Equality, diversity & inclusion (EDI)

At NIHR Sheffield CRF, we are committed to creating an environment where everyone—participants, visitors and staff—feels valued, respected and supported. Our EDI activities focus on improving representation, reducing barriers to research participation, and ensuring our facilities, communications and practices are accessible to all. Through continuous review, staff training, collaborative working and meaningful engagement with our diverse communities, we aim to embed inclusive thinking into everything we do and drive positive change across the CRF.

You can read about the ongoing work around equality, diversity and inclusion at NIHR Sheffield CRF on the poster shown below.

You can read about equality, diversity and inclusion at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH), including the EDI strategy for 2025- 2029, on the STH website.

You can read the NIHR EDI strategy for 2022 - 2027 on the NIHR website.

Those with an account can log in and read about EDI at the University of Sheffield on the University of Sheffield website.

At NIHR Sheffield CRF, we have Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI), Learning Disabilities & Autism (LDA) and Dementia Champions who are passionate members of staff that have volunteered to support the education of our staff around EDI, LDA and Dementia and support the delivery of our EDI strategy. They are advocates for good practice and improvement in EDI, and a point of contact for our staff and our research participants.

You can read profiles on each of our CRF Champions on our CRF champions page.

The key recommendations and their implementation considerations were composed into a guidance document with the 6 sections below:

1. Recruitment and setting

2. Stakeholder engagement

3. Communication

4. Flexibility

5. Research training and hiring strategies

6. Data collection

For further information and to read the final report, please visit the STEP UP website.

Below you can find some helpful resources which may be of use to staff and researchers wanting to find out more about equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in research.