Equality and diversity

The Charity Commission's equality and diversity policies and how equality and diversity are monitored.

Diversity and Inclusion at the Charity Commission 2024 to 2027

The Charity Commission approach to Diversity and Inclusion reflects our ongoing commitment to mainstreaming inclusion. Building a supportive culture empowers and enables our people to reach their full potential, have the confidence to challenge and be challenged, and ensures that no individual or teams feel isolated.

We will continue to go further than the Equality Act provisions by adopting a broader definition of diversity, to include socio-economic and geographic backgrounds. This Diversity and Inclusion approach seeks to add value to the Charity Commission, contributing to its effectiveness as a fair, balanced and independent regulator while maximising employee well-being and engagement.

The 4 key objectives outlined in our approach to Diversity and Inclusion enable the Charity Commission to:

  • understand and draw people from the communities it serves – drawing from a range of backgrounds, experiences and locations
  • be accessible to everyone – engaging the sector and public we serve
  • be flexible – supporting innovation, performance and engagement
  • welcome talent from wherever it comes – attracting the best talent from all backgrounds

The Equality Act

The Equality Act 2010 protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. The following characteristics are protected:

  • age
  • disability
  • gender reassignment
  • marriage and civil partnership
  • pregnancy and maternity
  • race
  • religion or belief
  • sex
  • sexual orientation

The Equality Duty

The Public sector equality duty came into force on 5 April 2011. It means that public bodies have to consider all individuals when carrying out their day-to-day work – in shaping policy, delivering services and in relation to their own employees.

It also requires that public bodies have due regard for the need to:

  • eliminate discrimination
  • advance equality of opportunity
  • foster good relations between different people when carrying out their activities

Employee equality information

We have published our latest gender pay gap data and our 2022 to 2023 annual report contains some staff equality data.

Further information about our workforce will be published shortly.

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