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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Valuing difference is a core part of our culture at Barca-Leeds

  • Barca are so inclusive, you can just be yourself.

    Barca employee

We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and people with lived experience of the services we provide. We foster an inclusive environment, enabling our colleagues and volunteers to bring a diverse range of experiences and thoughts. 

We are proud to be inclusive and committed to:

  • Creating safe spaces in our workplaces including quiet rooms for prayer and gender neutral toilets. 
  • Raising awareness and knowledge of a diverse range of dates and causes amongst staff including Ramadan, Black History Month, Pride, Disability Inclusion Month and Neurodiversity Awareness; all of which are staff led. 
  • Encouraging the use of pronouns in email signatures and meetings.
  • Having a robust training offer for all staff on Equality & Diversity, Unconscious Bias and Anti-Racism. 

  • Barca is a lovely organisation and the staff are wonderful and committed. Everyone seems to be so supportive, even towards others in different teams and will always offer support/advice if needed.

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Our networks

 

Our staff groups and initiatives offer a range of activities that enable and empower staff to lead on issues that are important to them. Three staff-led groups manifest our culture and ethos in action:

 

  • Respect@Barca

    This staff group helps to develop and deliver on all aspects of our equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) related policy and strategy. They help raise awareness of EDI issues and calendar events throughout the year.

  • Barca Minds

    Our staff peer support group focusing on different aspects of wellbeing. The group organises various initiatives including; Wellbeing Wednesdays, Carers group and our Wellbeing Champions group.

  • Green Leads

    Leads our organisational commitment to minimising our impact upon the environment and developing a more sustainable approach to delivering our services. They meet to share good ideas and practice. 

Our awards and accreditations

  • We are committed to thinking differently about disability and taking action to improve how we recruit, retain and develop disabled people in our teams.

  • We are dedicated to creating a supportive and open culture where colleagues feel able to talk about mental health and confidently receive appropriate support in the workplace.

  • Barca-Leeds is a Top 10 IIP UK Employer 2023. We are focused on ensuring our employees are empowered, confident and have rewarding roles that they can thrive in. 

  • We are committed to paying a fair and competitive wage, ensuring our employees and sub-contractors can earn a wage that is enough to live on.

  • We support and recognise the roles of our employees who foster.