England Hockey is committed to the principles of fair treatment for everyone, embracing differences and creating a culture where everyone is welcome. We recognise that there is much that can be done to ensure our sport is diverse and to help us achieve this we have established an Advisory Group to contribute to our Strategy, Action Plan and future initiatives.
The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) Advisory Group has brought together expert representatives to support and advise on the future development, implementation and evaluation of our ED&I work.
England Hockey recognises a need to evolve continuously to successfully embed ED&I in all that we do. The Advisory Group provide support, advice and assurance on the organisation's journey to deliver changes at all levels of the sport. We are also keen to learn from the other sectors, sports and nations as we develop our plans, policies and best practices. The Advisory Group review our strategy and contribute to a clear action plan for the England Hockey Board, which will result in improved representation, fair and inclusive policies and practices and a sport that is welcoming to all.
The Advisory Group’s duties include but are not limited to:
• Analyse and review the results of hockey’s research and insight on participants
• Support, advise and provide oversight/monitoring of the progress made by Hockey against the agreed ED&I Framework
• Individual members to advise or support work/operational delivery as their skills and willingness allows
• Confidential discussion spaces for senior staff on the implications and impact of key strategic plans and policies
• Review of benchmarking data from participation and accreditation schemes
• Advise on major equality, diversity and inclusion related programme or project plans
• Advise on existing ‘positive action’ initiatives, identify where new plans could be implemented, and assist the organisation to understand the impact of such programmes
• Review the profile of representation across Hockey media and advise on improvements
• Ad-hoc advice as required
