Equality, Diversity, Inclusion Video Transcript
At Fairhive, we believe that equality, diversity, and inclusion, or EDI, aren't just important topics to talk about. They are values at the heart of everything we do. Over the last 5 years, we've been on a journey to create a workplace and community where everyone belongs.
Our strategy is built on the UK housing EDI focus with three key pillars, gender and age, disability, and ethnicity and together with our employees and residents, we've made incredible progress. Since 2020, we have achieved disability confident leader status, the first company in Buckinghamshire to get to this level, signed the menopause workplace pledge July 2022, and run numerous training sessions for employees, and arranged our menopause support cafes. We launched our inclusion networks and hosted lots of impactful employee discussions and talks on topics such as multiple sclerosis, fertility matters, anti-racism, neurodiversity, and many more.
We launched the Count Me Initiative to ask colleagues to share their ethnic background with the aim to produce an ethnic pay gap report in the near future. We launched a neurodiversity champions group to challenge our ways of working and improve our internal processes and how we deliver services for our residents. We're working towards level one of the social housing anti-racism pledge.
Looking ahead to 2025 to 30 and the start of our new corporate strategy, we are committed to doing even more. In the next 5 years, we will continue to build on these areas because EDI is central to how we grow and succeed. We're committed to creating a workplace and community that represents and supports everyone so we can provide the best possible service as a social housing landlord.
Accreditations
We're certified as a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader (DCL) in recognition of our good practices to recruit and retain disabled employees. As part of our team of employees, we currently employ 28 colleagues who have a declared disability. We are the third business to achieve this in Buckinghamshire and only the eighth Housing Association nationally. We’re committed to doing even more to support individuals working at Fairhive with disabilities and ensuring we keep our Level 3 Disability Confident Leader status.
Our roles are listed on the Ethical Jobseeker site because we're an ethical employer and our roles have a strong social impact.
We have recently signed the Wellbeing of Women Menopause Workplace Pledge. We recognise that the menopause can be an issue in the workplace and women need support. We are actively supporting and informing employees affected by the menopause as well as talking openly, positively and respectfully.
We're committed to diversity in our workforce and are members of the Housing Diversity Network who help us to attract diverse talent and build inclusive communities.
