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DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSION: FROM
COMMITMENT TO
REALITY
SPEAKER
JACKIE DRIVER
INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE,
BREAKTHROUGH UK

2. Workforce diversity
in the third sector
Jackie Driver
Breakthrough UK

6. Trustees
❖ Men outnumber women
trustees two to one
❖ 92 % of trustees are white,
older and above average
income and education
❖ 71% of charity chairs and 68%
of charity treasurers are men
❖ The average age of trustees is
55 - 64
❖ The Charity Commission: Taken on Trust Nov 2017

7. Volunteers
❖ 36 % of people educated to
degree level take part in
volunteering compared to 22 of
people with GCSE grades A to C
and 13% of those with no formal
qualifications
❖ 53% are female
❖ 32% 16 - 25 year olds
❖ one in five BAME people have
formally volunteered at least once
in the last month compared to one
in four white people
❖ NCVO Nov 2017

8. Staff
❖ Leadership dominated by white
men
❖ 92 % of Chief Executives are
white
❖ 90% of senior managers are
white
❖ 70 % of Chief Executives are
male
❖ 53 % of senior managers are
male
❖ Third Sector: research 2014 &2017

9. Barriers
• Complacency
• Resistance
• Common barriers elsewhere
• Too difficult
• Funding streams mean you need a quick recruitment
• Evidence and data monitoring
• Unconscious bias

10. Pipeline issues
• Decision makers
• Who is applying?
• Targeted recruitment and the law
• Skill sets
• Volunteering

11. Actions
• Diversity metrics
• Diverse recruitment strategies
• Training
• Positive actions
• Unpaid internships
• Reaching communities of interest
• Using personal contacts to recruit
• Development of internal talent
• Accessible working environments