Businesses committed to a fairer Coventry - benefits of equality, diversity, and inclusivity
Information on equality, diversity and inclusion
Places of support for your business
The Care Leaver Covenant is a national inclusion programme that supports care leavers aged 16-25 to live independently.
The Armed Forces Covenant website contains information on how businesses can be a force-friendly employer and make a difference.
Evidence suggests positive public reactions to organisations that employ people with disabilities.
A diverse talent pool benefits your business by employing staff with specialist knowledge and skills, creative problem-solving, and who have a particular attention to detail. Having staff who reflect their broad consumer base and can also support your business to tap into diverse audiences to drive business growth. Read Employing disabled people and people with health conditions for more information.
The Purple Pound is the term for the spending power of disabled people. The Purple Pound equates to £249 billion a year to the UK economy.
Talent Inclusion and Diversity Evaluation (TIDE) is the diversity and inclusion self-assessment evaluation and benchmarking tool developed by the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.
Disability Confident provides advice on recruiting high-quality staff from the widest possible pool of talent.
Access to Work is a publicly funded employment support programme that provides practical and financial support if you have a disability or physical or mental health condition that can help people get or stay in work.
Toilets and changing facilities encourage people to visit new places and engage in activities such as shopping and socialising. Enabling access to your toilets and changing facilities for customers including people with disabilities and their carers; older people; people with babies or young children and people of all ages who are coping with a range of medical conditions encourages them to visit and stay longer, demonstrating good levels of customer care, broadening your customer base, increasing footfall. Find further information on Changing Place Toilets and locations.
Inclusive Employers ‘Talking inclusion with…’ inclusion podcasts have a range of real-life stories and information on a broad spectrum of inclusion topics, including LGBTQ+, race, and social mobility, inclusion in sport, disability and wellbeing and mental health.
Federation of Small Businesses host a monthly virtual Disabled Entrepreneur networking event, this friendly, support and productive for entrepreneurs with any form of disability or health issues. Federation of Small Businesses also hold a bi-monthly ethic minority business led networking event on the last Thursday bi-monthly and is an opportunity for businesses to network, share, learn and discuss the successes and experiences of being an ethnic minority business owner. Both of these events are open to any business to attend are online and provide an opportunity to support each other and network. Details of these events can be found on FSB events calendar
Federation of Small Businesses LGBT+ Business Hub provides free resources, interviews, advice, and networking events for LGBT+ small business owners and employers looking to make their workplace more inclusive.
Collective Voice is the national charity working to improve England’s drug and alcohol treatment and recovery system. Collective Voice provides advice and support to employers and individuals.
IPS is an evidence-based programme that supports people in finding and maintaining paid employment which aids substance recovery. IPS staff will work with businesses to become am IPS employer and develop employment opportunities for those who have been through drug and alcohol recovery. IPS staff will work with businesses to become an IPS employer and develop employment opportunities for those having been through drug and alcohol treatment. For further information contact the IPS Team Leader on 07500 649 641.
Many skilled potential employees you may find have criminal records; NACRO has advice for employers. DBS checks can support your business with safer recruitment practices. The NSPCC safer recruitment guidance will support your business to help make sure your staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children and young people.
Many employees may be struggling financially from inflationary pressures such as rising prices and fuel costs. The Cost of Living and wellbeing support webpages contain information on the support available from many organisations for Coventry residents who may be feeling the pressure from the cost-of-living crisis.
