Our commitment to diversity and inclusion at the British Heart Foundation

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion at the British Heart Foundation Our commitment to diversity Heart and circulatory diseases do not We want all our colleagues, volunteers and discriminate. [...] Our equality and diversity agenda works across the whole charity and we pride ourselves in being an inclusive employer who puts diversity at the heart of everything that we do. [...] Initiatives rolled out include: • We’ve piloted anonymising names and other personal details on CVs as part of the recruitment process and we will be rolling this out to all recruitment activity at the BHF • Continuing to provide advice and guidance to all hiring managers in best recruitment practices • Advising and educating hiring managers on the use of positive action in the recruitment process. [...] It is important the team are equipped with the best knowledge and skills available on how to best use job boards and search technqiues, allowing us to expand the reach we have when advertising and promoting new roles at the BHF. [...] Gender bias free To ensure we get the best possible field of candidates at the BHF we use specialist software, a gender bias decoder, to ensure the words we use and what we say when advertising is balanced and does not deter anyone from applying.