# Diversity Excellence Standard launches for consultation

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/08/29/draft-diversity-excellence-standard-launches-consultation/
- Published: 2018-08-29T09:08:19+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Digital platform Charity Excellence Framework has created a Diversity Excellence
Standard aimed at helping charities improve diversity and equality within their 
organisations.**

 

[Charity Excellence Framework](https://www.charityexcellence.co.uk/) launched earlier
this year and provides a free online toolkit for trustee boards and senior charity
teams aimed at helping them improve efficiency and reduce workload. Now, the diversity
diagnostics in this platform have been used to create a draft Diversity Excellence
Standard, which has just opened for consultation.

## Advertisement

 [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)

 

The Standard comprises a series of short statements in four sections, covering leadership,
ethics, procedures, targets and outcomes to help charities assess their level of
diversity and equality.

 

Areas covered under the statements include whistleblowing policies, how discrimination
and sexual harassment complaints are dealt with, recruitment policies, and the gender
balance.

 

It aims to improve sector equality and diversity by providing recognition for the
charities that already promote and value diversity as well as by providing a simple
and practical tool for those seeking assistance. Once the statements have been answered,
the Standard will provide a report on the results on an interactive dashboard that
is also exportable in action plan format and individually linked to relevant resources
from across the web.

 

The Standard also aims to provide funders with an enforceable standard that they
can use as an online due diligence and monitoring capability for equality and diversity,
as well as a range of other funder metrics, such as maximising impact and delivering
value for money.

 

The [full draft of the Standard](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/charity-leadership-diversity-standard-ian-mclintock/)
is viewable now, with all feedback welcome.

 * **[IoF to speak at Westminster Briefing on diversity & equality in charity sector](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/08/29/iof-speak-westminster-briefing-diversity-equality-charity-sector/)**(
   29 August 2018)
 * **[Equal Pay Fund launches to fight wage discrimination](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/11/14/equal-pay-fund-launches-fight-wage-discrimination/)**(
   14 November 2018)
 * **[Only 9% of fundraisers are BAME, IoF report shows](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/06/05/only-9-of-fundraisers-are-bame-iof-report-shows/)**(
   5 June 2019)

![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader-
2x.gif)