The world today

Comic Relief’s Strategy (2023-2027) recognises that in the UK and around the world, too many people are being left behind. Whether it be increasing poverty levels, extreme weather or war, too many people are facing pain and suffering. If you happen to be an asylum seeker, disabled, LGBTQ+, Muslim, a person of colour, a woman or working-class, then these crises are even worse, full of more challenge and injustice. But our strategy also recognises that there is still hope. Helping others isn’t charity, it’s humanity. When we come together to help others, we unleash the best in all of us. And our humanity compels us at Comic Relief to commit to become a more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation.

DEIB at Comic Relief

DEIB stands for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. These are essential principles for creating a workplace culture that values and supports everyone, regardless of their background or identity. Diversity is the presence of differences within a group, including race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, socioeconomic status, and other attributes. Equity is ensuring fair treatment, access, opportunities, and advancement for all people while striving to identify and eliminate barriers that hinder full participation.
 Inclusion is creating environments where any individual or group feels welcomed, respected, Belonging at Comic Relief. Belonging goes beyond inclusion to ensure everyone feels accepted and valued for their authentic selves, making them feel an integral part of the organisation, our vision, and our mission. These principles aim to foster a work environment where everyone feels important and can fully contribute to Comic Relief’s success.

Why DEIB is Crucial at Comic Relief

DEIB is crucial at Comic Relief as it ensures we are representative, fair, and effective in serving the diverse communities we engage with. Embracing DEIB helps us better understand and address the unique needs of our workforce, audience, corporate and funded partners, and all other key stakeholders. This fosters trust and engagement from the communities we aim to support. At Comic Relief, we believe we cannot achieve our vision of a just world free from poverty without embedding DEIB in everything we do.

Our Commitment

We will do what we can to put an end to all forms of discrimination; we will model this by how we work and treat each other. There is no room in a just society or a just organisation for people to face barriers because, for example, they happen to love somebody of the same sex, or they happen to have fled war, climate catastrophes or tyranny. We want it to be clear that people can choose whether to bring their whole self to Comic Relief, regardless of their age, class, disability, gender, gender identity, race, religion or sexual orientation. Our Mission: To build an organisation that is diverse, equitable, inclusive and fosters belonging. We will embed DEIB into everything we do through our strategy, which you can read in full here.


Together, we can create a just world that is free from injustice and poverty.

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Our DEIB Strategy

We believe everyone should be free from poverty. To live life with dignity and respect regardless of their age, asylum status, disability, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or social class.

FUNDING

This page outlines some of our commitments to strengthen our progressive funding practice.