A guide to the National Inclusion Week 2023 Daily Actions

Thursday 28th September: Take action – embedding inclusion

With all the positive visible work taking place around inclusion, it’s important to take a step back and dive deeper into your organisation’s processes and procedures to ensure the organisation is truly inclusive.

This is the behind-the-scenes work, which can sometimes go unnoticed and that can often take a long time to implement before real change is seen; it’s no easy feat embedding inclusion throughout an entire organisation!

When every employee can evidence why inclusion is at the forefront of their role, that is when the workplace becomes a truly inclusive place to work.

Friday 29th September: Take action – evolving inclusion

What good practice looked like when Inclusive Employers began 12 years ago, certainly isn’t best practice today. Inclusive Employers was founded on the fact that many companies were only legally compliant with equal opportunities and the introduction of The Equality Act 2010, when in fact what a lot of organisations were overlooking to improve equality and diversity was the fundamental element of inclusion!

Inclusion within the workplace and society is more topical than ever, and this has been propelled over recent years due to key global events.

Our next generation of workers are the most diverse the workplace has ever seen, and this generation hold high expectations and place significant importance on diversity and inclusion when choosing where to work.

Adapting to this emphasis while horizon scanning for best practice and seeking out innovative ways to improve inclusion can enhance your inclusion initiatives and strategy while attracting and retaining the best talent.

Saturday 30th September: Take action – evaluating impact

Evaluating the impact of your inclusion and diversity initiatives or strategy can be one of the biggest challenges most organisations face when carrying out inclusion work. To make impact, everything must be monitored and measured!

Of course, having tangible or measurable outcomes can be difficult with this type of work, especially for smaller projects or trying to evidence culture change, however, it is vital that inclusion work is evaluated to see what is working, what needs improving and to celebrate your successes!

Sunday 1st October: Take action – evaluating National Inclusion Week

What a week it has been! Here at Inclusive Employers, National Inclusion Week is an absolute highlight in the yearly calendar of awareness days and events to shine a spotlight on the fantastic work that is taking place for inclusion, no matter where you are on your inclusion journey. It’s a week to reflect and celebrate all the continuous hard work that organisations are doing for creating inclusive workplaces and a better working world!

Inclusion is not just something to focus on for one day or one week, It is something that needs long-term commitment to action. The last day of National Inclusion Week 2023 is a time for reflection and an opportunity to commit to #TakeActionMakeImpact for the future.

• What do you want to Improve over the next 12 months both individually and as an organisation?
• What have you learnt?
• What have you found most valuable?
• What do you know you or your organisation could be doing better?

It is time to Take Action. Make a pledge to show how you and your organisation will continue to make progress towards Inclusion over the next 12 months. Share your pledge publicly and have a plan.