.in/eC_9YRB2 Your nomination can help ensure their leadership is seen, valued and celebrated. Take a moment today: nominate someone, celebrate their impact and help us shine a light on the people building a better future for our industry. #excellence #blackprofessionals #recognition #alleys #leadership
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Aleka Gutzmore shared thisRAISING THE STANDARD Leadership. Excellence. Community. Join us on Wednesday 7 October 2026, 5:30 pm hosted by Lloyds Banking Group. I'm really looking forward to celebrating Black History Month with as many as possible. We have another amazing lineup of industry speakers and I'm hoping you'll take part in the community recognition nominations when you register - let's give people their flowers 💐 Have you registered yet? 👉🏾https://lnkd.in/esf6irpy Discover all about BMPAN 👉🏾 www.bmpan.online 🌐BMPAN (Black Mortgage Professionals & Allies Network)
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Aleka Gutzmore liked this"What happens in this house stays in this house." Many of us grew up hearing it. Some of us are still living by it. It may have started as protection: protecting the family's dignity from a society that already judged us. But protection that keeps someone unsafe isn't protection. It's control. Silence doesn't protect the family. It protects the person causing the harm. This week I joined The BMHM Show's Domestic Violence Awareness Month series to talk about breaking the silence and stigma around domestic abuse in Black families and communities. Here are the thoughts I want to leave with you. Respectability is a strategy, not a need. Underneath it are real needs for belonging, dignity and acceptance. But when the family's image matters more than the person inside the home, the need for acceptance gets met at the cost of the need for safety. Shame keeps people silent. One survivor I've worked with feared "embarrassment and judgment more than she feared for her life." Our brains are wired for belonging, so being judged or cast out by family, church or community can register as a bigger threat than the abuse itself. Abuse is not only physical. Verbal, emotional, financial and controlling behaviour work on the mind and the nervous system. Repeated criticism becomes how a person sees themselves. "Be strong" has a cost. Only 14% of Black women experiencing severe intimate partner violence sought help from mental health professionals. When help is refused, people learn to stop asking. Nearly 4 in 5 Black and minoritised survivors face rejection from refuges, compared with 1 in 5 overall (Imkaan/EVAW). Over time that becomes a subconscious belief: my feelings don't matter, I have to handle this alone. Children learn the rule without being told and carry it into their own relationships and parenting. That's how one family rule becomes a generational pattern. But a pattern isn't destiny. Once it's made conscious, it can be broken. Black men experience abuse too, and are often met with disbelief, shame and "man up." "Just leave" is not simple. 38% of women murdered by ex-partners were killed within one month of separation (Femicide Census). If someone confides in you: "I believe you. Thank you for telling me. It's not your fault." Then listen. If you're living with abuse and aren't ready to tell anyone: what you're feeling is real, it isn't your fault, and you deserve to feel safe. Breaking the silence isn't betrayal. It's protection. Full episode below. UK: National Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 2000 247 (24/7) · Men's Advice Line 0808 8010 327 · Emergency: 999 #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth #BreakingTheSilence #BlackMentalHealth #NVCAleka Gutzmore liked thisDomestic Violence & Cultural Stigma | The BMHM Show Domestic violence thrives in silence. In many Black families and communities, cultural expectations to "keep it in the house," protect the family's image, or stay strong at all costs can keep survivors from speaking up and getting help. In this special episode of The BMHM Show, part of our Domestic Violence Awareness Series, host Shawn Cunningham is joined by Maisha Sumah, Dr. Elizabeth Ssemanda, MD, PhD and Ayesha Giselle Dornelly for an honest conversation about the cultural stigma surrounding domestic violence, the barriers survivors face when seeking help, the mental health impact on survivors and children, and how families, faith communities, and loved ones can offer safe, meaningful support. Your story, your voice, and your healing matter.
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Aleka Gutzmore reacted on thisAleka Gutzmore reacted on this🌧️ England has officially returned to factory settings 🌱 Gardens no longer need watering 🔥 The grass is no longer smoking 🚿 We’re allowed to use the hosepipe again now we don’t need too 😂 And it’s only a matter of time before everyone’s moaning about it being cold and wet 🤪 If the weather and mortgage world have one thing in common, it’s they don’t always follow the forecast 🔑 Unpredictable market conditions, increased borrower complexity, more nuanced circumstances, and criteria that doesn’t fit inside a box, means more deals need a specialist approach 📈 Which would explain why bridging, commercial and second charge mortgages are increasingly part of the conversation 👇🏼 Get me on the below to understand how Positive Lending can help support all things specialist lending 📱 07714 255 930 📧 david.coleman@positivelending.co.uk
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Mortgage Solutions DEI Change Marker recognition
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Recognised individuals delivering diversity & inclusion or sustainability initiatives to make the mortgage industry fairer, more balanced or more environmentally concious.
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Barclays Mortgage Intermediary Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Highly Commended Trailblazer 2024
Barclays Mortgage Intermediaries
High Commended Award in the Trailblazer (individual) Category for continued creative innovation to bring financial education to diverse communities
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Mortgage Solutions DEI Change Marker 2024 Recognition
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Barclays Mortgage Intermediary Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Trailblazer 2023
Barclays Mortgage Intermediaries
Recognised as DEI Trailblazer 23 (Individual) at the Inaugural summit.
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