About us

We help organisations to accelerate their journey towards sustainable gender equality by providing them with strategic advisory services, research and a range of practical solutions that create equitable places to work.

“We need to see the retention of women as a systemic and cultural challenge. We don’t need to fix the women, we need to fix organisations.”

Joy Burnford, Founder & CEO

  • "We saw a significant impact on business performance, with delegates using the insights learnt to think as leaders to deliver results.”

    Sonia Astill, HR Director, Wickes

  • "Top-notch practical advice and guidance on how we can ensure all women thrive and are able to be the very best versions of themselves."

    Helena Curtis, Talent and DE&I Lead, Shawbrook Bank

  • "The group coaching was eye-opening and really beneficial. I can already see a difference in how it is helping me at work from the things I have learnt."

    Karen Horsley, Programme Manager, Keyline Civils Specialist (part of Travis Perkins Plc)

  • “What is most important to me is that the team can translate theory into practical, meaningful outcome-focused actions that we can then put into play.”

    Barbara Hamilton-Bruce – Partner, Legal Operations Director, Simmons & Simmons LLP

  • “Extremely knowledgeable and easy to work with, and we were truly impressed by Joy's ability to seamlessly integrate into our team."

    Harriet Connolly, Associate Director, Leadership Programmes, People and Culture, Grant Thornton International

  • "A brilliant interactive session which really did deliver and provided both an inspiring overview and practical tips to take back into the workplace."

    Fiona Murchie, Managing Editor, Relocate Global and Think Global People

An introduction to Encompass Equality

Watch this video to hear Joy explain how we work collaboratively with organisations to understand their gender equality challenges and help them navigate the right path forward to achieve their gender equality goals.

Our goal is to support the attraction, retention and progression of women in the workplace.

How we can work with you

  • Research

    Find out about our proprietary research and how this can help you shape your gender equality strategy and actions so that these achieve a positive, sustainable difference.

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  • Advisory services

    From targeted diagnostics to comprehensive strategies, here's how we work with clients to help you make faster progress towards your gender equality goals.

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  • Practical solutions

    We understand that what works in one organisation might not work in another. We offer a wide spectrum of proven interventions that will help you build a strong, future-focused pipeline of female talent.

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Our values

Our values guide everything we do at Encompass Equality – from the way we work as a team to how we support organisations to achieve their gender equality goals.

Impact - We are driven to make positive change; we focus on delivering data-led, practical and disruptive solutions that result in a measurable impact.

Curious - We are always learning; we explore new ideas, work collaboratively with others and we value diversity and innovation.

Human-centric - We put people first; we embrace equity, we centre on relationships and everything we do is personalised to enable individuals to be resilient, thrive and succeed.

Passionate - We are passionate about what we do; we constantly strive to make a difference and we’re enjoyable and fun to work with.

Flexible - We take a flexible approach; we work flexibly and provide bespoke solutions that are always tailored to our clients’ needs.

What our clients say

Watch this video to hear about what our clients say about working with us and the impact we have made to their organisations.

Natasha Whitehurst, Global Inclusion Lead, Rolls-Royce

Start today

Learn more about how we can help you navigate the right path forward to achieve your gender equality goals.