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Heartbeat: Trust retains TIDE silver award

September 18, 2020

SWB has successfully qualified for the Talent Inclusion and Diversity Evaluation (TIDE) silver award courtesy of the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (ENEI).

This means the Trust has once again maintained its silver status. In total, 98 organisations participated in TIDEmark 2020 across 26 different sectors and two different regions.

TIDE is a self-assessment evaluation and benchmarking tool that measures an organisation’s approach and progress on diversity and inclusion in eight key areas:

  • Workforce
  • Strategy and plan
  • Leadership and accountability
  • Recruitment and attraction
  • Training and development
  • Other employment practices
  • Communication and engagement
  • Procurement

“I feel very proud of everyone who helped us keep this silver award. To have been ranked 21st out of 98 organisations and to get an overall score of 78 per cent is something special which should be celebrated,” said Raffaela Goodby, Director of People and Organisation Development.

“Having looked at the report and the eight key areas, as an organisation we did particularly well in the areas of strategy and plan, attraction and recruitment and communication and engagement attaining scores of 11, 11 and 20 respectfully. This makes me very happy as throughout the last 12 months or so we have made a conscious effort to improve in those areas specifically.

We plan to work closely with our staff networks, particularly on the Black Lives Matter agenda to improve all of these scores in our next evaluation.”

In addition, to being ranked 21st overall, the Trust was also ranked sixth out of 11 in regards to healthcare organisations and 16th out of 78 in the whole of Europe.

Raffaela believes it is a fantastic achievement for SWB to retain the silver award and added: “I would like to say congratulations to all our staff who were involved in any capacity in helping us retain this great accolade. Fingers crossed we can go one better next time and get gold!”