Diversity and inclusion

Diversity and inclusion is integral to our social purpose as a developer of homes and communities, a provider of housing services, an employer and a business partner. It is also critical to delivering our vision of making a positive difference to people’s lives.

We are committed to the promotion of equality, and we value the diversity of both our customers and our staff.  We know that diversity and inclusion is fundamental to the effective delivery of our services and we are working to embed diversity and inclusion across all our business functions by focusing on understanding and addressing the needs of all our customers and staff.

Our vision and ambition

We aim to ensure we provide and deliver services across the variety of communities and individuals we are responsible to as a social landlord. Our workforce is diverse reflecting the communities we work in and we work to ensure that we maintain and benefit from the different perspectives our staff offer.

At the same time we will continue to minimise the gap between economically disadvantaged and socially excluded groups in the communities that we work in.

Hyde Foundation, our expert community investment team supports vulnerable residents to sustain their tenancies and works in priority areas to pre-empt and address wider community issues. Specialist Successful Tenancies advisers support residents with complex needs to sustain their tenancies and offer money and debt and employment support.

Our Successful Places team develops partnerships that increase positive pathways for young people and improves the health and wellbeing of older residents.

Accountability for diversity and inclusion

Our Group Board has overall accountability for diversity and inclusion.

This includes reviewing the Group’s annual performance to ensure regulatory and legislative requirements are met and that services are accessible and meet individual need. 

The Executive Team provides leadership, resources and governance to deliver our diversity and inclusion vision and business objectives.

Senior teams across the business are responsible for developing, delivering and monitoring diversity and inclusion actions as part of the business planning process.

The Diversity and Inclusion Group reviews progress against our plans and identifies emerging issues that need to be addressed.

All our staff and partners are responsible for understanding and applying our diversity and inclusion values, standards and behaviours in their day to day work.

A Disability Confident employer

As an employer we value diversity and want to attract the best people from all sections of society.  We know that the knowledge and skills that a diverse workforce gives us will help us to deliver the best services to our customers.

We welcome applications from disabled people, and have been accredited as a Disability Confident employer in recognition of our commitment as an employer in ensuring that disabled people are supported and treated fairly at every stage of their selection, employment and career development. Further information about the Disability Confident scheme can be found on the government website.

We are committed to interviewing all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria of the role applied for. If you are applying for a position under the Disability Confident scheme please advise us and confirm any reasonable adjustments which are needed to ensure any interview is accessible to you. For this purpose disability is defined as any physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day to day activities.

Closing the gender pay gap

We are dedicated to reducing our gender pay gap. Under the UK Government’s new Gender Pay Gap Regulations, employers in Great Britain with more than 250 employees need to report their gender pay gap. View our 2022 gender pay gap report.

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