Colleagues at OSB Group, which includes Precise Mortgages, Kent Reliance for Intermediaries and InterBay Commercial, are looking forward to a week-long series of activities designed to promote the importance and benefits of a united workforce.
OSB Group, one of the UK’s leading specialist lenders, has planned a host of daily events to mark National Inclusion Week, an annual opportunity for companies to raise awareness of inclusion in the workplace. Every year hundreds of organisations across the world join in to celebrate, share and inspire inclusion practices.
The lender’s Diversity and Inclusion team has organised an exciting range of activities focusing on this year’s theme of ‘unity’, including an interactive quiz, stories from BAME, female and disabled employees about their experiences in the workplace, and a conscious inclusivity training session.
National Inclusion Week is the latest campaign OSB Group has championed in 2021, after putting on events in support of International Women’s Day, PRIDE Month and Black History Month.
The company has also introduced a series of internal initiatives to boost staff’s wellbeing and mental health, such as sign language training to help customer-facing staff communicate with clients, virtual self-defence classes and coping with the effects of menopause.
The lender’s commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce has resulted in it becoming a proud signatory of the Women in Finance Charter, as well as being a key member of the Diversity & Inclusivity Forum.
Alan Cleary, group managing director and executive sponsor for culture, said: “National Inclusion Week is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate practical ways organisations can implement inclusion and inspire others to do so as well.
“Becoming a truly diverse and inclusive organisation is about more than just having the correct policies in place. It’s about all of us doing our part to ensure that everyone feels supported, respected and included, irrespective of age, gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs, disability, social backgrounds or sexual orientation.”
