By 2020 there will be over a million more people in the UK from an ethnic minority background. A year later, it is expected there will be more people aged 65 or over than people under 16. Does your organisation know how to respond to these changes in the marketplace?

At brap we follow economic and social changes with special reference to reaching every sector of society. Our organisation can help yours in many ways, from staff recruitment to identifying new markets, from wider communication of your corporate vision to meeting the latest legislation on equality.

Workplace audits

Develop an understanding of your organisation’s position on key equalities indicators, including your gender pay gap and ethnic and disability employment gap. The audit can also explore the extent to which your recruitment, disciplinary, and redundancy policies and procedures are compliant with law.

Needs analysis

Following research of your organisation and conversations with key personnel,  we create a bespoke package of services that can include everything from specific learning programmes to a whole corporate strategy for achieving equality. The result: a welcoming and inclusive working environment that attracts and retains a motivated workforce.

Legislative support and compliance

Navigate your way through the complexity of today’s new legislation and regulation, protecting your organisation from the consequences of unfair disciplinary and redundancy procedures.

Meeting the kitemark standard

With shareholders, potential investors, customers, and the media increasingly interested in organisations’ equalities credentials, show your understanding of how important these issues are by meeting the requirements of the government’s new kitemark scheme.

Customer and user mapping

Draw upon brap’s expertise in engaging with diverse and excluded groups to find out more from existing and potential customers. Employ the latest in innovative market research techniques and methodologies to learn about the community you serve.

Independent mediation

However inclusive, welcoming and well-run your organisation, things sometimes go wrong. brap can act as an independent investigator, employing our experience and expertise to help you settle personnel grievances and disputes. Tactful, sensitive, and discreet, we report and advise on the best way for you to take equalities forward.

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