We raise awareness, deepen knowledge, and skills, and support organisations to identify and/or achieve their Inclusion, Diversity and Equality objectives.
Trust Inclusion comprises three skilled consultants all experienced in working with school leaders and Leadership Teams. The collaboration that is Trust Inclusion, is in its third year and between them, Mandy, Johan and Linbert bring nearly one hundred years’ experience of helping organisations to be more effective at identifying and achieving their equality and/or diversity and/or inclusion objectives.
Trust Inclusion is well positioned to help Multi-Academy Trusts and other education providers, to be more effective regarding their equality, diversity and inclusion work – and by extension to be consistent in achieving their wider educational purpose.
As well as a wealth of professional expertise to support teams and individuals seeking to lead more inclusively, Trust Inclusion brings to the table lived experience of different aspects of diversity, including – accent, age, class, colour, disability, ethnicity, gender, marital status, nationality, parental status, religion, and sexual orientation.
works with Executive Leadership Teams and Boards to equip them with a solid understanding of what equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion mean, and the barriers faced by traditionally marginalised groups.
facilitates development workshops, provides 1-2-1 coaching and mentoring support as well as group coaching
uniquely, amongst other providers working in Education, we measure inclusion and thereby helps Trusts to identify the key areas that will have the biggest impact on creating and sustaining a more inclusive workplace, enabling all staff to consciously manage inclusion and work to achieve greater diversity
conduct Inclusion Audits, using the Truthsayers Neurotech Survey – if completed at the start of a programme of work, is not only a way of measuring the impact of the intervention, but is a means of determining the priorities of the work before finally committing to the programme/schedule.
We bring knowledge, skills, experience, and commitment, and work collaboratively with them to help build and sustain inclusive environments. We help clients to explore biases and how they manifest themselves in organisational culture - individual behaviours, systems and processes such as recruitment and talent management, as well as in curriculums, and then identify the biases that can be eradicated and recommend changes for more inclusive systems, processes and policies
CST collaborates with Trust Inclusion on its thought leadership and professional development programmes. Mandy, Linbert and Johan have great expertise in inspiring and supporting school trust leaders to develop truly inclusive organisations. Their practical models of culture change develop inclusive practice that is impactful and sustainable, creating better outcomes for children, colleagues, and communities.
Charis Evans
Director of CST Professional Development, Confederation of Schools Trusts
As a trust, inclusion and equalities has been high on our agenda for many years. Following the murder of George Floyd and the rise of public interest in the Black lives matter movement we knew it was time for change, but we wanted real change, that changes actions, minds and souls.
Having navigated the minefield of consultants and training out there we took the decision to work with Trust Inclusion. What Trust Inclusion offered us was the opportunity to harness knowledge and change actions. Through a mixture of knowledge delivery, workshops and coaching, we now have a leadership team better equipped to take action and deliver to make a difference for all children.
Organising purposeful professional development for research focused, experienced foreword thinking school and trust leaders is always a challenge. Trust Inclusion met this challenge. They have started our journey with us, leaving us inspired, empowered and clear about the path ahead. If you are considering any form of EDI work I would highly recommend working with the Trust Inclusion team.
Jon Camp and Michelle Bernard
CEO and Executive Headteacher, The Compass Partnership of Schools
We commissioned Trust Inclusion to deliver EDI training for the whole School Partnerships Team. The team were incredibly knowledgeable and motivating and tailored the training according to our need and context. The training has really helped to build the knowledge and increase confidence of the team to integrate EDI into their work and interactions with our partners.
Raksha Pattni
National Partnerships Director, Ambition Institute
Undertaking any form of EDI work should not be comfortable. It needs to challenge our personal and professional assumptions so that we may be genuinely in a place to change not just our behaviours but the views and attitudes that underpin them. To be able to do this a safe place is needed, contracted around psychological security. The expertise and empathy of the process undertaken by Mandy, Linbert and Johan of Trust Inclusion wasn’t just based on this, it exemplified it and as a result we have, as an organisation, taken huge steps forward to be truly inclusive which means being our best selves and doing our best work; it means fitting together so that no colleague needs to “fit in” and it means being better servant leaders than we once were.
Dan Morrow
Trust Leader, Dartmoor MAT
We would encourage you to contact us by email or phone to arrange an opportunity to converse with us to begin to establish whether and how we could collaborate in order to design an approach or piece of work would meet your need and satisfy us both.
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