Diversity Working Group

Diversity Working Group Lead Officer

Diversity Working Group Lead
Sarah Pace, Head of Business Development
Tel:020 7364 5015
Email: sarah.pace@towerhamletshomes.org.uk

About the Diversity Group

Mural outside Resident Resource Centre, Massingham Street, Bethnal Green The Diversity Working Group is our advisory group for diversity, made up of residents, staff representatives, partners and our main repairs contractors. The Group challenges us to do better, provides insight into how we are doing and what residents experience, and generates practical ideas for how we can improve.

Help us to deliver equality and embrace diversity

Tower Hamlets Homes is committed to making all of our services accessible, inclusive and fair.

The Diversity Working Group is our advisory group for diversity, made up of residents, staff representatives, partners and our main repairs contractors. The Group challenges us to do better, provides insight into what residents experience, and generates practical ideas for how we can improve. In the last year, the Group has helped us to improve our support for vulnerable residents and overcrowded households, and increase accessibility to our services according to residents' needs.

We are committed to achieving excellence in equality and diversity in the next year in line with the Equality Framework for Social Housing. To help us do this, we are looking for new residents to join the Diversity Working Group and contribute their ideas.

Meetings are relatively informal and all are welcome no matter what your background, interests or experience might be in equality and diversity. We would particularly welcome interest from men, disabled, younger and older residents as they are currently under-represented, but all are welcome.

If you are interested in joining us please email contactus@towerhamletshomes.org.ukor call 020 7364 5015.

What the Diversity Working Group does

To act as custodian for equality and diversity, challenge actions, and as a catalyst for change.
To provide leadership to enable Tower Hamlets Homes to achieve excellence in diversity.
Oversee the development and delivery of the Diversity Strategy.
Oversee out development towards achieving Excellence in the Equality Framework for Social Housing.
Monitor the effectiveness of the Diversity Strategy and track the delivery and impact of associated actions (including actions arising from Equality Impact Assessments).
Establish a clear focus for improving in key diversity areas (such as access and customer care, engagement and overcrowding) - identifying where performance could be improved and designing appropriate actions.
To ensure strong links between Tower Hamlets Homes and the Council and other partners.
To ensure that Tower Hamlets Homes supports the One Tower Hamlets Community Cohesion agenda.
To work with the Tower Hamlets Homes Organisational Development Committee for relevant human resources-related diversity issues.

Read minutes from previous meetings

Future Meetings

6 June 2012 4pm - 5:30pm
11 September 2012 6pm - 7:30pm
5 December 2012 10am-11:30am