Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Future-Proofing Your Workforce Impact Report

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Future-Proofing Your Workforce (FPYW) was a 6-month project delivered under the umbrella of Transforming Founding Industries Network + in June-December 2023.

FPYW was delivered by a multidisciplinary team with backgrounds in the arts and humanities, design and creative practice: Prof. Rachel Van Duyvenbode (University of Sheffield) and colleagues from London College of Communication, University of the Arts London: Prof. Amanda Crawley Jackson, Dr. Silvia Grimaldi and Polly Nash. The academic team engaged 3 businesses from different foundation industry sectors – glass, ceramics and aggregates – to pilot a unique development and coaching proposition that aims to empower businesses to co-design and deliver EDI culture change, using innovative top-down/bottom-up approaches, participatory methodologies and principles of co-production.

A summary of the methodology and findings is available in the report here.