Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Campbell Tickell is committed to equality for all sections of the community, and actively promotes diversity in its own work, and in its work with and for clients and other partners.
We know that diverse organisations and teams are more effective and successful, as well as reflecting core principles of social justice. Our commitment to promoting equality and diversity is fundamental to who we are and is reflected throughout our values.
We have a robust Equality & Diversity Policy; we require all our staff and associates to comply fully with this, and to address any forms of disadvantage or discrimination or inappropriate behaviour.
Diversity in Recruitment
We believe that diversity is not just an aspiration – it’s a fundamental driver of innovation, equality, and organisational success.
Our recruitment services for clients are built on a proven track record of advancing diverse talent into executive and non-executive roles. This includes significant success in placing women, ethnic minorities, candidates from underrepresented groups, and diverse socioeconomic backgrounds into senior leadership positions.Â
We embed Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) into every stage of our recruitment process, ensuring equitable opportunities and representation at all levels, from the initial search to the final appointment. Our approach is designed to achieve meaningful and measurable progress towards diversity and inclusion goals.Â
Our process
Search
Actively sourcing talent that reflects the intersectionality of protected characteristics, including gender, race, disability, and broader dimensions such as socioeconomic background, neurodiversity, and career paths.
Longlisting and shortlisting: Curating balanced lists that highlight diverse profiles, without compromising on quality, skill, aptitude, and leadership potential.
Selection
Supporting decision-makers with insights, tools, and strategies to challenge biases and foster equitable evaluation practices.
We collaborate with clients to develop tailored strategies that foster diverse and inclusive leadership. This includes addressing representation gaps, breaking down barriers to inclusion, and aligning with organisational goals. Beyond individual appointments, we help refine recruitment practices, prioritising equity, transparency, and innovation. We also equip selection panels to challenge biases and embrace inclusive decision-making.
We aim to build high-performing leadership teams that reflect the richness of their customers and those they serve, driving long-term success through diversity, collaboration, and innovation.
Our own team and work environment
We have a positive track record too in our own employment. Two-thirds of our staff are women, over half are ethnic minorities, over 40% are under 30, and we have LGBT team members. Half of our Partners are women and half are of ethnic minorities Of our Senior Team, half are ethnic minorities and over half are women. We support the principles of the ‘Rooney Rule’ developed in the USA for the National Football League. As regards our associate consultants, a majority are women, and they reflect other diversity characteristics appropriately.
It is fundamental that our working environment should be positive and welcoming to people of all backgrounds. We believe our ability to attract such a diverse staff team is directly linked to this. Staff members of different ethnic minority backgrounds have told us that this demonstration of diversity in practice has directly contributed to their keenness to join our team. At the same time, we are keen to develop our staff, and we have supported a number in their qualification training as well as in bespoke training and development programmes.
Working with clients
As an ethical business, we are committed to working with organisations to help them improve their effectiveness and sustainability, and help them ensure they are well run and deliver the highest possible quality services to their customers and clients. Many of the organisations we work with in this context are dealing with customers with significant levels of need.
In a diversity context, we have for instance worked with 26 of the 39 members listed for the BME National group of housing associations, 11 of them during the past year. We have moreover worked with such bodies as the Equality & Human Rights Commission, Stonewall, RNIB and Barnardos.
We bring a strong track record of working with organisations focusing on such areas as refugees and migrants; mental health, learning disability and other forms of disability; women’s and LGBTQ rights; homelessness; international development; and charities working to address different forms of discrimination and disadvantage.
Our range of consultancy services is directly relevant from a diversity perspective. This includes equal pay audits, investigations into such matters as gender or disability discrimination, staff culture surveys and assessments, and equality and diversity training.
Our media work
The CT Insights pages on our website feature numerous blogs, newsletters and links relating to diversity, discrimination and disadvantage. We are keen to give a voice to organisations working in such areas, through our regular CT Brief publications and special editions, such as our Diversity and Inclusion editions, and our Health, Care & Support editions.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Insights
Supporting charities
Each year, our staff choose charities for CT to support throughout the year that work in homelessness, mental health, women’s right and related areas, and in international development. For example, we have provided financial support for UNICEF, Re-engage, Women’s Aid, HostNation, and Médecins Sans Frontières. Other examples from recent years include Shelter From The Storm, Help Refugees, Recycling Lives and Action Village India. We also make donations to similar charities chosen by our staff in lieu of sending Christmas cards.
In addition, our staff are given two days a year paid time off to volunteer with charities.
Sponsorship
We have sponsored relevant awards and initiatives, including the Gender Equality Award at the Housing Diversity Awards, the Women’s Housing Forum report, and WISH (Women In Social Housing).
Meet our team
Campbell Tickell is a multi-disciplinary management and recruitment consultancy focusing primarily on the public and not-for-profit sectors.
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