Technology training provider Sparta Global has been named as a recipient of a prestigious Princess Royal Training Award in recognition of its inclusive language training.
The Princess Royal Training Awards recognise and celebrate organisations across the United Kingdom which have demonstrated exceptional commitment to training and development each year.
The Princess Royal, who acts as the President of City & Guilds, awards employers who have created outstanding training and skills development programmes which have resulted in measurable business impact over the last 12 months.
“As an organisation that provides both technology training and employment, inclusive learning and development is at the heart of our model and mission," said David Rai, Sparta Global CEO.
"It is a huge honour to have been named as a recipient of the Princess Royal Training Award for 2021 and to be recognised amongst such a diverse range of exceptional organisations.”
As an award-winning Equality, Diversity and Inclusion employer, Sparta Global’s Inspiring fairness through language: an ED&I and GDPR approach to curating language workshop was developed to support its mission to attract, train and deliver more diverse talent to the UK IT industry.
The mandatory language training ensures all teams are aligned to the same goal and that their actions are reflective of the social and impactful change Sparta Global is bidding to make in the technology industry.
The training enables Sparta Global to:
1. Ensure all teams appropriately support its diverse community and feel empowered to speak out against unfair use of language internally and externally.
2. Ensure its talent team is using diverse hiring techniques to attract people from diverse backgrounds, and that language and actions are inclusive to communicate Sparta Global as a safe space for training, employment and development. In turn, this has resulted in promoting equal opportunities for diverse communities entering the digital economy.
Operations, People and ED&I Director Purnima Sen added: “By investing in language training we have been able to cultivate a technology talent community that is made up of 34 nationalities, 30% female, 52% ethnic minorities, and where 42% of our people are the first in their families to go to University.
"We
once again thank HRH The Princess Royal for the recognition she has accorded to
our programme. Through this initiative, we hope to inspire
other organisations to unlock the power of training to
address organisational challenges, improve diversity and foster positive
action.”
