Mental health and wellbeing charity Touchstone has ranked 4th in the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers’ at a ceremony in Manchester last month.
he Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers list awards UK-based organisations who promote employee inclusion at all levels of their businesses, including management, senior, executive and board level. Organisations entering the awards must demonstrate the promotion of all strands of diversity including age, disability, gender, LGBT, race, faith and religion.
Touchstone, which employs over 200 staff in West and South Yorkshire, was the only charity in the final five. It was ranked above global construction company Mott MacDonald and global marketing research firm AC Nielsen.
Commenting on the latest accolade Alison Lowe, Chief Executive of Touchstone said:
“We are delighted to be placed in the top 5 most inclusive companies for the 4th year running. Inclusion is in our DNA at Touchstone and this recognition really helps us to continue this.”
Touchstone provides mental health and wellbeing services to over 6,000 people annually throughout West and South Yorkshire – mainly to Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities and often in partnership with other organisations. Touchstone has doubled its turnover in the last year to over £8m and now employs over 200 staff.
Paul Sesay, founder and CEO of the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers list, said:
“This list presents the very best of UK companies who are integrating an inclusive culture right from the top of their organisations – No one size fits all, and the breadth of initiatives is a reminder of the importance in innovation and diversity of thinking for all employers. The Top 50 represents the ripple effect all the organisations are making on not only their own people, but society as a whole. The List is a brilliant way of sharing the great strides that are being made.”
