Taking place this week between 25 September and 1 October, is National Inclusion Week (NIW).

We are supporting this event which gives employers an opportunity to reflect and examine how their workplaces promote inclusion, ensuring that everyone feels valued and respected as an individual.

The theme for this year is Take Action Make Impact which follows on from last year’s concept of wanting to create more awareness around the impact of our actions – Time to Act: The Power of Now, which encouraged immediate action.

This message this year, aims to get organisations and individuals to think about what action they can take and what positive impact these actions could and should have, for marginalised colleagues and creating inclusive workplaces.

Across the week we are focusing daily on a different area within inclusion, with our attention at the beginning of the week on engaging and equipping colleagues to understand why this is important, and how we can create a more inclusive workplace. By putting these processes in place, we are able to support not just colleagues but how we understand and tailor our service for customers. We round up the week, looking at how we evolve inclusion and our plans for the future.