It’s following in the footsteps of leading international companies, including Coca Cola, Pepsi, Amazon, Tesco and Virgin Holidays, in signing up to Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme.
The programme helps organisations working in everything from education and law to finance and government to review their policy and practice to improve the working lives of their LGBT staff.
The aim is to create more inclusive workplaces which support staff in delivering their best performance.
Councillor John Ferguson, lead member for workforce and industrial relations, said:
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“By teaming up with Stonewall we can create the right conditions for our LGBT workforce to feel accepted and supported so they can deliver the very best services for local residents.
“We’ll use information and ideas from our staff alongside Stonewall’s expertise, knowledge and best practice to benchmark the council against hundreds of other leading employers which have signed up to the programme. It’s all about learning from best practice to create a workforce which reflects the diverse community of Salford.”
Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme is supported by Barclays Bank and its founding partners include Google, BP, IBM and RBS. Members range from the BBC to universities, private companies and other local authorities.
Salford City Council agreed to adopt the the Diversity Champions programme at a meeting of full council on Wednesday September 20.
Edited by KARL
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