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In the US, our focus on soft tissue injury
prevention included a sports therapy initiative.
Our educational programmes focused on
diseases such as diabetes and cancer.
Our employee engagement survey results
continue to show that employees have a good
awareness of our wellbeing programmes.
Volunteering
Our employees continue to share their
skills, time and expertise through skills-based
volunteering and fundraising activities.
In the UK, employees provided more than
14,000 hours of support to community
projects. They participated in a number of
fundraising activities to help our employee
chosen charity partnership with Macmillan
Cancer Support reach its fundraising target.
Their efforts helped us exceed our target,
raising more than £600,000, which provided
3,121 emergency fuel grants to people
affected by cancer. We also raised more
than £17,000 for Special Olympics Great
Britain by organising a summer games event
and supported the organisation’s Athletes
Leadership Programme.
In the US, our Power to Serve employee
volunteering programme supports our
stewardship and safety principles. It seeks
to acknowledge existing community service,
as well as to create new volunteer opportunities
for employees.
Human rights
National Grid does not have a specific policy
relating to human rights, but respect for human
rights is incorporated into our employment
practices and our values, which include
respecting others and valuing diversity.
See page 194 for more information.
The table below shows the breakdown by
gender at different levels of the organisation.
We have included information relating to
subsidiary directors, as this is required by
the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report
and Directors’ Reports) Regulations 2013.
We define ‘senior management’ as those
managers who are at the same level, or
one level below, our Executive Committee.
It also includes those who are directors of
subsidiaries, or who have responsibility for
planning, directing or controlling the activities
of the Company, or a strategically significant
part of the Company, and are employees
of the Company.
Financial year ended 31 March 2016
Male Female Total
Male
%
Female
%
Our Board 8 3 11 72.7 27. 3
Senior
management 189 63 252 75 25
Whole
Company* 19,177 5,891 25,068 76.5 23.5
* This measure is also one of our Company KPIs. See page
20 for more information.
Health and wellbeing
During 2015/16 we have continued to raise
awareness of mental wellbeing across our
UK business.
We have a leading role in the Business
in the Community Workwell campaign
that is focusing on mental wellbeing in the
workplace, and also an alumni network
supporting the Time to Change campaign.
More than 670 of our employees have pledged
to support this campaign, and others have
shared their personal stories, encouraging
colleagues to talk about mental health.
During 2015/16, we have trained more than
250 employees on mental health first aid.
Initiatives designed to improve employees’
understanding of good nutrition have included
a nutritional challenge. Our wellbeing kiosks
were used more than 16,000 times by our
employees during 2015/16, recording data
such as blood pressure and weight.
In focus
1.8m
Number of engineers, technicians
and crafts people needed in the
UK over the period 2012–2022.
7
Number of US local community
colleges with whom we partner
to deliver utility technology training
programmes.
KPIs
pages 18–21
Board diversity
page 62
EmployAbility
In the UK, the EmployAbility
programme targeted at young
people with special needs is a
notable example of the work done
by our employee resource groups.
The programme has now expanded
to offer work experience internships
at a number of our sites, and has
garnered public recognition for
its innovation and impact. Our US
business has now launched its own
pilot of the EmployAbility programme.
Troops to energy jobs
We work with veterans through
the US troops to energy jobs
programme, designed to help
veterans make the transition from
military service to the energy
industry. Through our role with
the US Joining Forces initiative,
launched by the White House, we
are aiming for 10% of our new hires
to come from veterans over the
next 10 years.
“ Our UK employees raised
over £600,000 in support
of Macmillan, our chosen
charity partner”
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