Our refreshed approach:

Our new strategy will help us to achieve this by:

• delivering meaningful DEI education to all staff
• ensuring there is equity, and where required elevation, of employee experiences
• putting in place robust evaluation processes

Everyone at LFB is unique and brings their own individual perspectives. We represent different age groups, socio-economic backgrounds, beliefs, talents, abilities and other characteristics. To fully benefit from this diversity, we must embed a truly inclusive culture across all corners of the organisation, where we are curious about the lived experiences of others and act with empathy and compassion towards one another.

Our refreshed DEI strategy sets out our aims and objectives for LFB. It highlights our priorities, and in line with the Mayor’s GLA Group Diversity and Inclusion Action Standard, focuses on embedding equity across the organisation by supporting our different business areas to build equality metrics into their daily practices which they will be measured against.

As we build our knowledge of DEI issues, understanding of the lived experiences of others and awareness of the positive impact we can make we will be able to build environments where everybody thrives and deliver high quality and continually improved services.

Our LFB Values are a set of guiding principles to help us create a safe and professional workplace culture. This strategy has been developed using the value of Equity, treating everyone fairly according to their needs, as the foundation, and where practicable, all other values woven have been through any activities that will be delivered. Find out more about Our Values.

We will listen and learn from different perspectives, and be inspired by our diverse staff and communities to make changes. We will:

• support and develop inclusive leaders at all levels of LFB
• integrate mainstream inclusion through our training and development offer for all staff
• empower employees to be their whole self at work by being role models
• celebrate inclusive practices across the brigade through awards and recognition
• introduce community-facing staff training on inclusion and cultural awareness
• make inclusion relevant to everyone

We want every member of staff to be able to bring their whole self to work, feeling a sense of belonging in the Brigade. We will:

• refresh our onboarding, induction and deployment processes to reflect gold standard, inclusive ways of working
• build inclusive communities across the brigade using our Equality Staff Networks
• make inclusion a central part of our behaviours and policies
• improve the inclusivity of our physical and digital infrastructure