Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Literacy Learning for SMEs

Who is this course designed for?

This half day course is designed for organisations keen to progress their Equity, Diversity & Inclusion journey by engaging their teams in a shared learning of EDI fundamentals.  

Why EDI Literacy Learning?

  • Lack of knowledge & understanding & a fear of getting it wrong are two of the top three barriers cited by SMEs as holding them back from progressing on their EDI journey.  
  • Surrey SMEs scored themselves a 5 out of 10 for EDI knowledge

Course Objectives:

  1. Creating a safe space to learn together as a team
  2. Building a shared language & understanding of EDI fundamentals
  3. Establishing more inclusive behaviours as a team
  4. Equipping individuals with an EDI toolkit for positive and proactive action
  5. Kick-staring more dialogue internally & externally on EDI topics
  6. Nurturing EDI Champions from within the organisation

Example Course Content (each course is tailored to the needs of the individual organisation):

  1. The moral & business case for EDI Action
  2. Owning EDI – Establishing a self-definition with personal meaning & relevance
  3. Understanding identity characteristics & intersectionality
  4. Unpicking privilege
  5. Understanding unconscious bias & becoming anti-bias
  6. Self-reflection with the IATs
  7. Countering micro-aggressions at a macro-level
  8. Unleashing the power of allyship
  9. Unlocking active bystander intervention
  10. Context of organisational action

Course Outputs:

  • A more confident team willing to embrace EDI in the workplace and outside
  • More open and supportive dialogue on EDI in the workplace
  • A shared and inclusive EDI language amongst teams
  • A common EDI toolkit to test and use from pronouns to allyship
  • Energy, engagement and drive towards more EDI actions & progress

Course Feedback from Participants:

“10/10 trainer.  Thankyou!”

“Loved the breakout groups, listening to each other & the safe discussions.”

“Genuinely enjoyed every part of this.”

“Direct & no-nonsense approach to the subject.”

“It was well paced & delivered compassionately.”

“I think this is really important for everyone to do.”

Participants score this course an average of 4.8 out of 5 for content & delivery, with a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 72.

Course Reviews:

Chris Bett, People Manager at ramsac (May 2024)

“I worked with Ali to deliver an Anti-Bias workshop to our leadership and management teams at ramsac. Ali was fantastic from the first conversation through to delivering a fantastic session helping to facilitate amazing conversations around the whole topic of bias, creating an environment in the room where people felt comfortable.  Ali took the time to not just deliver an off the shelf generic cookie cutter presentation, but worked with us to deliver something tailored specifically to our business our goals and our needs. Resulting in a great session with lots of positive engagement because everything in the session was relevant to the people in the room.”

Costs: Dependent on level of tailoring required & number of team members attending.  Plans With Purpose works hard to make this learning as accessible as possible to maximise positive impact.

Charitable Donations:

Plans With Purpose is committed to donating 5% of all training fees to charity.  The company has so far donated £17,000 to 39 different global and local charities, helping spark change where it matters.

Please contact us Ali@PlansWithPurpose.co.uk if you would like to discuss running a bespoke EDI training course for your team or organisation.