Last updated, September 2024
Our equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) values:
The Photographers' Gallery’s mission is to be home for the next generation of photography. We aim to inspire conversation and collaboration, and explore the beauty, complexity and future of photography. We strive to be inclusive and welcoming for everyone who works with and visits us. We believe that a diverse and equal society is essential for creativity, innovation and engagement in everything we do and how we work with our partners, staff and visitors.
We are committed to supporting and showcasing artists and work that support and exemplify our values and enable us to be a place of equality and inclusion. We believe that cultivating and supporting a diverse workforce is crucial, and helps to ensure social, economic, cultural, physical and mental wellbeing. We want to be a place that better reflects the communities and audiences we exist for.
The 2010 Equality Act is a clear legislative framework for addressing discrimination in the workplace, actively promoting diversity and implementing equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity relates to multiple considerations including, but not limited to, race, religion or belief, gender and sexual orientation, age, socio economic status, disability, civil status, pregnancy and maternity/paternity rights. We continuously look to inform and expand on these criteria to ensure we are being reflective of our society today.
Our equality, diversity and inclusivity commitments:
We follow specific, informed and best practice measures that ensure equal access, representation and opportunities for currently under-represented groups within our staff team, partners, participants, audiences and visitors.
We are committed to quarterly specialist training in specific and general areas of inclusivity, diversity and equality to ensure that all staff and trustees are educated, accountable and equipped with the awareness, understanding and tools to counter exclusion, discrimination and inequality across everything we do.
We have a dedicated cross departmental EDI task force focused on driving change with a focus on:
- Employment & recruitment
- Organisational culture
- Programming
- Audience development
- Communications
We follow specific and measurable recruitment procedures to help diversify our workforce. These include advertising all permanent vacancies publicly; posting permanent job vacancies on platforms focused on attracting applications from groups currently under-represented in arts and culture (particularly in relation to class, disability, ethnicity and gender); ensuring our job descriptions and person specifications encourage applications from people who would bring different experience, skills and perspectives to each role; and ensuring that the recruitment and interview process works for neuro-diverse, and differently-abled candidates to the best of our ability.
We ensure that any creative or employee decision-making bodies (including selection or interview panels and juries) adhere to EDI best practice and are reflective of our EDI values.
We are committed to ensuring our programme is accessible to diverse audiences. This includes increasing accessibility initiatives for people who are differently abled, have learning difficulties or other impairments that may restrict their engagement with the Gallery both physically and online, providing clear information panels for our exhibitions, English language audio-described events and resources and British Sign Language-led exhibition tours.
We take a zero-tolerance approach to racism, discrimination or bias towards any individual or group who works with or for us or visits us. We will take appropriate action against any instances we are made aware of.
We monitor, review and adapt both our EDI commitments and actions to remain relevant and effective and report progress to staff, trustees, stakeholders and other relevant parties.
If you have any questions or wish further clarification on any of the above, please contact info@tpg.org.uk