# Majority feel their organisation lacks commitment to diversity, equality & inclusion, says survey

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/06/17/majority-feel-their-organisation-lacks-commitment-to-diversity-equality-inclusion-says-survey/
- Published: 2021-06-17T11:34:44+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Almost 90% of people surveyed across UK NGOs feel their organisations are not 
truly committed to diversity, equality and inclusion, according to a report from
Bond.**

The report, _[Racism, Power & Truth](https://www.bond.org.uk/resources/racism-power-and-truth)_,
surveyed 150 people of colour, 68% of which said that they had experienced an incident
of racism in the workplace within the past year or had supported someone else who
experienced a racist incident.  

The report also reveals that 85% of respondents felt that as a person of colour,
getting promoted in the sector was not accessible to them – promotion was seen as
a reward only accessible to people from non-minoritised groups.  65% felt they had
not had equal access to mentors as their white peers.

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In addition:

 * 69% did not feel they had been able to take leadership on internal initiatives
   as much as their white peers had
 * 71% said they had fewer opportunities to represent their organisations externally
   than their white peers did
 * 50% said they had not had the same training opportunities as their white peers

Lena Bheeroo, lead author of the report and Engagement & Equity Manager at Bond,
said:  

> “Across the UK NGO sector, people of colour are underrepresented in senior roles,
> and facing multiple barriers to career progression, with the odds stacked against
> them.
> “For a sector that is working to champion people’s rights, fairness and equality,
> this is a big problem. Organisations must not shy away from speaking about racism
> and anti-Blackness. They have the responsibility to move beyond diversity in just
> HR terms, towards making better staffing decisions that better represent the countries
> and contexts that we work in.
> “CEOs and board members should commit to sponsoring people of colour by investing
> time with them, opening doors, bringing them into existing networks and championing
> them publicly.
> “On an individual level, people need to reflect on their levels of privilege and
> power and their position within the sector, so that they can start to take steps
> to disrupt the dynamics at play.”