EDI News

Author: EDI Accreditation

  • Charity Partner – The Runnymede Trust

    This week is National Inclusion week, so it feels like the perfect time to showcase the brilliant inclusion work alll our Charity Partners do.

    Second in the series is the Runnymede Trust. We hear from Partnerships & Programmes Manager Ellie Ikiebe about the fantastic work they do.

    We are proud to collaborate and support the amazing work our six Charity Partners do. A percentage of our profits is donated to our Partners, meaning every accreditation not only does great things for your workplace, but for the world too!

    To find out more watch: https://youtu.be/9nBIIyJq7X4

    Or visit our website: https://ediaccreditation.com/

  • Charity Partner – The Faith & Belief Forum

    This week is National Inclusion week, so it feels like the perfect time to showcase the brilliant inclusion work alll our Charity Partners do.

    First in the series is The Faith & Belief Forum. We hear from CEO Carrie Alderton about the fantastic work they do.

    We are proud to collaborate and support the amazing work our six Charity Partners do. A percentage of our profits is donated to our Partners, meaning every accreditation not only does great things for your workplace, but for the world too!

    To find out more watch: https://youtube.com/shorts/-RVBhlDmVIk

    Or visit our website: https://ediaccreditation.com/

  • Congratulations Camphill Wakefield

    Huge congratulations to Camphill Wakefield – they’re showing their commitment to improving EDI in their workplace by applying to become accrEDIted™ .

    Starting this journey shows a lasting commitment to improving EDI for their people. They are dedicated to creating a thriving and inclusive community that empowers individuals with special educational needs and disabilities to lead fulfilling lives.

    Their mission is simple yet profound: to empower and inspire young people by providing a practical and purposeful, vocational and creative environment. They foster a sense of belonging, dignity, and purpose for all students and work to develop each student’s agency and believe that every individual deserves the opportunity to grow, learn, and be embraced for their abilities, regardless of their challenges.

    Becoming accrEDIted™ shows they care as much about their employees as their students.

    Interested to know what starting the journey could mean for you? Please get in touch to find out more.

    Or visit our website: https://ediaccreditation.com/

  • Welcome Advancing Your Potential

    We are delighted to welcome Advancing Your Potential to the accrEDIted™ Community.

    Founded by the fantastic, multi-talented Hira Ali, Advancing Your Potential (AYP) is a leadership and inclusion consultancy with a core specialisation in allyship, women’s leadership, ethnic minority leadership development, and intercultural communication. Through their flagship programmes, they help organisations build inclusive cultures where diverse talent thrives. Her Allies equips organisations with the tools, training, and coaching materials to embed everyday allyship, enabling employees to advocate for one another and create supportive workplaces. Her Way to the Top empowers women at every stage of their careers with workshops, coaching, and resources that help them overcome barriers, amplify their voices, and lead with confidence. AYP also deliver tailored workshops, executive coaching, surveys, benchmarking, focus groups, and EDI consultancy.

    Our Community is a directory of amazing specialists, who see the need for our impartial accreditation, and can help with all sorts of EDI related issues and challenges that you might be encountering on your journey.


    Check the Community out here or get in touch for more information.

  • Accreditation Panel News

    At EDI Accreditation, we take our independence and impartiality very seriously.

    Our accreditation was designed to be thorough and meaningful.

    Our Accreditation Panel are a key part of what makes us different. Every accreditation is reviewed and approved by our panel, before the result is awarded, to ensure our standards never slip – and nothing is missed.

    We are delighted, with the addition of our new Charity Partners, this also means some new faces on the panel too!

    Carrie Alderton, Ellie Ikiebe, Emma Freivogel, Heather Paterson, Chloe McCutcheon, Chris Bantock, Deepak Klair, E-J Williams, MCIPD, Emma Cusdin (She/Her/Hers), George King IV, Ian Benjamin, Jane Eaglen, John McEwan, Jonathan Hawkins, Kai Mallett, Kamran Mallick, Karla Inniss, Krys Barron, Liz Ward, Louise Pyne-Jones, Rachel Reese 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈, Rebecca Clarkson, Rohit Sagoo QN, Tutu Popoola

    To find out more watch: https://youtube.com/shorts/FZJOtncSOw8?feature=share

    Or visit our website: https://ediaccreditation.com/

  • Charity Partner News

    EDI Accreditation is thrilled to announce we have added some exciting new Charity Partners to our existing line-up.

    Consortium LGBT, Disability Rights UK, Global Butterflies, Radical Recruit, Runnymede Trust and The Faith & Belief Forum complete our Charity Partner line-up.

    The role our our Partners is to collaborate with us, to ensure our accreditation meets the needs of the communities they serve. They are our subject matter experts – and keep our knowledge of legislation, topical issues and challenges facing their communities up to date and informed.

    Our Partners also appoint a representative to sit on our Accreditation Panel.

    In return, we donate a percentage of our profits to our Partners to support the essential work they do and to make sure every accreditation, does good for the world, as well as the workplace.

    To find out more watch: https://youtube.com/shorts/6T1ljgvS43A

    Or visit our website: https://ediaccreditation.com/

  • Welcome to Male Allies UK

    We are thrilled to welcome Male Allies UK to the accrEDIted™ Community.

    Founded by the amazing Lee Chambers Male Allies UK exist to engage men in inclusion, building allyship skills and close gender gaps in both directions. They do this through workshops, training, consulting and facilitating spaces, with their work being research-led, evidence-based and focused on practical, relevant action. Male Allies UK have clients across 13 industries, understand commonalties as well as sector specific challenges. Led by business psychologist Lee, Male Allies UK uses it’s profit to fund work with boys in schools, with it’s research report into UK boys being launched in Parliament in October 2025. They also fund a number of women’s initiatives, with a particular focus on access to services for marginalised women and violence reduction. Their mission is to make gender unity a reality.

    Our Community is a directory of amazing specialists, who see the need for our impartial accreditation, and can help with all sorts of EDI related issues and challenges that you might be encountering on your journey.


    Check the Community out here or get in touch for more information.

  • August is Intersectionality Awareness month.

     

    Kimberlé Crenshaw, a Columbia University law professor, is recognised for first using the term Intersectionality, in 1989 in her paper, “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex.

    Intersectionality recognises that an individual’s identity is not a single story but a rich tapestry woven from various threads of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion & belief and other protected characteristics and social categorisations.

    Each thread affects the way we experience and navigate the world.

    For Equality, Diversity & Inclusion initiatives to be successful, it is essential they are approached intersectionally, taking into account the whole person at the same time.

    Which is why we designed our accreditation to be intersectional. Want to find out how becoming accrEDIted© can help your organisation improve EDI? Get in touch today.

  • Is DEI fair?

    Our Co-founder & CEO Liz Mayers shared her thoughts following her guest appearance on Ethical Reading’s recent webinar of the same title.

    Check out the blog here 👇

    https://www.ethicalreading.org.uk/is-dei-fair/

  • Welcome to Edge Of Difference

    We are delighted to welcome Edge Of Difference to the accrEDIted© Community.

    Founded by the amazing Mo Kanjilal, a long-standing Community member, we are so pleased to include her exciting new venture with Kaia Allen-Bevan 🧡 in our directory of expert resources.

    At Edge Of Difference, they train boldly, include differently and change everything. They are a new diversity, equity and inclusion training company, helping leaders to listen to voices from the edges to understand how to drive diversity, equity and inclusion across teams.

    Our Community is a directory of amazing specialists that can help with all sorts of EDI related issues and challenges that you might be encountering on your journey.

    Check the Community out here or get in touch for more information.