We believe in the value of equity, diversity, and inclusion and make them integral to everything we do.

We're on a journey and committed to creating a fully inclusive Place2Be where all our community feel supported, nurtured, empowered and celebrated, regardless of:

• age
• disability
• gender identity
• marriage or civil partnership
• pregnancy, maternity and paternity
• race
• religion or belief
• sex
• sexual orientation.

We want to stretch ourselves beyond what is comfortable to create a community where everyone can thrive and feel a part of something great. From training and our work in schools to our organisational culture, we continue to challenge ourselves to fully embed equity, diversity, and inclusion in everything we do.

Our EDI Action Plan

Our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Action Plan has three focus areas. In each area, we want to achieve meaningful and realistic actions. The actions will include feedback from our:

• EDI Steering Group - a group that meets to encourage and incorporate employee voices on how to best promote and practice equity, diversity and inclusion within Place2Be
• employee support networks
• employee surveys.

Service delivery

The children and young people we serve are at the heart of what we do. We are committed to understanding the barriers to accessing our services and how we can overcome them. We'll look to represent our children and young people's voices in our service delivery through feedback.

People

Our people focus will include the full employee cycle: joining Place2Be, employee experience, and leaving Place2Be. We'll use data to ensure our people processes and systems promote equity and understand our diversity. We'll continue to run employee surveys to understand inclusion.

Systems

We acknowledge that we need to make our organisational infrastructure - our culture, design, and systems - more inclusive.