We recognise that gender inequality affects everyone across all genders. We want to provide opportunities for every colleague across the Group to be involved, to share experiences and to help set the vision for how we can work together in creating a more gender inclusive and diverse workplace. We are committed to ensuring that equal opportunities are presented across the Group. We will do this by constantly reviewing and improving our hiring processes and examining the channels we use for talent attraction and recruitment, at the same time as leading with an approach of inclusivity and fairness to promote career progression. Over the past year the Gender Steering Committee, working closely with our people team, has shone a light on mental and physical health with external talks on the menopause and prostate cancer, and internal panels on male mental health as well as publishing an external webpage celebrating some of the incredible women we have working here across the Group. Our recent project, Action Ally, aims to support and educate colleagues on what allyship looks like in certain situations through using examples of uncomfortable instances that colleagues have either experienced or observed throughout their careers in a bid to recognise and call out poor behaviour. We’ve also established NCC Group Women’s International Network (WIN), which is open to those who identify as women and are passionate about championing an inclusive and diverse workforce.
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Natasha Gardner Technical Pre-Sales Engineer
We recognise that now, more than ever, it’s important for us all to pull together, as families, as colleagues, and as communities. Our giving back day is designed to help colleagues connect with and support local communities and causes that mean something to them.
Giving back in our local communities Through our annual engagement survey and local colleague forums, we know that giving back to our local communities is important to colleagues. Up until more recently these giving back activities have been informal and led entirely locally and colleagues were keen for us to create a more formal giving back activity while still retaining that local action. So last year, in preparation for pandemic restrictions lifting, we developed a pilot giving back programme with colleagues in our UK, Spain and APAC Assurance division. The programme enables colleagues to take one day of additional paid leave in a calendar year, to support a local community or charitable organisation. During FY22, the programme will be rolled out to the wider Group, ensuring compliance with local requirements relating to volunteering.
Ian Thomas Managing Director, Assurance UK and RoW
NCC Group plc — Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 May 2021
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