Workforce Strategy

5. Promoting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We will work to create a workplace where everyone is treated equally, with dignity and has fair access to resources, learning and opportunities. We also want a workplace that has an inclusive culture that provides an innovative, supportive, and interesting place for our people to work as well as allow them to fully engage in our work to help communities to thrive.

We know that employing people who have a range of different backgrounds, experiences and ideas increases creativity and leads to better problem-solving and decision-making. We also know that a workplace that encourages equality, diversity and inclusion can help to attract and retain good people, better serve our diverse range of customers whilst keeping our people engaged and motivated. Put simply, fairer organisations perform better. In line with our commitments, set out in our Strategic Equality Plan, this Strategy echoes what we will do to achieve this.