Ogilvy Pride UK & Stonewall Celebrate Diversity This Valentine's Day

Over the weekend Stonewall, the UK’s LGBT leading charity, celebrated the diversity of Valentine’s Day with a campaign created by Ogilvy Pride UK, Ogilvy’s LGBT & Straight Ally Network.

The campaign images went live over the weekend, and generated some social buzz online. It even got retweeted by gay celebrity Doctor Christian Jessen! The designer who created the work was Jason Chen, and is a member of the Ogilvy Pride UK Network.

On top of the campaign release, Ogilvy Pride UK was listed in the inaugural Inclusive Networks 'Awesome Network' List.

"Inclusive Networks, a hub for celebrating diversity and inclusion, has published their inaugural list of forty Awesome Networks. The first list of its kind, it aims to celebrate the positive impact that network groups of all types and from all sectors have and also thank those people who coordinate the networks. The list represents the diversity of network groups all across the UK, ranging from employee networks around gender, race, sexuality and disabilities."

Ogilvy Pride UK are among good company on this list with the likes of employee networks from Barclays, BBC, IBM, John Lewis and RBS.

Andrew Barratt, Head of Ogilvy Pride said:“We are delighted that Ogilvy has been awarded an Awesome Network, and our hard-work has been recognised! Ogilvy Pride was founded in the UK last year, and Ogilvy is the first advertising agency to have an LGBT & Straight Ally Network. The Ogilvy Pride Network means we have a great social side for employees and clients, as well as deep consumer insights for our work. Thank you for the award – we are looking forward to an exciting 2015!”