Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee has been established in August / September 2020 in order to oversee the formulation of institutional action plans as well as organisation-wide policies and procedures relating to equality and diversity. This Committee encourages and assists all departments in the integration and implementation of equality and diversity policies, procedures and plans, and monitors and evaluates their effectiveness. This Committee also maintains consultation and communication with all relevant groups and external bodies to advise on this work. 

The first committee meeting was held at the end of September 2020. The Committee members include representatives from our staff as well as independent professional artists.

The Committtee's terms of reference can be found here. 

Committee membership

An open call was sent to members of salaried and hourly paid staff, students and independent artists to invite them to join the committee by submitting an expression of interest. Following a meeting with the the committee's co-chairs Michael “Mikey J” Asante and Catherine Ward, both of whom are members of our Board of Governors, a selection was made assigning representatives who have an understanding, interest and alignment with the work of the committee with extra attention paid to ensure inclusion of people with lived experiences of diversity and intersection.

Current committee members are:

• Senior Leadership Representative: Eddie Nixon, Artistic Director at The Place
• Senior Management Team Representative: Laura Naldrett, HR and Administration Manager at The Place
• Faculty Representative: Anna Helsby, Head of Registry and Student Wellbeing for LCDS
• Public Programmes Representative: Maria Ryan, Creative Learning Producer
• Hourly Paid Staff Representative: Nicholas Hewlett, musicians
• Hourly Paid Staff Representative: Ingrid Mackinnon, guest teacher for LCDS
• Salaried Staff Representative: Tom Hastings, Lecturer in Dance for LCDS
• Salaried Staff Representative: Amy Bell, Artist Development Producer
• Independent Artist Representative: Annie Edwards
• Independent Artist Representative: Malik Nashad Sharpe
• Student Representative (BA3): Analeise Auguste
• Student Representative (BA2): Aishani Ghosh

There will be an update twice / year to share the progress of the work carried out by this Committee. 

If you have any questions about this, please email the Committee's secretary by clicking here.