Family Network

The Family Network is inevitably slightly different to others in the diversity network as it isn't specifically about promoting under-represented groups, but we still believe it's really important.

We're really focussed on supporting everyone to achieve a healthy work and family life (and we mean family life in all its different guises) and ensuring that we try and bring the family values and unity we all hold to be important in our personal lives into our working culture at DAS UK, thereby creating an environment where people feel supported to be able to thrive whilst at work. We are supported by our exec sponsor, James Sutherland, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer.

Working Families logoWorking Families Benchmark

We are also a member of the Working Families Benchmark which helps us measure all aspects of flexible working and work-life policies and practice. It also looks specifically how well we support and engage with parents and carers.

The Family network have used it to help evaluate how well we’re doing to integrate work-life policies into DAS values and culture.

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Inclusion at DAS

We know that simply having a diverse workforce is not enough. We want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute their best work and reach their full potential.

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