Better, together

As a people business, we recognise that much of our value lies in your unique experiences, backgrounds and viewpoints and how we can bring these to the table when we are providing our clients with the insight, advice and service excellence that they need from us.

That’s why we continue to be committed to supporting an open working environment where we all feel welcomed, valued and empowered to achieve our full potential; where our diversity is our strength and where there are no barriers to success and achievement.

Our LSHTogether programme is how we will drive this going forward; encouraging and supporting a culture that celebrates our diversity and promotes inclusion.

We look forward to sharing ways that you can get involved and help shape our future.

Supporting change

EDI Working Group

Working Group Members

Name	Office	Service Line	Email Address	Network
Donna Smith	Chelmsford	HR	DSmith@lsh.co.uk	Chair/Mental Health/Wellness
Adam Ramshaw	Birmingham (EXEC SPONSOR)	Head of Consult	Aramshaw@lsh.co.uk
Chris McCartney	London (EXEC SPONSOR)	HR Director	CMcCartney@lsh.co.uk	Interfaith
Aleesha Buta	Manchester	HR	AButa@lsh.co.uk	Multicultural
Carla Watson	Nottingham	CPM Accounts	CWatson@lsh.co.uk	Gender Balance
Emmanuel Alade	London	Telesales	EAlade@lsh.co.uk	Multicultural
Federico Montella	London	ESG	FMontella@lsh.co.uk	LGBTQ+
Kathy O'Reilly	London	Valuations	KOreilly@lsh.co.uk	LGBTQ+
Kirsty Wilkojc	London	HR	KWilkojc@lsh.co.uk	WorkAbility
Lana Goddard	London	ESG	LGoddard@lsh.co.uk	Social Mobility
Lara Davies	London	Marketing	LDavies@lsh.co.uk	WorkAbility
Rebekah Formosa	London	Consult - Regeneration	RFormosa@lsh.co.uk	Gender Balance

Our Networks

Gender Balance - Chair/s:

We are aware that more needs to be done within the real estate sector, and indeed, our company, to address gender imbalance. We know that this is not only a matter of doing the right thing but a necessity in order to improve the service we offer our clients and increase our levels of innovation by unlocking the diverse talents of all our people.

LGBTQ+ - Chair/s:

Our LGBTQ+ working group is committed to promoting inclusivity, equality, and support for all LGBTQ+ individuals within Lambert Smith Hampton and the wider property industry. We want to continue creating a culture where everyone feels comfortable and safe to thrive. Our focus is to work with external partners and key stakeholders to raise awareness of the challenges that LGBTQ+ individuals face whilst providing the support needed to allow individuals to thrive.

Multicultural and Interfaith - Chair/s:

The focus of our multicultural and interfaith networks is to broaden awareness of these aspects of life, recognising that by embracing them, and understanding the value that each of them bring to our combined expertise and insights, we will be better able to unlock opportunities, potential, and success for our people and clients.

Social Mobility - Chair:

Lana Goddard

We are taking steps to remove the socioeconomic barriers to employment by adopting a supportive and inclusive recruitment methodology that ensures an equal opportunities approach that resonates through our business and into our sector.

WorkAbility - Chair/s:

Our mission is to raise awareness of the challenges that colleagues with disabilities across Lambert Smith Hampton face, to identify barriers, recommend solutions and drive forward policy to better create a level playing field on which everyone can reach their full potential.

To join one of our Networks, please contact the Chair/s directly or email Together@lsh.co.uk

EDI Policy

We are a people business, and our success is driven by the effective mobilisation and support of talented people across our organisation. We recognise that our people are a diverse group with a range of valuable backgrounds, experiences and viewpoints. We embrace and endeavour to support this diversity in all aspects of our employment practise, ensuring that it is a strength and distinguisher, and not a barrier, to success and achievement, both for our colleagues and our business.

Read the full policy here

Strategic framework

Our approach to support change;

Our People

Create a safe space to kick start conversations, inspire change and embed networking groups, to help create a working environment where everyone can realise their full potential.

Our Business

Systematically review existing corporate processes and policies, and implement agreed best practice to attract, develop and retain talent.

Our Community

Seek network partners, adopt charters and attain accreditations that will support in building strong brand recognition, and enhance our ability to interact with diverse customers, suppliers, partners and communities.

Our Environment

Encourage collection of EDI data to establish benchmark, support reporting and inform our ongoing strategy for change.

Events

EDI Lunchtime Briefing - October 2024

LSHTogether hosted the Wells Street Lunchtime briefing to follow up on all the good things they’re doing and reflect on National Inclusion Week. A summary of the event was:

The EDI Networks are for EVERYONE. You can join as someone who identifies with the marginalised community or to show your support as an ally.
To learn more, visit our website:
- Together | Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
To join a Network, please contact the Network chair or email:
- Together@lsh.co.uk
We have also set up a Teams Group for EDI where we will share information/resources about our initiatives as well as help to open up the conversation. Please visit:
- Teams Group for EDI
Each of our Networks has their own secure private channel - to join one of these, please email:
- Together@lsh.co.uk
If you haven't done so already, please do take part in our Count Me In Campaign survey which will help us build a richer picture of the people who make up LSH that we can use to inform new and improved initiatives for our people, show progress towards our EDI objectives and provide assurances to new colleagues and clients around how we do business. Further details can be found here:
- Count Me In Campaign
- Take part in the survey by clicking this link
View the slides from the lunchtime briefing here:
- EDI Lunchtime Briefing Slides - 8th October 2024
View the videos included within the slides:
- What is Allyship
- What is Privilege
- Allyship in Practice

National Inclusion Week - September 2024

The 23rd to 27th September was National Inclusion Week and this year's theme was 'Impact Matters'. Last year we 'Took Action' by launching our 6 Employee Networks, inviting everyone to join, get involved and start to build momentum. This year we reignited and energised our efforts by showcasing all that we have achieved so far and by focusing on realistic, tangible actions which will be impactful in making positive change across LSH in all areas of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

Race Equality Event - 6th February 2024

LSHTogether held a joint breakfast event with BAME n Property in Wells Street with attendees from both senior LSH colleagues and other property firms within the BAME in Property membership. They came together to discuss progressing racial equality in the Built Environment as well as how to retain ethnic minority talent and sharing practical tips for how we can raise the bar in our own organisations.

The event was hosted by Priya Aggarwal-Shah who was joined by 5 panellists from Carter Jonas, Montagu Evans, Wates Group and Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing along with our own Ryan Dean.

It was a positive session focussed on challenging the status quo. Hot topics were how to retail talented people as well as increase engagement with talent from diverse backgrounds so that we can attract them to the industry. Improving diversity of thought, perspective, and insight can positively impact the services we offer and develop for our clients.

There were also discussions around unconscious bias, allyship and calling out bad behaviours and comments. Over 20 Senior leaders from LSH attended the event and we will be working alongside them on what we do going forward within LSH to move the dial.

BAME in Property

International Women's Day - March 2023

Anna Sabine

Anna Sabine: “What’s “genderwashing” and why does it matter?”

Anna Sabine is well known as a funny and engaging speaker, who pulls no punches when it comes to talking to industry colleagues about these issues. She was named as a Woman of Influence by The Planner Magazine and a Rising Star by Property Week. Anna is a community engagement specialist, passionate about innovating news ways to carry out public engagement to benefit the communities affected by it whilst also delivering positive outcomes for her clients. She is also the founder of The Female Edge, an initiative which brings together female entrepreneurs and business leaders, and Vice Chair of the “Campaign for Gender Balance” for the Lib Dems, which encourages more women into politics.

Over 100 of our colleagues joined a thought provoking keynote from Anna genderwashing.

Listen here to the recording: International Women's Day - Anna Sabine - What’s “genderwashing” and why does it matter? on Vimeo

Newsletters

Take a look at our latest LSH Together newsletters:

External Partners, Charters & Accreditations

Learning resources

Early careers

Gender Pay Gap

Policies & procedures

External Partners, Charters & Accreditations

Real Estate Balance

Real Estate Balance (REB) is a property industry member body campaigning for diversity and inclusion. Partnering with them enables us to access their range of programmes, campaigns and events to support our progress on all aspects of diversity and inclusion across LSH, including driving cultural change and identifying best practices that can be shared.

Access OnBalance, the REB members-only newsletter
Sign up for Training & Networking events
Access the REB Mentoring Programme
Join the REB Returning to Work Parents’ Network

Find out more at Real Estate Balance.

Real Estate Balance

Changing the face of property

We are proud to be a member of Changing the Face of Property, launched in 2012 by a number of major property firms. CTFOP aims to increase diversity and inclusion across all levels of our business and raises awareness of careers in the property industry through the programme Property Needs You.

Open Plan Diversity Charter

We are a proud signatory of the Property Week Open Plan Diversity Charter, and LSH Together forms a large part of our commitment to this charter.

PREACH Inclusion

PREACH Inclusion is an organisation promoting more ethnic diversity in the property and planning sectors. Partnering with them will support us to network and knowledge share with hundreds of property professionals who are also looking to create an open and inclusive culture where all employees can bring their best selves to work and deploying initiatives that support everyone to achieve their full potential.

Find out more about PREACH Inclusion.

PREACH Inclusion

Freehold

Freehold is a leading and unique networking forum for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender real estate professionals and allies working within the real estate sector. Their mission is to create a safe, fun network that supports LGBTQ+ people in the built environment industries. They want to create positive change and promote diversity and inclusion within our industry. The aim of Freehold is to address the equality gap for the LGBTQ+ community. The property sector considerably lags behind other industries in tackling sexual orientation issues. Evidence has demonstrated that people perform better when they are encouraged to be themselves and Freehold is there to provide support so that members of the group can feel empowered to do just that.

The Early Careers Foundation

The Early Careers Foundation are committed to creating a society where talent, not background, determines a young person's career success. They believe that early careers can be a fantastic leveller for young people, however, outdated career guidance, lack of connections in a culture of 'who you know', low starting salaries, and limiting entry requirements are all holding back talented young people. Across LSH, we have more than 70 colleagues who have signed up as a mentor to support a young person over the next 12 months.

Early Careers Foundation