NEWSLETTER

Welcome to our first Newsletter of 2025. We hope you will enjoy hearing about what we have been up to.

As we take one foot in 2025, it is good to take a small reflection on 2024. The biggest reflection for me was the launch of the Employment Rights Bill by the Government. This is a great step to making the Ethnicity Pay Gap mandatory to report and to ensure that organisations have actionable plans to ensure equity in their organisation. The government will publish a consultation paper very shortly, that with give everyone an opportunity to have a view on what should form part of the policy document. I for one will be engaged, I hope you will be too.

The second item I reflect on is our courageous billboards which were aimed at community engagement. This was an important strategy for us as we felt the community did not fully understand the issue. The billboards could be seen across London, with particular focus on having them placed in areas where Black, Asian and other minoritised people would be located.

Our first step into 2025 started with a bang, Ethnicity Pay Gap Day (8th January 2025). There was amazing engagement across all social media platforms. We are still receiving feedback on posts, which is incredible. There is a real appetite from organisations and individuals alike. We hope Ethnicity Pay Gap Day 2026 will be even bigger.

The Ethnicity Pay Gap Summit 2025 was a resounding success, with one person saying, they think this will be the best event of the year. Many also said, they got so much out of the event and they will be taking the learning back to their organisations. We had many people from various sectors in the room, Banking, Finance, Insurance, Government and Education to name a few. There were plenty of network opportunities that allowed people to discuss their plans and hopefully, some relationships were made.

What Next for the Campaign

We will be working with ShareAction and Action for Race Equality to ensure that the government commits to mandatory Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting ensuring it includes a narrative and clear action plans as a part of the reporting process
We hope to embark on more community activities and will look for some funding to support this
More communication with the Government to help them to create a robust policy document
Work with organisations to help them implement an effective strategy

This year will be about building and developing our presence and ensuring that we are part of the conversation. I hope you will be part of our journey.