Joining the dots
Here's what organisations are doing - and who they are working with - on different areas of D&I
This page summarises the specific tactics organisations reported using to address different lenses of D&I practice. It also lists the organisations they are partnering with to help them with their work.
Joining the dots: gender
Ways in which you can improve gender inclusion and diversity in your organisation.
1. Consider if any of these ideas from Signatories working on this area, are things you can implement:
- Provide free sanitary products for employees.
- Support for employees going through fertility treatment.
- Offer infertility disease support and benefits.
- Develop an early pregnancy loss leave policy.
- Mark Baby Loss Awareness Day and World Menopause Awareness Day.
- Educate people managers on a variety of birth journeys, and the different support needs they require.
- Parental workshops for professionals who are transitioning to parenthood.
- Share progression opportunities with those on extended parental leave.
- Give structured support before, during and after an extended parental leave break, including phased return to work.
- Menopause policies and benefits.
- Take the Menopause Pledge.
- Get a menopause-friendly accreditation.
- Offer support for employees with gender dysphoria.
- Provide support for health issues that disproportionately affect men.
2. Use our benchmarking calculator to see how your organisation compares to others on gender diversity.
3. Read our Open Playbook chapter on Menopause including a case study on how Lloyds Banking Group brought in their Menopause Promise.
4. If you want to explore any of the ideas mentioned in this section you can find a wealth of resources on Gender D&I practice in the TTC Open Playbook.
5. Are you doing something great on gender inclusion that we should know about and could share with others? Submit a Signatory Spotlight here.
Are you doing something great on gender inclusion that we should know about and could share with others?
Let us know by submitting your Signatory Spotlight.
Joining the dots: ethnicity
Ways in which you can improve ethnicity inclusion and diversity in your organisation.
1. There’s fantastic work going on in our Signatory base on ethnicity inclusion. If you want to explore any of the ideas mentioned in this section here is the list of organisations, resources and partners our Signatories said they worked with on ethnic inclusion. You can also find a wealth of resources on ethnicity and race D&I practice in the TTC Open Playbook.
2. Use our benchmarking calculator to see how your organisation compares to others on ethnic diversity.
3. Read this Signatory Spotlight from Deloitte on what they are doing to improve ethnic diversity.
4. Are you doing something great on ethnic inclusion that we should know about and could share with others? Submit a Signatory Spotlight here.
Signatory Spotlight:
Read this Signatory Spotlight from Deloitte on what they are doing to improve ethnic diversity
Joining the dots: flexible working
Want to learn more about robust flexible working policies?
1. Visit our Open Playbook chapter on Flexible Working.
2. Watch our Share & Learn session: Beyond the Hype - Hybrid Working from experts at PwC and Timewise.
3. Are you doing something great on flexible working that we should know about and could share with others? Submit a Signatory Spotlight here.
Joining the dots: social mobility
Ways in which you can improve social mobility in your organisation.
1. There’s some fantastic work going on in our Signatory base on social mobility. If you want to explore any of the ideas mentioned in this section, you can find a wealth of resources on social mobility practice in the TTC Open Playbook.
2. Looking for more help? In the column on the right is the list of organisations and resources our Signatories said they worked with on social mobility.
3. Are you doing something great on flexible working that we should know about and could share with others? Submit a Signatory Spotlight here.
The list of organisations and resources our Signatories said they worked with on social mobility:
- https://thrivemap.io/
- Kickstart
- Tech She Can & Tech We Can
- https://www.futurefrontiers.org.uk/
- https://www.rarerecruitment.co.uk/
- https://www.suttontrust.com/
- https://www.socialmobility.org.uk/
- https://www.socialmobility.org.uk/index/
- https://www.socialmobilitypledge.org/
- https://codeyourfuture.io/ - focussed on refugees
- https://www.thebridgegroup.org.uk/
- https://departmentforopportunities.org/
- https://www.progresstogether.co.uk/
Ways in which you can improve neurodiversity in your organisation.
1. Consider if any of these neuroinclusive practices our Signatories reported are things you can implement:
- Taking a neuroinclusive approach to career development initiatives and training. For example, not centering all performance measures on in-person interactions, and not having all training opportunities in group settings.
- Providing sensory relaxation spaces for people to decompress
- Design of physical spaces: calm rooms, colour schemes designed to be comfortable for those with sensory overload, and high activity function areas - such as lunch spaces - all on one floor.
- Working with occupational psychologists to increase confidence and understanding when supporting neurodiverse colleagues.
- Expanding healthcare benefits to include private diagnosis and support for neurodivergent conditions.
- Providing occupational health referrals to neurodiversity specialists.
- Raising awareness and understanding of neurodiversity internally.
- Offering adaptations to recruitment processes specific to neurodivergence.
- Providing support to parents of neurodivergent children.
2. Watch this Share & Learn session: Neurodivergence in the Workplace from experts at PwC and Auticon.
3. Explore a wealth of resources on neurodiversity practice in the TTC Open Playbook.
5. Are you doing great work on neuroinclusion that you could share with others? Submit a Signatory Spotlight here.
Need more help? Here’s who our Signatories are working with on neurodiversity.
- https://neurodiversityinbusiness.org/
- https://geniuswithin.org/
- https://auticon.co.uk/
- https://www.creasedpuddle.co.uk/
- https://www.posturite.co.uk/
- Hidden disabilities sunflower
- https://www.helperbird.com/
- https://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/
- https://uptimize.com/
- https://www.lexxic.com
- https://www.womenbeyondthebox.com/
- https://www.autistica.org.uk/
- https://diversityandability.com/
Joining the dots: disability, health, and wellbeing
Ways in which you can promote disability, health, and wellbeing in your organisation.
1. There’s fantastic work going on in our Signatory base on disability inclusion, health and wellbeing. If you want to explore any of the ideas mentioned in this section, here is the list of organisations and resources our Signatories said they worked with on these topics.
2. You can also find a wealth of resources on neurodiversity practice in the TTC Open Playbook.
3. Are you doing great work on Disability inclusion that you could share with others? Submit a Signatory Spotlight here.
4. You can also watch our Share and Learn session on Disability Inclusive workspaces on Youtube.
Here’s who our Signatories are working with on disability inclusion, health and wellbeing:
- https://www.thisability.co/
- https://www.wearenym.com/
- https://businessdisabilityforum.org.uk/
- https://www.fearlessfutures.org/
- https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
- https://www.scope.org.uk/
- https://www.evenbreak.co.uk/en
- https://www.remploy.co.uk/
- https://www.leonardcheshire.org/
- https://www.thevaluable500.com/
- https://www.purplespace.org/
- https://www.50millionvoices.org/
- Headspace
- https://unmind.com/
- https://www.mind.org.uk/workplace/workplace-wellbeing-index/
- https://www.betterspace.uk/
- https://www.mindfulbusinesscharter.com/
- https://myplusstudentsclub.com/
- https://www.seemescotland.org/
- AbilityNet
Joining the dots: LGBTQ+ inclusion
Ways in which you can promote LGBTQ+ inclusion in your organisation.
1. Find out more about LGBTQ+ inclusion in our TTC Open Playbook.
2. Are you doing great work on LGBTQ inclusion that you could share with others? Submit a Signatory Spotlight here.
Are you doing great work on LGBTQ inclusion that you could share with others?
Let us know by submitting your Signatory Spotlight.
See who our Signatories are working with on LGBTQ+ inclusion:
- https://www.justlikeus.org/
- https://www.stonewall.org.uk/
- https://lgbt.foundation/
- Advocacy, Embassy and When in Rome
- https://www.rainbownoirmcr.com/
- https://www.akt.org.uk/
- https://www.rainbowmigration.org.uk/
- https://www.mygwork.com/en/
- https://www.tht.org.uk/
- https://open-for-business.org/
- https://www.transinthecity.co.uk/
- https://www.tonichousing.org.uk/
Let's join the dots on age and generational D&I and religion
We’d like to be able to offer more insight to our Signatory base on what they can do to improve their age and religious inclusion practices.
Does your organisation do great work on age and/or religious inclusion practice that could help other organisations excel in their efforts in this area?
Get in touch or send us your Signatory Spotlight!
What's in a D&I plan?
A core feature of D&I practice is that organisations must have a plan to effect change.
Through our annual Signatory surveys, we identified a set of foundational inclusive practices emerging across the board, that support inclusion across many diversity lenses and could be enacted irrespective of team size or budget.
We have also collated practices that feature in organisations that are leading the field with their D&I practice.