Waythrough

Who we are

Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Aquarius supports people in the Midlands affected by substance use or gambling. It was a subsidiary of Richmond Fellowship and is now a subsidiary of Waythrough.

Together, we tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.

We have over 260 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.

Our culture and values

Our values

Our values underpin everything we do – from how we work together through to how we design and deliver services. All our work to fulfil this vision is strengthened by our values.

Kindness: be generous, caring and understanding.

Courage: be bold, trust, commit.

Respect: everyone deserves dignity.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Our EDI statement of intent

Waythrough is committed to being an organisation that is representative of the communities we serve and the regions we’re based in. We recognise that building a more diverse and inclusive workforce will allow us to reach and engage people who can benefit from our services.

We also recognise that society is not yet equal. The quality of people’s experience of employment, education, health, care and justice still varies far too much depending on their background. This needs to change. Being part of that change means having honest, sometimes difficult, conversations about our own culture and practices. It also means turning those conversations into visible actions.

As a charity committed to reducing deprivation and exclusion and to improving people’s wellbeing, we are also committed to addressing the needs of those facing multiple disadvantages who typically experience the worst health outcomes because of their experiences.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are the building blocks for improved service delivery, improved staff performance and improved workplace satisfaction, creating an environment where everyone thrives. Waythrough is committed to real cultural change, and we strongly believe that by putting EDI at the heart of everything we do, we will deliver impactful services.

Our vision is that EDI is everybody’s business and at the core of our culture. At Waythrough, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are the foundations of our vision, where everyone understands how they strengthen what we do.

When we value diversity, a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, lived experiences and ways of working, our creative capacity and organisational potential are limitless.

The EDI strategy sits alongside our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy. Together they set the direction and focus for Waythrough. This work also closely aligns with our Working Together strategy and our ambitions to collaborate visibly and meaningfully with the people who use our services, and to guide Waythrough’s vision with lived experience.

We acknowledge that although we have made progress towards our commitment to EDI, we also need to do more.

Our approach will enable us to achieve a more equitable, diverse and inclusive workforce by ensuring EDI is reflected in our values and embedded in our practices and individual behaviours when delivering services. We will drive change within our organisation and beyond, whilst always ensuring that the people who use our services can access and engage and remain at the heart of our thinking and decision making.

The responsibility for EDI will continue to lie with all members of staff and volunteers, especially Humankind’s leaders. Embedding EDI into our policies, practices, procedures and behaviours throughout Waythrough ensures that we will keep making progress towards EDI excellence in all that we do.

The objectives in the strategy will enable Waythrough to drive forward workplace cultural change aligned to our People Strategy which includes the approach to culture, to build a truly inclusive culture where people see themselves represented, feel they can do their best work, meet their career aspirations, and better support people to meet their goals.