Diversity

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Diversity and inclusion is central to the business success of all Lloyds Banking Group’s brands. We‘re creating an environment in which our colleagues can thrive, and in turn provide excellent service to our customers. We firmly believe that reflecting the diversity of our millions of customers helps us to be more successful.

Our commitment starts at the very top of the organisation where our Group Executives sponsor our gender & work-life balance, race, disability, sexual orientation and generations programmes.

Here are just a few examples of how we and the wider Lloyds Banking Group ensure that we’re inclusive for all our colleagues and customers:

Gender and work-life balance

We strive to ensure that all our colleagues can achieve the work-life balance that’s right for their individual needs. We believe that delivering great results is not necessarily related to the number of hours spent in the office. All colleagues can apply to work flexibly and we offer a variety of work patterns including compressed working, part-time, job share and variable hours. These policies can be really valuable to parents and carers.

In addition we’ve a range of new initiatives that ensure we have all the elements needed to achieve a productive and sustainable work-life balance.

Race

Our Group Ethnic Minority network (GEM) provides opportunities for networking and mentoring. Its launch event in mid 2010 was attended by hundreds of colleagues and was addressed by Tim Campbell, a successful entrepreneur and the winner of the first BBC Apprentice series.

We’re also active externally. Lloyds Banking Group recently sponsored Snowy Peaks, an initiative established by the Runnymede Trust to conduct groundbreaking research into the career experiences of senior ethnic minority leaders in all sections of the UK economy. We’re also a member of ‘Race for Opportunity’ the Business in the Community’s campaign to promote race diversity in UK business.

Disability

Lloyds Banking Group offers a number of leading programmes established to support disabled people:

  • If you need adjustments at the application or interview stage or after joining, please let us know and we’ll support you via our Workplace Adjustments Programme.
  • We run Personal and Career Development Programmes that address the impact of disability on colleagues’ entire lives and give them the tools and techniques they require to maximise their career opportunities.
  • Our Access Disability Network provides colleague support and a mentoring scheme. Its launch events in 2010 were attended by BBC journalist Frank Gardner, former paralympian Ade Adepitan and former Home Secretary David Blunkett.

Generations

Our emerging work on age focuses on the different and common needs of different generations:

  • Baby Boomers – the post war generation, born between 1945 and 1963.
  • Generation X – born between 1964 and 1978.
  • Generation Y – born from 1979 to 1990.

We recognise that life within Lloyds Banking Group in the future will be very different and through our strategies we aim to create a great place to work and bank for subsequent generations.

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Sexual orientation

We want to create a safe and supportive environment for our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) colleagues. Rainbow, our support network for our LGBT colleagues, has 800 members and provides support and mentoring across the Group. The 2010 launch event was attended by Gareth Thomas, Welsh rugby international and one of very few openly gay sportsmen in the UK.

We also work very closely with Stonewall, the UK’s leading LGBT campaign body. Lloyds Banking Group also has places on Stonewall’s acclaimed Leadership programme.

The future

Our overriding aim is to create a working culture where our colleagues are judged solely on their abilities. Check this site regularly for the latest news on our work and initiatives to ensure an inclusive and equal environment for all our colleagues.