A charity that promotes social justice
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We are a charity that promotes social justice. We seek to ensure that the people we work alongside and our team of staff and volunteers have a voice, are included, valued, have equitable access to our roles and services, and have equal opportunities to achieve. We strive to do this through our values of empowerment, collaboration, compassion and by taking a personalised approach in all aspects of our work.
"The results of the review have clearly shown that Connection Support places EDI at its core and is looking both internally and externally at ways in which it can improve and build upon its already inclusive culture." Berkeley Wilde, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Diversity Trust CIC
Last year, the Board of Trustees and leadership team made an explicit commitment to progress equality, diversity, equity and inclusion (EDEI) at Connection Support, resulting in the implementation of a thorough action plan which included the rollout of Everyday Inclusion and Unconscious Bias training to all staff. This year, we continued to progress our commitment to EDEI by working collaboratively with The Diversity Trust CIC. The Diversity Trust helped us to review our working practices, policies, and organisational culture and identify priorities going forward. They facilitated an organisation-wide, anonymous survey and conducted focus groups and interviews to produce a detailed report which outlined key learnings, reflections, and recommendations.
One such recommendation was to develop EDEI champion roles. These roles will help to steer our work, promote positive practices, and hold the organisation accountable for actions on our newly created EDEI development plan. We look forward to implementing these roles in the next financial year.