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2014

In May 2014, Inclusive Employers will mark a significant milestone – we’ll be three years old. From a standing start we can celebrate a huge range of major achievements thanks to the commitment, innovation and creativity of our members.

Looking back, looking forward

We haven’t spent a huge amount of time so far showcasing our achievements, so this report details some key moments of the last year.

We have learnt how time flies and communicating initiatives and ideas early gives members time to plan so we have published our outline plan for the year ahead in this report.

Nationwide Coverage

A key focus of the year ahead is reaching across the country. We’ve been working in Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Southampton, York and London this year but are really keen to work more with members in other towns and cities

and rural areas – where there are employees, there must be inclusive employers.

Three years old and here to stay - we’d like to express huge thanks to all our members and partners for their support in the last year and we look forward to working together more so in 2014/15 to continue our shared ambition of creating inclusive workplaces.

Thanks very much, Richard McKenna, Managing Director.

Three years of commitment, innovation and creativity

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1 Transport for London Carers Staff Network Group Event

2 Event with The Fostering Network

3 Inclusive Employers new website – Jan ’14

4 Kelly Barlow, HR Director, The South Western Railway

5 Branding for National Inclusion Week 2013

6 Richard McKenna, Sharon Pegg, Rt Hon John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, Kathy Byfield, Laily Thompson, Anne Foster at the House of Commons Inclusion event.

Membership

Our membership is now nearly 40 strong and working globally and locally across a range of sectors. Every organisation has faced different challenges and achieved some major culture changes. Over the past year we have welcomed new members including The Royal Navy, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Telefonica, Mencap and Leicestershire Police. Our members share a desire to do things differently and a focused understanding that creating an inclusive culture will unlock the greatest commercial and organisational benefits.

We’ve identified that our members are building commercially appropriate and courageous strategies and are looking to do things differently. Our role is to work with members in developing these courageous strategies, generate new initiatives for organisations and the membership and reach out past the inclusion teams. This generates enthusiasm within organisations for a culture of thinking differently, doing things differently and making a difference.

Consult

We’ve been successful in tendering for some substantial pieces of work – for example the ongoing programme of work with Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the programme of work for the South Western Railway which has included policy review, focus group activities, internal communications strategies and implementation, launch of an inclusion steering group and work on the business cases for the different functions of the business.

Along with these projects there have been numerous pieces of consultancy with members ranging from developing their inclusion strategies, to advising on tendering, to reviewing and updating policies, to developing inclusive internal communications and inclusive brand strategies.

Training

Over the last twelve months we have delivered a broad range of learning interventions for numerous organisations.

Unconscious Bias training has been the main thrust with a range of interventions around it. Unconscious Bias for Recruiting Managers, An Introduction to Unconscious Bias, and the Bias, Behaviours and Barriers workshops have all been successfully run as bespoke programmes and as open courses.

This year we have also continued to deliver drama based inclusion training for a number of housing associations.

Our expertise in developing engaging drama based programmes clearly positions our commercial creative approach. As well as the drama based inclusion interventions for members, we’ve been commissioned to deliver inclusion focused team events for organisations including NHS Employers, Harrow School, Accenture, Hampshire Fire and Rescue and G4S.

Consult, learn, engage

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1 Staff away day event for Genesis Housing Group

2 Focus group resources

3 Inclusion Steering Group meeting at Inclusive Employer’s office

4 Angela Rippon speaking at the TfL Carers Staff Network Group event

5 Colleagues from Even Break and Inclusive Jobs preparing for our Inclusive Recruitment workshop

6 Printed report for Moorfields NHS Trust

7 Props from The Diversity Lab

8 The event marking the Anniversary of the Diversity and Inclusion Scheme at The House of Commons.

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Thinking differently

2013-14 in review

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2013The Diversity and Inclusion Strategy Event

Social Welfare Reform and the employment landscape with DAC Beachcroft

SEPTEMBER 2013

Supporting staff with dyslexia and developmental co-ordination disorder

Members Intranet Resources Launch

Introduction to Inclusion

Introduction to Unconscious Bias

Accessible and Inclusive Websites Workshop with Recite

Learning Disabilities Work Experience Week


Inclusive Communications Workshop

Gender – The Race for Equality, House of Commons Event


Inclusive Recruitment with EvenBreak and Inclusive Jobs

Bias, Behaviours and Barriers, National Theatre

NHS Employers – The impact of The Francis Report

Social media launch for National Inclusion Week

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OCTOBER 2013

National Inclusion Week – 80 organisations participate

www.nationalinclusionweek.co.uk Follow us on twitter:

@NationalIncWeek #NIW2013

Inclusion QUIZ EMPLOYMENT

Question 1: What year was the Equality Act passed?

A) 1991 B) 2004 C) 2010

Question 2: What is the UK’s State Pension Age?

A) Between 61 and 68 B) Between 60 and 70 C) Between 65 and 70

Question 3: It is against the law to discriminate against people because of ‘protected characteristics’ under the Equality Act. Which of these is not a ‘protected characteristic’?

A) Religion, belief or lack of belief B) Pregnancy C) A criminal record

Question 4: How many disabled people of working age are there in the UK?

A) 950,000 B) 5.2 million C) 1.25 million

Question 5: The Living Wage in London is currently calculated as £8.55 an hour. What is the Living Wage outside of London calculated as?

A) £8.25 B) £7.45 C) £7.15

Question 6: How many people earn below the Living Wage in 2013?

A) 1.8 million B) 4.8 million C) 10.8 million

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2014-15 year in preview

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JANUARY 2015 NOVEMBER 2014 FEBRUARY 2015 MARCH 2015

AUGUST 2014Book your places now for our upcoming events in 2014-15!

2014 International Women’s Day – take a walk in my shoes

Inclusive Recruitment

Dementia Friendly Employers

Unconscious Bias Training for Recruiting Managers

Ex Service Personnel Think Tank

Inclusive Leadership


Global Inclusion Event


International Women’s Day

Supply Chain Diversity Workshop

Chronic Illness and Cancer Event

Inclusive Communications


National Inclusion Week

Network the Networks Event

Carers Wellbeing Event


Unconscious Bias for Recruitment Managers

Introversion / Extroversion

Introduction to Inclusion, Birmingham

Introduction to Inclusion, Leeds

For Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) professionals


Sustainable D&I Strategies

Introduction to Inclusion2015

Online: www.inclusiveemployers.co.uk/events

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 020 7803 0689

Inclusive Communications

Correct at time of going to press. Dates and events are subject to change. Please check our website for up to date events calendar.

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Business cases for Inclusion

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Higher staff retention

Better brand reputation

Higher customer satisfaction

Engagement from happier staff

Creativity and Innovation

Being an employer of choice

Commercial success

Unlock your organisation’s potential

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Sustainable Inclusion Strategies

We’ve been working with some of our Foundation members on developing commercially appropriate Sustainable Inclusion Strategies – in simple terms, we identified that the economic climate was having an impact on focus and commitment to developing inclusive cultures but the more canny organisations were identifying that this was a massive opportunity to develop a sustainable inclusion approach that harnessed talent from across the organisation and empowered staff to take responsibility for the inclusion agenda.

We’ve looked at embedding inclusion into function strategies and are now seeing sustainable inclusion in action.

Building your Inclusive Brand

This is a major thrust of our work programme for 2014/15 as we see the inclusion impact on both our employer and consumer brands. What we recognise moving forward is that often the loudest voice can deliver the smallest outcome and the need to develop tactical and strategic brand and communications strategies – sometimes its about pulling people in to your inclusive brand rather than just being on loud broadcast mode.

Lunch and learn

Every year member organisations commission us to write and facilitate different inclusion workshops to get their staff enthused and engaged about inclusion. These sessions include topics such as: Introduction to Inclusion, Inclusive Leadership, Inclusive Communications, Inclusive Recruitment, Unconscious Bias, Sustainable Inclusion and a session on Group think called Consistency, Conformity and Creativity.

The workshops were so successful, we’ve made them available to all organisations in a lunch and learn format. These lunch and learn sessions last for around two hours, take place on your premises, and are for up to 20 delegates. We encourage delegates to come along, bring a snack and learn about inclusion in a fast paced workshop.

Making a difference

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1 Anne Foster – House of Commons

2 Filming for Carers Week activities with The South Western Railway

3 Carers Trust fundraising activity with The South Western Railway

4 Laily Thompson Transport for London

5 John Bonney, Chief Officer, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service

6 James Hamilton taking part in Learning Disabilities Work Experience Week at the House of Commons.

National Inclusion Week

In 2013, we launched National Inclusion Week and over 80 organisations demonstrated their commitment by taking part and hosting their own events, attending an event we hosted or by using the tools we developed for getting the inclusion dialogue going.

National Inclusion Week is an annual week of workplace activities and events that highlight the importance of inclusion across the UK. It is a unique opportunity to get connected to and engage with people who are passionate about inclusion in your workplace and beyond.

We were delighted that members shared their top tips for developing an inclusive culture on Youtube. In all 80 organisations took part and there was a real buzz about inclusion. You’ll find details of National Inclusion Week 2014 at:

www.nationalinclusionweek.co.uk


We worked in partnership with our member Mencap on Learning Disabilities Work Experience Week 2013. This was an opportunity for members to take part in a national programme which demonstrated to managers, teams and customers the benefits to be gained by opening up work opportunities to people with learning disabilities. It was a huge success and we plan to run the initiative again in 2014.

Members’ lounge

A new feature for 2014, this is an exclusive tool for staff in our member organisations. The live interactive hub is a place where members can debate, discuss, post invitations, videos and articles. If you see something interesting let us know, we love Tedtalks, staff network magazines and pictures from events. Sit back, relax and feel included in the members’ lounge.

National campaigns and initiatives


Why choose Inclusive Employers?

Established in 2011, we are the UK’s leading membership organisation for employers who recognise the commercial opportunity of creating inclusive cultures where all staff feel valued so all staff add value.

We work on initiatives for members and as consultants to help some of the UK’s most successful organisations harness the talent of their staff, think about doing things differently and enable performance and innovation.

Time to do things differently? Time to join Inclusive Employers.

Find out more about the benefits of membership and our consultancy and training services. You can join us online at:

www.inclusiveemployers.co.uk

Or call us on 020 7803 0689 and speak to Rachel, Claire or Richard.

Email: [email protected]

19 Short Street, London SE1 8LJ, UK

What our members say:

The South Western Railway

“Working with Inclusive Employers has helped us to make real inroads into Inclusion and Diversity for our business in a way that makes sense for our management teams and employees.”

Head of Employee Wellbeing

The Co-operative Group

“Inclusive Employers has been a huge support for The Co-operative Group. They are the first people we contact when we are looking at new initiatives, their advice and guidance is second to none.”

Group Diversity and Inclusion

Transport for London

“Working in partnership with Inclusive Employers has enabled Transport for London (TfL) to accelerate its activities in sustaining/promoting its inclusive workplace environment.”

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