The twelve months of D&I

A riff on the twelve days of Christmas illustrating some of the actions we undertook this year to deliver our diversity and inclusion objectives. Click the links to view video explainers and gather some ideas for your D&I in 2022.

January - A firmwide gender webinar was held, outlining the findings from our gender research where over 400 of our people inputted, directly feeding into the development of our Gender Action Plan.

February - A people sentiment survey tested inclusion practice within the firm. 98% of our people report we have an open and inclusive culture.

March - Our people got the chance to talk openly and frankly about inclusion and what it means to them as our Power of Inclusion videos were launched

April - Named a Times Top 50 Employer for Women for our work on our Gender Action Plan and gender balance

May - Delivered practical training to our Directors on unconscious bias, going beyond the theory to trial and embed new ways of working 

June - Celebrated Pride month and our partnership with Bristol Pride that stretches back many years

July - Launched our new D&I data process, gathering diversity data directly through our HR system and providing information on inclusion linked to our employee journey

August - Became a Disability Confident employer and implemented a suite of building and process improvements to enhance disability inclusion

September - Marked Inclusion Week with learning sessions on disability inclusion in the workplace and allyship for anti-racism with our local school partner 

October - Delivered the first black and minority ethnic student work experience week focused on developing career opportunities, as part of the new Bristol Future Talent Partnership

November - The firm's first ethnic diversity reverse mentoring programme was launched

December - Buckets are rattled and money raised to mark World Aids Day and support our long standing partnership with Brigstowe, a HIV and AIDS charity