RCN Cultural Ambassador Programme
Helping organisations combat discrimination and embed a culture of inclusion
Create an inclusive workplace where all staff can thrive and deliver good quality care with our Cultural Ambassadors programme
Inclusion is about a sense of belonging to – and being valued by – an organisation or profession. It is the recognition of how well the thoughts, contributions, presence and perspectives of different people are actively valued and integrated into a working environment.
An inclusive workplace is characterised by active cultures, processes and practices which enable individuals and groups to perform at their highest levels as a result of being psychologically safe, free from discrimination, properly supported, empowered to collaborate and inspired to innovate.
What the Cultural Ambassador programme does for your organisation
The Cultural Ambassador programme is designed to support organisations to improve equity, diversity and inclusion by:
- improving the experience of staff involved in formal and informal processes,
- reducing the imbalance in severity of disciplinary actions taken against minoritised staff members, and,
- improving the recruitment and retention of diverse staff members in higher positions.
Our team will guide you through the process of making changes to your employment relations and/or recruitment processes to embed the Cultural Ambassador role within them.
We train your selected staff members as Cultural Ambassadors to identify discrimination in every step of these processes and provide them the tools and skills to address it. This training takes place online over four half-day sessions.
The final session is a Learning Lab where the Cultural Ambassadors get to practice their new skills in a case-based scenario.
Ongoing support
- Bi-monthly action learning sets open to all Cultural Ambassadors where they can learn from each other
- Monthly Cultural Ambassadors Leads meeting with our Inclusion Programmes Lead
- Online Cultural Ambassadors alumni space with access to useful resources and discussion groups
- Wellbeing and self-care webinars
“I found the training so empowering and influential… it has enabled me to support my organisation, looking at policies and new processes, and informal conversations with colleagues”
Our impact
40+ organisations
500+ cultural ambassadors
10 years partnering with organisations
Organisations we've helped enact change
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
"The Cultural Ambassador training was fundamental to my role in maintaining the fair process for my colleagues and for my own growth over time"
Equity, diversity and inclusion at RCN
Equity is our clear ambition. Diversity is our underused asset. Inclusion is our future.
We're committed to making equity and inclusion an everyday reality for all our members. This means disrupting patterns of inequality and discrimination wherever we find them.