Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Music Education Hubs East Midlands (MEHEM) is developing a region-wide EDI collaborative strategy to take immediate action to improve outcomes for all young people across our area.
This strategy focusses on building an inclusive culture through a diverse workforce, ensuring inclusive representation at all levels, and offering tailored EDI development opportunities for all stakeholders.
We are committed to showcasing success across our communities, measuring progress through robust monitoring and evaluation, and embedding creative approaches that make diversity, equity and inclusion a visible and valued part of our work.
Our five principles
Inclusive Representation
Creating a diverse and representative creative output and stakeholder body at all levels which is reflective of our region and communities and visibly advocates EDI successes.
Inclusive Culture
To commit to using robust and creative methods to establish a diverse workforce and maintain an inclusive working atmosphere for all where everyone feels valued and heard.
EDI Development
Providing all key stakeholders with a CPD offer that is relevant and responsive to the changing environment and is differentiated to appropriately support all on their EDI journey.
Showcasing Success
Communicating with and showcasing to all of our stakeholders and general public achievements and successes within our EDI journey.
Measuring Progress
Maintain and utilise robust monitoring, evaluation and review processes, to provides strong evidence that supports EDI need analysis for continual improvement
Our priority areas
Our principles will be used to help us set aspirational targets for improvements in five priority areas. These will, in turn, help us to evaluate our progress.
Communication and Community
We commit to using robust and creative methods to establish and maintain an inclusive working atmosphere for all where everyone feels valued and heard.
Evaluation and Review
We commit to monitoring, reviewing and evaluating our EDI strategy to ensure we deliver on our EDI priorities.
Recruitment and retention
We commit to creating an inclusive organisation representative of our region and the wider world.
Representation
We commit to making our creative opportunities and output representative of our region and the wider world.
Training
We commit to investing in our people to ensure they have the developmental opportunities so that everyone can fulfil their potential.