Equality & Inclusion
Kalyx- Promoting Equality and respecting Human Rights
Kalyx considers that Equality & Inclusion are central to its vision, values and goals. We believe and communicate that:
- Everyone has the right to be treated fairly
- Everyone has the right to equality
Within the overarching mantle of Human Rights, Kalyx is committed to creating a culture that appreciates and celebrates Equality and Inclusion - where prisoners, staff, visitors and suppliers are treated with respect and dignity whatever their age, disability, gender, proposed, commenced or completed reassignment of gender, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief or none.
Kalyx aims to move beyond the letter of the law and embrace the spirit of equality and inclusion in everything we do.
Kalyx will promote Equality and Inclusion in all aspects of our work as a business leader, employer, service provider and purchaser of goods and services.
1. As a business leader, Kalyx will work with partners to share and promote the adoption of good practice in Equality and Inclusion.
2. As a service provider, Kalyx will ensure that our services are delivered in ways that meet the diverse needs of prisoners, and visitors, respects their Human Rights, promotes equality and is non-discriminatory.
3. As an employer, Kalyx will employ a workforce which reflects the different communities we service and encourage an inclusive working environment in which staff respect each other and other people, and we will value our differences.
4. As a purchaser of goods and services, Kalyx will develop fair contracting and procurement policies to encourage diverse suppliers to work with us; we will promote good practice in Equality and Inclusion in the supply chain.
Kalyx’s Single Equality and Inclusion Srategy describes how Kalyx will deliver these commitments.
Equality Impact Assessments
Kalyx has a legal duty to conduct equality impact assessments (EIAs) of all its policies and programmes in relation to disability, ethnicity and gender. In line with our Single Equality Scheme, we extend the assessments to cover all strands of equality.
By carrying out impact assessments it allows us to:
- Determine how our policies and practice, or new proposals, will impact or affect prisoners, staff, visitors and suppliers, especially those groups or communities who experience inequality, discrimination, social exclusion or disadvantage.
- Measure whether policies or proposals will have a negative, neutral, or positive effect on different groups.
- Make decisions about current and future services and practice in fuller knowledge and understanding of the possible outcomes for different groups.
- Develop ways of monitoring and reviewing the effects of new or changing policies or proposals if they are introduced.
Copies of impact assessments can be obtained by contacting Janine McDowell, Deputy Managing Director, Kalyx, Capital House, 25 Chapel Street, London, NW1 5DH.
