Supporting career progression
To support Disabled and Ethnically Diverse
individuals at the start of their career, we ran a paid
intern programme in 2023, welcoming 15 interns
to teams across the organisation for three months.
Eight individuals were placed through our partner
UpReach, a social mobility charity. There were also
seven interns from Leonard Cheshire, a charity
that works with Disabled individuals. At the end
of the programme, four of the interns secured
permanent roles.
To support Disabled and Ethnically Diverse
colleagues already working at Macmillan, we
introduced an inclusive career progression
programme, which is a bespoke coaching and
development offer for these groups.
Macmillan's colleague networks
Macmillan's eight colleague networks are groups
of colleagues with a shared heritage, experience
or characteristic who come together to create
supportive spaces, celebrate their communities,
challenge inequalities and drive inclusion
within Macmillan.
In 2023, dozens of network members shared
lived experiences through internal blogs, to build
awareness of important topics. These ranged from
celebrating South Asian culture during South Asian
Heritage Month, spotlights on different perspectives
of being a single parent, colleague experiences of
mental health, and trans and non-binary colleagues
sharing what they wished people knew about being
trans or non-binary.
Colleague networks also delivered a calendar of
events and campaigns for all colleagues across
Macmillan, to raise awareness on topics such as
Trans Inclusion, International Women's Day, and
Disability History Month.
They also put on bespoke training for their members
and members of their communities. These sessions
targeted issues they identified as key for their
communities such as building confidence for
Disabled colleagues, building resilience for working
families and carers, and transforming confidence for
marginalised genders.
Our colleague networks have leveraged their
valuable lived experience and used it to provide
feedback, insight, and ideas to different business
areas within Macmillan. This has ranged from
feeding into marketing campaigns, to shaping
policies, and co-creating inclusion toolkits.
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