Their despair is largely rooted in the assumption that by championing programmes that disproportionately help minorities, Obama is effectively buying votes and securing a growing tranche of the electorate who will for evermore be dependent on government.
KPMG recently became the 100th organisation to join Stonewall's Diversity Champions programme for employers.
Summerskill presided over Stonewall's Diversity Champions programme and helped it regain financial stability.
Joining Stonewall's diversity champions programme sends a much stronger signal, as does advertising vacancies in the LGBT media.
Perhaps the most historic journey enjoyed by the 450 major employers engaged in Stonewall's diversity champions programme has been that of the armed services.
Agnes Houston, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's six years ago, welcomed the move, adding: "I am a nurse by profession, so I do have a strong personal interest in the dementia champions programme, and I see it as something that can really make a difference".
In 2005, the Royal Navy joined the Stonewall diversity champions programme for employers, followed 12 months later by the RAF and finally last year, by the army.
At Virgin we champion entrepreneurship programmes across the globe, such as the Graca Machel Trust, the Branson Centres of Entrepreneurship in Jamaica and Johannesburg, Virgin StartUp, Virgin Media Pioneers and many more that give aspiring entrepreneurs the support they need to develop and grow their businesses.
Recommendations Immediate: 1. Political leadership of the programme needs to be re-emphasized by stakeholders, and strengthened to spearhead and champion the programme and ensure the inclusion of its key outcomes in future work-plans and performance targets.
I have also developed a unique mayor's community champion volunteering programme, which develops residents' skills.
