"I Feel Uncomfortable, I Must Be Growing": Eddie Hartley on EDI

Insights for a Better Workplace - Sponsored By Manutan · Oct 1, 2026 · 36m · transcript

Most organisations can write a strong EDI strategy and host awareness days, then struggle to show what changes because of it. Eddie Hartley, Culture and Inclusion Partner at Comic Relief, argues that inclusion should be something an organisation is rather than something it does. He started in frontline retail as a volunteer at 15, spent nearly nine years at Sue Ryder managing thousands of volunteers and writing its LGBTQ+ strategy, and now runs cultural intelligence training for every person at Comic Relief. He speaks with host Rachel Green about turning lived experience into policy and…