Equality and diversity at Be One Homes:
- Our core purpose is to provide homes and neighbourhoods to support people to build a better life, and we want to do this in a fair and responsible way.
In an increasingly diverse world we must understand people’s differences. By doing this, we can develop and make changes to our services and be confident that everyone has fair and equal access to them.
As part of our efforts, we’ve signed up to the Chartered Institute of Housing’s Equality and Diversity Charter. This means we are committed to the following eight principles:
- Equality and diversity is driven from the top.
- Equality and diversity informs our business planning.
- Equality and diversity shapes our organisational culture.
- Equality and diversity is supported through staff training, development and engagement.
- We know who our customers are.
- We involve our customers in shaping and scrutinising services.
- We represent the communities which we serve.
- We support the communities which we serve.
We’re also a member of the Manchester LGBT Housing Group. This was set up to look at what happens for LGBT people in housing in the Greater Manchester area. This group has produced a guide on housing rights for LGBT people over 50 in the North West.
Read our Gender Pay Gap Statement:
- Please note that our current Gender Pay Gap Statement was created when we were known as Bolton at Home. We're in the process of approving an updated version.
The Gender Pay Gap shows the difference in the average pay between all men and women in a workforce. If a workforce has a particularly high Gender Pay Gap, this can indicate that there may be a number of issues to deal with.
The Gender Pay Gap is different from equal pay. Equal pay deals with the pay differences between men and women who carry out the same jobs, similar jobs or work of equal value. It is unlawful to pay people unequally because they are a man or a woman.
For this report, hourly pay is calculated using base pay, allowances and bonuses paid in the relevant pay period as defined in the regulations.
“We confirm that our data has been calculated and interpreted according to the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 and the Gender Pay Gap Information Regulations 2017.”
- Noel Sharpe, our Chief Executive
What is an Equality Impact Assessment?
- As a social landlord, we ensure that all of our policies are fit for purpose. This means that they're all subjected to a fair review and Equality Impact Assessment with the Equality Impact Panel, which is made up of customers.
The review on each policy is thorough and identifies 13 different characteristics. These are the legal protected characteristics that we’d also legally commit to, but we have also identified other characteristics that ensure that all of our customers are protected.
The review of the policies allows for customers to have a say in how the business operates and the policies that impact the lives of all our customers.
We thank our Equality Impact Panel for their input and their continued support to ensure that Be One Homes is run as it should be, and that the customers are our first priority as shown in our Equality Impact Assessments.
