Equality, diversity and inclusion statement
Updated March 2024
As an organisation we are on a journey that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion for all our customers and communities alongside the colleagues and teams that work across Hafod.
Accommodating difference, welcoming individuality, and creating positive environments where people can be their true selves and feel able to shine and flourish is essential for so many reasons.
Our mission is clear. We are about making lives better and putting our customers and communities first. These values are already essential and represent our ways of working and the delivery of services and homes for so many people.
Ensuring that there is a true shift towards breaking down some of the societal, organisational and for infrastructure traditions or norms that don't go far enough in tackling inequalities requires challenge and focused attention and that is that we are committed to doing.
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Neil Davies
Hendre Chair & Board EDI Champion
Equality, diversity and inclusion at Hafod
"I am delighted to be the Board champion for equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within Hafod. Since joining the organisation in 2018, I have seen first-hand how Hafod makes lives better each day for our customers and colleagues and this can only be achieved if the organisation places equality and equity at its core.
"I believe that good quality housing, care and support services are only achieved by asking and listening to individuals' desires, ambitions and needs and adapting what we do to deliver in line with these requirements.
"This page presents our aims and commitments to EDI and outlines how we are embedding good practice into everything we do - from service provision, to recruitment, data monitoring, training, raising awareness and much more. We are passionate and focused about challenging inequalities in our communities and workplace, making inclusion central to our strategic and operational plans."
"I feel it is important for us to challenge outdated structures, processes and system failures that discriminate any group in society."- Neil Davies, Hendre Chair & Board EDI Champion |
Our strategic aims
Enable a diverse and inclusive organisation where the status quo is subject to meaningful and constructive challenge to ensure inclusive practices are in place for customers and colleagues.
Enable a diverse and inclusive organisation which improves outcomes for customers, colleagues, communities and the wider society.
Play our part to deliver a positive shift in societal norms where structural inequalities are dismantled.
Take positive action by setting out an annual action plan and publicising the progress we have made.
"Supporting equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of every role within Hafod. We strive to include, integrate and adapt to support difference in our processes, thinking and our actions to better serve others."
- Jas Bains, Chief Executive
Our comitments
CelebratePromoting, championing and celebrating EDI | EmbraceRemoving bias and inequalities in our customer and colleague processes | ShareGrowing and learning about EDI together | AnalyseCollating and publishing meaningful EDI data | MeasureBe representative of our diverse communities |
Achievements in 2022
- Developed and launched our EDI policy through consultation with customers and colleagues.
- Held an EDI colleague roadshow week, including external speakers and library of resources which was made available on our website and shared with customers.
- Became founding partner members of Pathway to Board and Get into Housing programmes.
- Launched our EDI webpage.
- Launched our menopause policy.
Achievements in 2023
- Delivered EDI training for our Board members and senior managers, including Welsh Governments Anti-Racism.
- Held an internal EDI workshop leading to the reconfiguration of our EDI steering group and delivery group, and the development of our second EDI action plan - we also shared the workshop with customers.
- Presented an EDI deep dive to our Finance, Risk and Audit Committee, and invited all our Board and Committee members.
- Launched an additional provision of Medicash for our colleagues.
- Launched the Hafod Domestic Abuse Policy for customers and colleagues.
- Continued the use of Pathway to Board, Get into Housing and the Rooney rule which led to an increase of diversity in recruitment.
PrioritiesTo celebrate diversity we want to learn and improve our understanding of customers and colleagues through:
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Our support
In 2020 we signed the Tai Pawb’s ‘Deeds not Words’ pledge and are fully embracing the Welsh Government Anti-racism Wales Action Plan as well as sponsoring the Pathway to Board and Get into Housing development programmes.
These pledges and programmes speak volumes to us, as they draw attention to the wide disparities in experience of ethnic minority communities in relation to their housing needs. As a housing provider we understand that housing is more than providing a roof over someone's head, it is about providing people with the foundations so that they can thrive.
