EDEI Strategy

• Brain Tumour Support cares about EDEI

• External people experience Brain Tumour Support as an organisation that cares about EDEI.

Year 1

August 2023 – April 2024

• Staff and trustees become more EDEI competent: i.e. aware of and understand EDEI and issues
• BTS understands the Charity Commission’s expectations
• Staff/trustees begin to self-educate on EDEI
• BTS has up-to-date EDEI and recruitment policy and processes
• New staff understand where EDEI fits and what they are required to do
• SLT has the skills to ensure staff differences and needs are heard, accepted, respected and considered
• Staff have a better sense of belonging in the organisation. They feel safe to express their needs/differences knowing they will be heard and considered.
• BTS asks for feedback from staff and clients to improve its EDEI performance

Year 2

April 2024 – April 2025

• Staff and trustees are EDEI-competent
• BTS meets Charity Commission expectations
• Staff and trustees regularly self-educate on EDEI
• Staff and Trustees attend training and awareness sessions
• They actively engage with providing new resources for BTS
• The recruitment process is visibly EDEI-competent
• New staff understand BTS EDEI expectations
• EDEI is part of 11 discussions and Quarterly Reviews
• BTS staff and clients report feeling heard and respected and having a sense of belonging in the organisation
• BTS asks for feedback

Year 1

August 2023 – April 2024

• BTS external messaging becomes better at reflecting EDEI
• Support Services and FR activities work at becoming as EDEI-friendly as possible
• BTS actively seeks to increase its reach and support to a wider demographic of people

Year 2

April 2024 – April 2025

• BTS has a bank of images and case studies to use in its messaging
• BTS language reflects its EDEI competence
• BTS continues to broaden its reach. It has a broader range of clients, volunteers and staff

Year 1

August 2023 – April 2024

• BTS starts collecting EDEI data
• BTS works to improve its collection and storage systems and processes across functions including HR
• BTS undertakes analysis of the data and uses this to establish a baseline for improvement
• BTS starts to gather specific case studies and stories that reflect the EDEI of both its staff and its clients
• BTS utilises evidence

Year 2

April 2024 – April 2025

• Clients and volunteers report feeling heard, respected and their needs considered as much as possible
• BTS is collecting data efficiently across functions including HR
• BTS has an efficient database and EDEI data storage system
• BTS works to its baseline and analyses the data annually
• BTS has a good store of case studies and stories and continues to collect these
• FR is finding the data and case studies are ticking the EDEI expectations of funders