Diversity and Inclusion Employment Monitoring Report 2025

"Inclusion lies at the core of our vision, to strengthen and build more resilient communities. It's at the heart of Our Identity, which defines who we are as an organisation and guides how we lead, act, and deliver our services." Lucy Townsend, Chief Executive. The council's Inclusive workforce strategy and action plan were informed by reviewing data and insight on our workforce and from staff surveys, as well as reviewing our policies and practices against the Local Government Equality Framework.

In September 2024, CLT agreed our new EDI Corporate objectives for 2025-2028, which are:

• to develop strategies to attract and support diverse talent progression, with a specific focus on increasing underrepresented staff in N/O/Hay grade roles
• increase attraction and retention of under 25s, particularly in areas where there are none.

All directorates have been asked to identify an additional third EDI target relevant to their area.

These are going to be embedded into an updated version of the inclusion strategy in 2025 and will from part of directorate POGs and POBs going forward.