Becoming culturally competent
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n October we launched our consultation on our draft Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy. Our journey to being a culturally competent organisation started well over a year ago and it is pleasing to see the plan progressing. The consultation period is set to last until 31 December 2021.
What are we consulting on? We have developed a Draft Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Framework 2021-25 and want the views of our people and partners. We are committed to achieving equality for all by reducing discrimination in employment and service delivery on the grounds of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.
Background EDI is at the heart of everything we do. We’ve made a significant start in our EDI work, but there’s still a long road ahead of us. Our approach to embedding EDI comprises two elements: •
Delivering our commitments in the Being Outstanding Strategic Plan 2020-2025
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Using this EDI Framework to guide our work
Our EDI Framework is a delivery plan to support the implementation of the Being Outstanding Strategy 2020-25. It describes how we deliver our compliance with equalities and human rights legislation and promote best practice. It is a framework that encompasses delivery of our internal workforce plans as well our external policy work that impacts on the our colleagues and our beneficiaries.
Stakeholder meetings We will be holding meetings via Microsoft Teams and Zoom, as well as arranging in person sessions with our colleagues where possible.
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What happens to contributer views? All comments will be considered and included anonymously in a report that will be taken to our EDI Assembly. Nugent’s EDI Strategic Framework 2021-25 will be considered by the Executive Leadership Team and Board of Trustees and published on our website in April 2022.
Further information For further information about this work please email EDIAssemblyGroup@wearenugent.org
EDI Priorities 2021-25 Our EDI priorities have initially come from research, reports and guidance on developing EDI strategies in the work place. This strategic framework will be further developed through feedback of our EDI staff forums, and staff and volunteer feedback. Our priorities have also been influenced by a range of internal factors such as our strategic aims, our IACCORD values, diversity data and benchmarks, as well as the external environment and global issues such as Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter. We will review whether the priorities are still suitable and relevant annually, and we plan to review our organisational progress against the priorities every quarter. The proposed EDI Priorities for 2021-25 are: • Be an inclusive place to work • Improve cultural competence of our leaders and diversity of our teams • Promote a just culture for our people • Support the health and wellbeing of our people • Improve our EDI evidence base and extend our insight
Response We would like to hear from our colleagues, volunteers, trustees, beneficiaries, governing body members, trade unions and partner organisations.
