Met Office - Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Staff Network Our mission is to empower BAME staff at the Met Office to achieve their potential by identifying and removing barriers to equality and creating positive change. Our key priorities are: •
Supporting and Challenging: the network offers a safe space for BAME colleagues to share experiences and learn from one other.
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Engaging and Representing: the network may be used to provide help and advice to BAME colleagues to make their voices heard on panels, groups, and other committees related to the delivery of Met Office services. Where appropriate to do so, the network will facilitate BAME representation on external-facing events.
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Influencing and Impacting: the network is a key resource in unlocking the Met Office transformation agenda. By raising awareness and fostering collaboration with other staff networks, its outcomes will enable the organisation to meet its strategic actions from a BAME perspective but for the benefit of everyone.
Contact: Misha.khan@metoffice.gov.uk (Misha Khan, BAME Network Lead) Return to index
Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) - Race Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage (REACH) Staff network The REACH Staff Network will support, inspire, and consult with its members and all police and civilian staff to help them achieve the best they can be and improve their Lived Experience. It will also strive to stay current through effective engagement, whilst influencing MDP strategies and policies, Celebrating the power of equality and inclusivity and highlighting the MDP and MOD as an inclusive employer. The network’s guiding principles include: •
Support– Supporting staff by being the mechanism to alert D&I teams on matters affecting them and providing a forum for discussion on matters of interest to the REACH community whilst contributing to MDP and Defence strategic priorities which impact upon staff members;
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Inform – To raise awareness of racial equality and cultural diversity within the MDP and across wider Defence communities;
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