Investors in Diversity Award for Small Charities recognition for Healthwatch Salford

News by Elyse Peacock – 2 February 2021

Here at Healthwatch Salford we are pleased to share that we have achieved national recognition for demonstrating our commitments to equality and diversity.

Healthwatch Salford’s role is to ensure all people are able to share their experiences about health and care, with diversity embedded in our core values of the organisation.

The National Centre for Diversity has accredited Healthwatch Salford with the Investors in Diversity Award for Small Charities.

The award is recognised as the national standard to ensure that the FREDIE values of fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement are at the centre of decision-making in the workplace.

Healthwatch Salford will be continuing its journey to progress its strong practices by developing an action plan for equality and incorporating our ongoing learning in the development of the organisations strategic three-year plan 2021 - 2024.

We are pleased to be recognised for the Investors in Diversity Award for Small Charities from The National Centre for Diversity. We are focussed as an organisation on putting the values of fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement at the heart of everything we do and in all our interactions. We are pleased to receive this recognition which highlights our ongoing commitments to our core values

— Alex Leach, Chief Officer

We are delighted that Healthwatch Salford have retained the Investors in Diversity Award for Small Charities, and I would like to extend our congratulations to their leaders, staff and learners on their success to date. Achievement and maintaining Investors in Diversity Award for Small Charities demonstrates that an organisation has not only committed to building a culture of fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement (FREDIE), it also shows that it can evidence this.

— Solat Chaudhry, Chief Executive of the National Centre for Diversity

Visit https://nationalcentrefordiversity.com/ for more information about the Investors in Diversity Award.

Investors in Diversity Award for Small Charities recognition for Healthwatch Salford

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