{"id":11810,"date":"2023-01-17T15:20:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T23:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ellisdon-launches-women-and-gender-nonconforming-safety-vest-campaign\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T15:20:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T23:20:31","slug":"ellisdon-launches-women-and-gender-nonconforming-safety-vest-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ellisdon-launches-women-and-gender-nonconforming-safety-vest-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"EllisDon launches women and gender-nonconforming safety vest campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

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EllisDon has launched its Fit Your Frame campaign. The program aims to provide construction safety vests to women and gender-nonconforming persons whose frame and body type are not best served by traditional vest offerings.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraditional safety vests are not built to fit women or gender-nonconforming persons, and we wanted to change that,\u201d said Jennifer Khan, the company\u2019s vice-president of inclusive diversity. \u201cEvery day, EllisDon is working towards more inclusive measures on our sites and in our offices; I hope that this will continue to ripple throughout the industry so that everyone, and I mean everyone, feels welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

The construction company has partnered with Md Bespoke, a Black-owned Canadian custom clothing manufacturer, to produce vests that will uphold the quality and function of traditional vests, with additional fitting and size options.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is so important to feel like you belong in a workplace, and I know from personal experience what that can do mentally to you when you feel like you do not belong,\u201d said Tess Durrant, chief operating officer at Safety BeSpoke.<\/p>\n

Fit Your Frame is led by EllisDon\u2019s inclusive diversity leadership group 2gether and is geared towards reflecting all forms of gender expression. The campaign, which has launched, will continue nationwide throughout all EllisDon\u2019s area offices and sites with vests will be distributed to EllisDon employees.<\/p>\n

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