BLACK AND ASIAN LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE (BALI)
Our Mission is to unite, engage, empower and elevate current and prospective BAME leaders. By raising awareness of challenges and to providing support to help overcome negative experiences. We will achieve this by providing members with access to mentoring, coaching and training to assist with continuous learning and growth.
Our Vision is to engage, empower and elevate the true potential of all BAME aspirant and serving leaders. We will achieve this by educating, collaborating, and creating opportunities through our partners and allies.
Our Values
Leadership – inspiring, holistic thinking, participative and emergent.
Diversity– embracing, respecting and acceptance of difference, valuing individual heritages, traditions and cultures.
Unity– Working together to strive for excellence in our practice as leaders of today and tomorrow.
Inclusive– a work environment that makes every employee feel valued while also acknowledging their differences and how these differences contribute to the organisation’s culture and business outcomes
Join the Network
The BALI Network has been created to support colleagues that took part in BALI programme, Global Majority professionals and allies. The keys values of the network are leadership, diversity, unity and inclusivity.
The BALI Network is important addressing the under-representation of people of colour within the senior leadership in Children Services and other public sector agencies.
We very much hope that the BALI Network will be a driving force in encouraging new BAME people into the sector, creating new opportunities and highlighting to employers the need to fully support the development and promotion of BAME professionals.
The BALI Network is free to join and open to all existing BALI members . As the network evolves and grows we recognise we will need support from those staff who are not BAME nor have they completed the BALI programme. We would encourage Allies to join, help, advocate and support the cause.
