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Equity and Social Justice Working Group

We are committed to improving our equity and social justice impact. Our work is specific to the economy, and it should be noted that this is the context we are working in. This long-term projects focuses in developing our knowledge and improving our impact in this area. It is both an external and an internal project. It is across all of our activities and we are approaching this from a place of learning.

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February 2023 update

What have we done so far

  1. The current composition of the working group consists of two trustees, Aphra and Ann, along with two staff members, Abby who handles grants, and Jake who handles communications. The reason for this change is that Priya has stepped down from her role as trustee, but will still serve as an advisor on the committee. We are currently in the process of searching for new trustees. Colin (investment) has also left FPF. We are also in search of an Investment Engagement Manager. We expect that one of the new trustees and the Investment Engagement Manager will join our team
  2. Made a commitment to sharing a breakdown of staff and trustee demographics (see below) – we are making graphs to illustrate this data
  3. We have launched our new programme where diversity is centred in all of our work (see Our Strategy page). We also have incorporated equity and social justice within our grant making – it is to early to publish data on this but it should be available soon
  4. Our first Equity and Social Justice training session will take place in May.
  5. We have decided not to publish in Welsh owing to limited  in-house resources.

What are we still doing

  1. Drafting an equity and social justice plan – this plan has been delayed to incorporate learning from the equity and social justice training
  2. Campaigning for the ethnicity pay gap
  3. Producing documents in alternative formats and developing metrics to monitor our progress on this
  4. Developing an equal opportunities policy.

What are we focusing on next

  1. Completing our equity and social justice training
  2. Finishing the equity and social justice plan
  3. Monitor our EDI in our grant-making
  4. Finish writing the equal opportunities policy.

June 2022 Update

What have we done so far

  1. Formed a working group, made up of trustees (Aphra, Ann, Priya) and staff (Colin (Investment Engagement), Abby (Grants) and Jake (Communications)), who bring an intersectional lens to this work
  2. Made a commitment to sharing a breakdown of staff and trustee demographics
  3. Developed an accessibility communications checklist
  4. Invested in a tool that can translate our website into different languages and provide accessibility tools
  5. Are a leading funder of the Foundation Practice Rating.

What are we still doing

  1. Drafting an equity and social justice plan
  2. Reviewing our grants programme, where equity and social justice will be part of the programme
  3. Developing a training programme with our equity and diversity advisor Guppi Bola
  4. Campaigning for the ethnicity pay gap
  5. Producing documents in alternative formats and developing metrics to monitor our progress on this
  6. Developing an equal opportunities policy.

What are we focusing on next

  1. Completing the equity and social justice plan
  2. Launching our new grants programme (August, 2022)
  3. Equity and Social Justice training to have started
  4. Publish breakdown of staff and trustees demographics
  5. Ensuring documents are available in alternative formats
  6. Finish writing the equal opportunities policy.

You can download the full paper as a word document or a PDF document

Trustees and Staff

  • 11 out of 14 people identified as white; 3 identified as a person of colour

  • 4 out of 14 people identified with having a disability

  • 9 out of 14 people identified as a woman, 4 identified as a man and 1 identified as non-binary

  •  3 out of 14 identified as non-heterosexual.
  • We have an evenly distributed age group
  • 8 out 14 people have caring responsibilities
  • 11 out of 14 attended a state school, 2 attended school outside the UK and 1 attended a private school (with scholarship)

We have a variety of answers to the question when you were 14, what did the main income earner in your household do for a living? What was their main job?

Team Members