Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Importance of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Why is EDI important? A growing proportion of the families we support are from an array of cultural and diverse backgrounds and part of our role is to support families and help increase their opportunities and routes to accessing the support they need for their disabled children to thrive and get the healthcare support they need.

We believe that every child and their family deserve to feel seen, heard, and valued. Our mission extends beyond providing our services; it encompasses fostering a sense of belonging and support through a brand identity that genuinely reflects the diverse communities we serve.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Tree of Hope are committed to EDI, promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion to promote and deliver equality of access to our services and brand for disabled and other vulnerable children and young people within the community. This can be broken down into the following aims:

• To ensure fair fundraising opportunities for all our families and build ongoing, long-lasting relationships with people from minoritised communities.
• To provide an open and inclusive culture when communicating with families, suppliers, supporters and staff.
• To challenge harmful stereotypes and become aware of unconscious bias.
• To increase our understanding of a diverse range of cultural festivals and customs to provide more relevant and targeted fundraising plans and to inspire new fundraising avenues.
• To achieve a more representative and inclusive Tree of Hope family.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Vision

Our vision is that all children can get the help they need, regardless of their race or background and so recognising and understanding inequality in our society and championing equality in its place, is therefore integral to our mission.

The actions Tree of Hope is taking to ensure that EDI is a key part of both what we do and how we work.

In 2022-2023 Tree of Hope has:

1. Reviewed plan and policy progress – this can be downloaded below.
2. Ongoing training and awareness development for staff and trustees.
3. Reviewed our marketing and branding for EDI effectiveness.
4. Report and reviewed data to know where we are right now to determine what we need to do and how we will get there.
5. Developed a calendar of EDI activities and events and resources where we are active in supporting EDI and what we can do more in the future to continue this.

In 2023-2024 Tree of Hope looks to:

Continue to build on and develop everything that is already in progress but to also:

1. Work with others in the sector to assess our practices and critically review and develop.
2. Continue to search and be part of events in communities that we can be, with the help of volunteers.

Join us in Championing the benefits of Equality and Diversity 

At Tree of Hope, we believe that embracing equality and diversity is not just the right thing to do it is essential for providing the highest quality care to the children and families we serve.