- 1. Welcome Diversity Works for London Showcasing Event24 March
2010
2. Arun Batra Director of Equality and Diversity London
Development Agency Welcome and Housekeeping 3.
- 16:30 Registration & Light Refreshments
- Arun Batra Director of Equality & Diversity, LDA
- Richard Barnes Deputy Mayor of London, GLA
- 17:15 DWfL Update Introducing the newProcurement Standard
- Natasha Landers Head of DWfL, LDA
- 17:45 Ask the Audience Interactive Session
- Shahid Bashir & Aaron Reid DWfL, LDA
- 18:00 Q&A Panel Discussion
- 19:00 Networking with Canaps & Drinks
Agenda 4. Richard Barnes Deputy Mayor of London Greater London
Authority Opening Address 5. Natasha Landers Head of Diversity
Works for London London Development Agency DWfL Supporting
Businesses to Benefit from Diversity 6.
- What is Diversity Works for London?
- Enhancing the customer journey
Content of Presentation 7.
- DWfL is a Mayoral programme
- Supporting businesses to benefit from diversity
- A free programme specifically tailored to SME and LE private
sector businesses
- Steered by business leaders in BLAG
Who We Are 8.
- Reviewed the programme to respond to:
- Mayoral direction and business need
- Streamline the customer journey
- Incorporate learning from the pilot of the Gold Standard
Reviewing our offer to our customers 9.
- Substantially revamped the website
- Enhanced the business support offer
- Streamlined the Gold Standard
- Developed a Procurement Standard for E&D
Overview of changes made 10.
- We needed to improve our customer journey
- Our home page was too busy and didnt support our
proposition
- There was a one size fits all approach to potential
businesses
Diversityworksforlondon.comRefresh 11. 12. 13. 14.
- www.diversityworksforlondon.com
Website Address 15.
- We offer a range of business support products
- Questioned whether they were still the right range of business
support
- Now business support relates specifically to where you are on
your diversity
Business Support 16.
- Removed prescriptive targets
- Comprehensive guidance to each statement
- Evidence examples for each, aligned with the scoring
criteria
- Detailed guidance notes on the customer journey
Gold Standard Review 17.
- Responding to business and procurement needs and legislative
requirements
- We are key mechanism for Mayor on ELC4A and RP
- Working with RP to develop a common standard for GLA Group
- Set a standard that measure diversity proficiency
Procurement Standard for E&D 18.
- Confirms and clarifies public sector equality requirements
- Simple, flexible & effective
Procurement Standard: Business Proposition 19.
- Simple, flexible & effective
- Part of the Mayors Responsible Procurement Initiative
Procurement Standard: Buyers Proposition 20.
- The Mayors Responsible Procurementpolicyand Equal Life Chances
for allFrameworkencourages GLA group suppliers to adopt and embed
the principles of the Diversity Works for LondonSelf Assessment
Toolkit and thenew ProcurementStandard for Equality and
Diversity.
Procurement Standard: GLA support 21.
- The GLA group supports the principle of a common standardfor
equality which provide a clear and consistent message to suppliers
and will seek to investigate the options for implementation during
2010/11.
Procurement Standard: GLA support 22.
- Continue to engage with businesses
- Securing a common agreement with the 32 London Boroughs
- Look out for events programme coming soon
Moving Forward 23. Shahid Bashir Senior Equality Manager London
Development Agency Ask the Audience Aaron Reid Equality Manager
London Development Agency 24. Arun Batra Director of Equality and
Diversity London Development Agency Q & A Panel Discussion
- Ian Wolter CEO, HB Human Capital
- Iqbal Wahhab OBE Founder, Roast Restaurants
- Natasha Landers Head of DWfL, London Development Agency
- Oona King Head of Diversity, Channel 4
- Pam Farmer Global Services People & Policy Mgr, BT Group
Diversity Centre of Expertise
25. Thank You DWfL Showcasing Event - 24 March 2010