Recruitment and Inclusion Archives

Touchstone Named 2nd Most Inclusive Employer in the UK by Inclusive Companies Awards

Touchstone has been named the 2nd Most Inclusive Employer in the UK in the prestigious national Inclusive Companies Awards 2024. The Inclusive Top 50 Employers is a definitive list of UK-based organisations that successfully promote inclusion across all protected characteristics. This outstanding achievement reflects Touchstone’s passion and drive to create a truly inclusive, engaged and supported workforce, representing the diverse local communities we work with. This award builds on

2024-12-05T16:17:51+00:003rd December 2024|Awards, Blog, Recruitment and Inclusion|

Evaluation of Recruitment and Inclusion Project with West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

Since 2022, Touchstone have been working with the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership (WYHCP) to lead a Recruitment and Inclusion Project. This project aims to improve the inclusivity of recruitment and retention processes in three West Yorkshire NHS Mental Health Trusts. As the project comes to an end this year, the team, Emilie Akselsen (Project Coordinator at Touchstone) and Sonya Robertshaw (Workforce Lead for the WYHCP), have written

2024-09-24T11:43:48+01:0024th September 2024|Blog, Recruitment and Inclusion|

Q&A with our new Recruitment and Inclusion team

Our Recruitment and Inclusion Team have been working with three NHS trusts in Yorkshire to improve their workforce diversity and inclusion. Below, the team have completed a Q&A on their project to explain how you can get involved and get support... Names: Ruth Armitage (they/them) - Recruitment Inclusion Officer Emilie Akselsen (she/her) - Recruitment and Inclusion Coordinator What support does the NHS Employment project offer? The project is a

2023-01-18T15:24:50+00:0018th January 2023|Blog, Diversity, Equality and Diversity, Recruitment and Inclusion|