We are proud of everything we have achieved over the last year but know the journey is ongoing and ever evolving. We endeavour, as much as possible, to be transparent with both our people and the public and will continue to share our successes, our learnings and our progress on all measurable goals.

Our focus over the next year will primarily be towards increasing the recruitment and retention of staff from minoritised ethnic backgrounds into our middle management and senior management roles, to increase staff diversity, improve balanced representation and close our median pay gaps. We will also look at operationalising some of the key decisions we make in relation to our supplier base.

As ever, we will continue our EDI inclusion efforts, particularly around ensuring that people of colour and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds feel supported and that they belong at Nesta.

This work, and our progress to date, would not be possible without the generous contributions of staff, leaders and consultants with whom we have worked. Your supportive and challenging feedback, ideas and advice are invaluable as we continue to learn and improve – thank you.