Our Approach
Our objective is simple – we want to enable and empower our clients to become genuinely diverse organisations.

We believe that our strength lies in our partnership approach – any work you commission from us will be designed specifically to meet your needs and will be approached in a way that ensures ownership, gains commitment and develops the knowledge and understanding of your own staff.

As a not for profit organisation, we are able to ensure that our rates remain competitive and that our income is used solely for further work to promote equality and diversity.

Over time, we have developed a range of products that experience has shown us are extremely useful and particularly in demand within the social housing sector. These include:

Benchmarking Service - equalityDiversityindex360©
On-line equality and diversity tool for benchmarking and measuring performance
The Housing Diversity Network is now offering our clients an on-line 'questionnaire-based' management tool for benchmarking and measuring performance. equalityDiversityindex360© will enable you to conduct a review to evaluate your current performance and provide you with:
• Tangible evidence for the Audit Commission Housing Inspectorate in line with the diversity KLOE.
• An accurate benchmark and measurement of your performance.
• Information on where you need to concentrate to improve performance.
• An assessment of the impact of your equality and diversity training programme on staff performance.
• Feedback on the effectiveness of your policies and the outcomes for your tenants.
• External benchmarking as the survey is extended to similar companies
The benchmarking service is available to members at a discounted rate until 1st December 2007. For more details please contact Samantha Miller on 07985 486633 or email samantha@housingdiversitynetwork.co.uk.

Equality & Diversity Healthcheck
The Healthcheck takes an external, independent look at an organisation to highlight strengths and weaknesses, and to identify practical ways of moving forwards. This is ideal for organisations confident of their approach but looking for some external verification and some new ideas.

Equality & Diversity Compliance Audit
The Housing Corporation’s regulatory requirements in relation to equality and diversity have become increasingly demanding and many organisations are seeking to ensure that they meet the required standard. Our Compliance Audit aims to help by assessing an organisation against the requirements set out in the regulatory code and the associated Good Practice Notes 4 and 8, and identifying any actions that need to be taken in order to meet the necessary standard.

Equality & Diversity Review – Preparing for Inspection
This review is intended to help organisations prepare for inspection by the Audit Commission. It uses the Housing Inspectorate’s Diversity Key Line of Enquiry (KLOE) as a framework for assessing current performance and making recommendations for addressing areas of weakness.

Board Briefing
This briefing session is designed to provide Board and Committee members with clear and concise information about the Housing Corporation’s regulatory requirements, the broader context of the Race & Housing Inquiry and the expectations of the Audit Commission. It also offers an opportunity to explore the issue of how Boards can demonstrate leadership and provide direction on equality and diversity matters.

Bespoke Consultancy
If you are looking for advice or assistance with equality and diversity issues that is outside the scope of the work described here we are more than happy to discuss your individual requirements with you. We offer a free initial meeting before developing a fully costed proposal for your consideration.

For more information on any of the above services, or to discuss your requirements, please contact us.