Telespazio UK is wholly committed to promoting a harmonious workplace for everyone who works on our sites, and we embrace our diverse working population as a key component of this. For Telespazio, inclusion and diversity is a commercial imperative that helps to us stay relevant, attract a broad pool of talent, grow our brand and improve our competitiveness. This approach makes our Company a great place to work for our people who work here today and for those who we hope to attract in the future.

We understand the value and strength in recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce, and partner closely at both Telespazio and Leonardo group level to ensure best practice is always strived for. As part of our commitment, we are ‘signed up’ to several organisations and initiatives including membership of the UK Government Disability Confident Scheme.

We work to support all our employees to reach their potential and apply our equal opportunities policy across all areas of the business, from recruitment and selection, to training and development and beyond.

At Telespazio UK, we have made a concerted effort to focus on improving our gender balance within the organisation.

Telespazio UK is a Silver Member of the Workplace Mental Health Charter.

The Workplace Mental Health Charter is a non-profit organisation and social movement to change the way people think and act about mental health challenges supporting employers to deliver change and help people with lived experiences of mental health challenges to stamp out stigma around mental health.

As a business, Telespazio UK is proud to be part of the Workplace Mental Health Charter to support our employees and to help end any stigma around mental health.

As part of our membership, Telespazio UK pledges to:

• Recognise that mental health challenges can be an issue within the workplace and employees may need support
• Talk openly, respectfully and positively about mental health
• Get the conversation started around mental health and recognise that we all have mental health, just like physical health
• Actively support and inform our employees affected by mental health challenges
• Recognise mental health training needs and implement training provided.