Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Moving Ahead is a social enterprise that helps organisations create inclusive workplaces through mentoring, leadership development and speaker events. 

We strive to make the most of the talents disabled people can bring to the workplace. We’re recognised as a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). This assesses how we recruit and develop our people, through the lens of disability.

This is a promise by the nation ensuring that those who serve, or who have served in the armed forces, and their families, are treated fairly. We support their pledges including: 

- Promoting the fact that we are an armed forces friendly organisation by effectively publicising the Covenant
- Seeking to support the employment of service leavers and veterans young and old
- Seeking to support our colleagues who choose to be members of the Reserve forces
- Supporting the Royal British Legion's nationwide Poppy Appeal in November 

We support the Business in the Community Race at Work charter’s five calls to action to ensure ethnic minority colleagues are represented at all levels within business. These include appointing an Executive Sponsor for race, committing at board level to zero tolerance of harassment and bullying, and taking actions that support the career progression of our ethic minority colleagues. 

We're actively listening to what matters to our colleagues, as we continue to build our family time policies. We've successfully achieved our Carers Confident Level 1 certificate, demonstrating that we will support all carers across our business. It also shows our understanding of the legal rights of carers at M&S, and helps colleagues recognise themselves as carers, so we can provide practical support and assist them in combining their work and caring responsibilities.

In our mission to attract more disabled candidates, we've enlisted the help of Evenbreak, whose mission is ensuring disabled people have the same opportunities and choices to enter, progress and thrive in the world of work as non-disabled people. We're passionate about being an inclusive place to work, and this partnership helps us attract more disabled candidates.

Diversity Jobs Group is a suite of 10 unique job boards dedicated to promoting Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, helping us as we strive to attract and recruit a truly diverse workforce.

Diversity in Grocery (DiG) support businesses across the grocery sector to be real change makers and accelerate a truly diverse and inclusive industry. The DiG programme was created for the industry, by the industry, to support its 2.6 million employees.

WiHTL’s mission is to support companies across Hospitality, Travel, Leisure, and Retail to create diverse and inclusive environments and to positively impact 5 million employees globally by 2030.

Operating globally, Radius helps employers to develop their colleague networks, resource groups and communities by offering a complete range of programmes and services to invest in networks and support them align with the broader DEI ecosystem.

Business Disability Forum (BDF) are the leading business membership organisation in disability inclusion. They work in partnership with business, Government, and disabled people to remove barriers to inclusion.

Pride in the City are a non-profit organisation who are dedicated to advancing equality and diversity by raising awareness of LGBTQ+ issues and advocating for the freedoms that will enable everyone to live their lives on equal footing.