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Pay Gap Reporting Action Plan 2025
The action plan supporting the 2025 Pay Gap Report.
| Maintain the gender balance | Owner | Start date | End date | RAG status | Update (notes on what was achieved or learnt, what needs to happen next) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor the balance of males and females across Great Places | Elaine Johnson | April 2026 | March 2027 | Green | New male Exec Director. One vacant Director role to be recruited this year. |
| Supporting our SHe alumni to progress their careers within Great Places | Elaine Johnson | November 2025 | September 2026 | Green | One SHe graduate currently interim Head of Property Services in the East Region |
| Continue to identify opportunities for positive action for females/males in areas of the business where the gender gap is not balanced | Elaine Johnson | April 2026 | March 2027 | Green | Consider opportunities to recruit females into trade positions through Growing Greatness
Consider on opportunities to recruit males into I&W through Growing Greatness |
| Develop Menopause Action Plan and launch on World Menopause day in October | Jason Casenove | May 2026 | October 2026 | Green | May 2026: Engage Supporting the Change
September 2026: Draft the plan 18 October 2026: World Menopause day: Launch the plan |
| Develop a colleague network for men, considering issues such as men’s mental health, prostrate and testicular cancer awareness | Jason Casenove | May 2026 | November 2026 | Green | May 2026: test engagement across the business
Subject to the above, August/September 2026; develop ToR and draft Action Plan |
| Closing the Ethnicity Pay Gap | Owner | Start date | End date | RAG status | Update (notes on what was achieved or learnt, what needs to happen next) |
| Deliver the BOOST inclusive leadership workshops to upskill the cultural curiosity and intelligence of our leaders and mangers and equip them to have positive conversations about race and other diversity issues. | Jason Casenove | November 2025 | March 2026 | Green | On track – 118 managers have completed the training to date
A further 135 managers outstanding. All Managers will have completed the workshop by April 2026 |
| Deliver a SHDA programme for talented ethnically diversity colleagues to support their progression within Great Places and also allow them to thrive and flourish in leadership roles. | Jason Casenove | November 2025 | March 2026 | Green | Programme launched March 2026, with 14 aspiring ethnically diverse colleagues including two from Southway Housing.
Graduation scheduled October 2026. |
| Support REACH to re-establish across Great Places | Jason Casenove | June 2025 | March 2027 | Green | October 2025: Appointment of a new Chair
November 2025: Commission ‘Lived Experience’ Interviews January 2026: Great Places pilot the launch of Race Equity and Culture Transformation Toolkit (REaCT) March 2026: Agree Action Plan |
| Continue to engage in BOOST and bringing learning into Great Places through the Internal Change Group | Elaine Johnson | April 2022 | October 2026 | Green | |
| Celebrate Windrush Day | Jason Casenove | June 2025 | June 2025 | Amber | |
| Celebrate Black History Month | Jason Casenove | October 2025 | October 2025 | Amber | |
| Closing the Disability Pay Gap | Owner | Start date | End date | RAG status | Update (notes on what was achieved or learnt, what needs to happen next) |
| Engage in National Heart Month | Jason Casenove | February 2026 | February 2026 | Green | Complete |
| Celebrate Neurodiversity Week | Jason Casenove | March 2026 | March 2026 | Amber | February 2026: Plan activities |
| Engage in Mental Health Awareness Week | Jason Casenove | May 2026 | May 2026 | Amber | |
| Embed the Bee Neuroinclusive Code of Best Practice | Jason Casenove | November 2025 | November 2026 | Amber | Engage Enable in auditing Great Places against the standard |
| Design and deliver Neurodiversity training for manager | Jason Casenove | October 2026 | October 2027 | Amber | October 2026: Identify a partner to advise on the content of training
January 2027: Design training solution April 2026: Deliver training |
| Enhance Disability Confidence status to Disability Leader | Jason Casenove | April 2026 | November 2026 | Amber | April 2026: Engage with Enable |
| Other work on inclusion | Owner | Start date | End date | RAG status | Update (notes on what was achieved or learnt, what needs to happen next) |
| Roll-out Inclusive Recruitment Training for Managers | Zoe Cunliffe | February 2026 | September 2026 | Amber | April 2026: Commence training roll out to Recruiting Managers |
| Work with the Community Partnership team and other partners to create opportunities for social housing tenants, disabled applicants and those from ethnically diverse backgrounds | January 2026 | September 2026 | Amber | March: Commence recruitment for Growing Greatness 2026
May/June 2026: Assess candidates August 2026: Make offers September 2026: New cohort commences |
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| Celebrate National Inclusion Week | Jason Casenove | September 2026 | September 2026 | Amber |
