The Edith Ellen Foundation is committed to championing diversity and inclusion. Their values of hope, enabling, respect, and inclusion guide them to recognize diversity benefits, demonstrate commitment to anti-discrimination, and ensure compliance with equality laws. They have created an action plan to achieve recognition as an 'Investor in Diversity' through initiatives like educating staff on unconscious bias, improving access, reflecting local communities, providing opportunities, and encouraging reporting of inappropriate behavior. Their goal is to champion social inclusion by responding to diverse needs and embracing all diversity among volunteers and service users.

1. The Edith Ellen Foundation
Commitment to Championing Diversity

2. Our Values are at the heart
of everything we do
Hope: The belief that the provision of
outstanding care is possible for everyone
Enabling: Giving people encouragement and
support to achieve their goals
Respect: Valuing differences and all
contributions
Inclusion: The belief that everyone has the right
to participate in Society

3. Underpinning this is our Equality, Diversity and
Inclusion Framework which sets out how we:
Recognise: The benefits of diversity in our workplace and in Society
Demonstrate: Our commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and
take positive steps to deal with any historic unfair discrimination or
disadvantage
Ensure: We comply with the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector
Equality Duty

4. Equality, diversity and inclusion are core to all our policies and
procedures as well as our employee competency and reward
frameworks.

5. We want to go even further and be recognised as an
‘Investor in Diversity’
We’ve devised an action plan to help us achieve our ambition

6. The Top 10 things we are doing
• Working with people in a way that
shows cultural awareness
• Being more confident and competent
at discussing diversity issues so we
can actively support individuals more
effectively
• Educating our staff on combating
unconscious bias at work
• Improving access to our services
• Ensuring we better reflect the
communities we serve
• Providing more opportunities for
people
• Identifying ways in which we
communicate and our physical
environment
• Encouraging our staff to speak out
against and report inappropriate
behaviour, bullying or harassment
• Making sure we have a diverse
workforce at all levels of our
foundation
• Monitoring information about
diversity so that we can take positive
action if and when needed.

7. At The Edith Ellen Foundation we champion Social Inclusion, working with people
as equal in everything we do.
We can’t be successful at this unless we are able to respond to the diverse needs,
aspirations, skills and talents of the communities in which we serve and the
individuals that volunteer with us.
That is why as a Foundation, we are committed to developing a culture in which
equality, diversity, inclusion and fairness for all are valued.
Only by embracing and celebrating the diversity of our volunteers and Service Users
and ensuring the way we operate is inclusive and fair will we be able to provide the
best services.