Did you know that Karbon Homes is the first organisation in the North East to sign the LGBTQ+ Housing Pledge?
Our Strategic Equality Diversity and Inclusion Lead, Di Keller tells us why this is an important step in our commitment to creating safe, welcoming and inclusive communities for everyone.
Hi Di, can you tell us more about the LGBTQ+ Housing Pledge?
The pledge has been created by HouseProud and delivered by Stonewall Housing. It’s a way for social housing providers - like Karbon - to show their commitment to equality and support for LGBTQ+ residents. It helps us to work with customers and take action to make housing fair and inclusive.
Why is this important?
Home should be a place where everyone feels safe and free to be themselves. Sadly, many LGBTQ+ people still face discrimination, even in relation to housing. The pledge helps tackle this by promoting equality and building positive relationships between housing providers and LGBTQ+ residents.
What will Karbon be doing?
We’re already active in promoting inclusion, through our Pride Inclusion Hub and involvement with Newcastle Pride, but this pledge means we can do even more. We’re creating initiatives around LGBTQ+ that support both colleagues and customers and sharing more stories about the work we’re doing.
We’re proud to lead the way in the North East and look forward to working with our colleagues, customers and partners to make a real difference.
We’re also keen to get you involved in our LGBTQ+ work too. If you’d like to find out more then please get in touch by emailing inclusion@karbonhomes.co.uk.
Did you know that Karbon Homes is the first organisation in the North East to sign the LGBTQ+ Housing Pledge?
Our Strategic Equality Diversity and Inclusion Lead, Di Keller tells us why this is an important step in our commitment to creating safe, welcoming and inclusive communities for everyone.
Hi Di, can you tell us more about the LGBTQ+ Housing Pledge?
The pledge has been created by HouseProud and delivered by Stonewall Housing. It’s a way for social housing providers - like Karbon - to show their commitment to equality and support for LGBTQ+ residents. It helps us to work with customers and take action to make housing fair and inclusive.
Why is this important?
Home should be a place where everyone feels safe and free to be themselves. Sadly, many LGBTQ+ people still face discrimination, even in relation to housing. The pledge helps tackle this by promoting equality and building positive relationships between housing providers and LGBTQ+ residents.
What will Karbon be doing?
We’re already active in promoting inclusion, through our Pride Inclusion Hub and involvement with Newcastle Pride, but this pledge means we can do even more. We’re creating initiatives around LGBTQ+ that support both colleagues and customers and sharing more stories about the work we’re doing.
We’re proud to lead the way in the North East and look forward to working with our colleagues, customers and partners to make a real difference.
We’re also keen to get you involved in our LGBTQ+ work too. If you’d like to find out more then please get in touch by emailing inclusion@karbonhomes.co.uk.
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