The Ban the Box campaign calls on UK employers to give people with criminal records a fair chance to compete for jobs by removing the tick box from application forms and instead asking about criminal convictions later in the recruitment process, if necessary. The form below is your organisations first step to becoming a Ban the Box employer.

Opening Doors is BITC’s flagship inclusive recruitment campaign. Open to all employers, and free to join, we have an ambition to make 2 million jobs more accessible to diverse talent by supporting employers to make changes to the way that they recruit.

Learn and share: Sign up to our opening doors campaign to join a network of employers dedicated to inclusive recruitment. We convene Opening Doors Employers quarterly to learn and share best practice on the five keys to inclusive recruitment.

Knowledge and content: We offer valuable research, factsheets, and toolkits that provide insights into effective action, supported by practical business case studies.

Employment programmes: Our programmes support individuals facing employment barriers. This can include those moving on from homelessness, disadvantaged young people, people over 50, refugees or single carers and those responsible for a family.

Place-based action: Our work in some of the UK’s most disadvantaged places creates coalitions of stakeholders working to ensure systemic change. This involves addressing multiple factors contributing to poor social mobility, creating greater opportunities, and directly supporting young people’s education and career development through business-led initiatives.

Advisory support: Our in-depth advisory and consultancy support enable businesses to address inclusion and inequality across the UK through their specific context, resulting in interventions to drive long-term, sustainable improvements in their employability outreach and inclusive recruitment practice.  

The process is similar to expressing interest in the Opening Doors campaign. Navigate to the form on the link below. Complete and submit, and a team member will contact you to discuss next steps.

Express your interest and commitment at
Opening Doors for Refugees

BITC members benefit from a range of support to help them achieve the campaign asks,
including the following:

• Advisory services – topics include inclusion, partnerships & social impact
• Employment programmes
  ● Job Coaching – (national)
  ● STEP programme supporting Refugees (Yorkshire & Humber, Bristol and
  Coventry) Y&H – Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford
  
• Content – Inclusive Employment toolkit, case studies and best practice guides
• Events – webinars, peer learning forums, leadership roundtables
• Regions & nations – connecting to partners & responding to local need
  Don’t hesitate to contact your BITC Relationship Manager for more details.
  

For more information, please email the Opening Doors campaign team

Complete and submit this form

Once you have submitted your expression of interest, a member of
the team at BITC will share the campaign sign-up form. You will be asked to tell us:

• which actions you will be taking forward (minimum of three from across the five keys )
• an estimate of the number of roles that will be impacted by each action
• the anticipated date of completion.
  

We ask for this information so we can provide support to help you take action and track
progress towards our goal of two million roles influenced by the campaign.