Our commitment to diversity

On this page:

Leading by example
What diversity means for us
Our diversity goals
Client Diversity Group
About our Equality & Diversity Team
For more information

Leading by example

The LSC is committed to leading by example in promoting an environment that values diversity and respects difference.

Our focus is to meet the diverse needs of our clients by:

commissioning legal aid services from a diverse group of providers
ensuring that diversity is at the heart of the organisation

See Documents for the Chief Executive's statement on diversity.

What diversity means for us

Diversity for us means:

setting a level playing field so that everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential
creating a culture of respect
supporting an inclusive environment
valuing our differences and understanding that we are stronger because of them

Our diversity goals

Moving forward we need to:

drive diversity performance and share good practice
set clear targets for improvement
send a clear message across the organisation of the importance of diversity to our overall business agenda

Client Diversity Group

The LSC is committed to meeting the diverse needs of clients so they can access the help they need to address their problems.

We are pleased to announce that we have established a Client Diversity Group to better understand how the LSC and providers deliver services. There are currently 12 members of the group. Our members are from diverse bakgrounds bringing a rich resource of life experience that help us to improve the client experience.

For more information about the Client Diversity Group, please contact kirstie.adams@legalservices.gov.uk.

About our Equality & Diversity Team

Our Equality & Diversity Team's main responsibilty is to develop and implement the LSC Single Equalities and Diversity Framework. See the table below.

Team member	Position
Fay Scott	Head of Equality and Diversity
Kirstie Adams	Equality and Diversity Manager
Mary Slater	Equalities Performance Advisor (Employment)
Dawn Carr	Equalities Performance Advisor (Service Delivery)

For more information

Visit the About us>Our publications pages for our Single Equality Scheme.

Contact the Equality & Diversity Team with any questions.

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Last updated: 27 March 2009