Independent experts. Real-world experience.

Sara Matthews FCIPD FRSA is one of Includability's Directors and expert partners for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and the founder of ODiSEE — now part of the Includability collective.
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Sara brings over two decades of HR experience across organisations including Chelsea Football Club, Ladbrokes Coral and Travis Perkins, and holds roles as a Non-Executive Director at Netball Scotland. Her work sits at the intersection of inclusion, equity and organisational culture — practical, commercially grounded and built on real-world experience rather than theory.
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Within Includability, Sara leads the DEI expert partner call for Committed Employers. That conversation is not an audit. It is an honest, experienced discussion about where your organisation genuinely is on inclusion and equity - what is working, what is not, and what matters most next.
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ODiSEE's JEDI Star recognises organisations that demonstrate genuine, ongoing commitment to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

It is not awarded for perfection. It is awarded for progress - and for organisations that approach inclusion as a continuous journey rather than a box to tick.

Organisations striving for excellence in sustainability and social responsibility can now achieve The Star recognition, highlighting their commitment to creating a positive impact. This accolade is guaranteed for organisations already certified by B Corp, Planet Mark, or CSR-A.

However, it is also extended to those demonstrating strong intentions to develop meaningful sustainability strategies. Examples include prioritising net-zero initiatives, organising staff volunteering days, supporting local communities and charities, or embedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across their operations.

Laura Slack - The B Corp Expert empowers organisations to unlock their greater purpose, transforming sustainability and social responsibility into tangible business value.

Laura enables businesses to explore a reimagined space where impact and purpose serve as competitive advantages. With a focus on aligning organisational goals with sustainability, carbon reduction, and the SDGs, she guides businesses through a purpose-driven journey.

Key aspects of Laura’s work include:
- Mapping organisational purpose to create measurable impact through the SDGs.
- Facilitating enhanced stakeholder consultations to ensure meaningful engagement.
- Reframing sustainability as a core element of long-term success.

With Laura’s expertise, organisations are equipped to lead with integrity, ensuring their sustainability strategies deliver real, measurable change while enhancing their competitive edge.

Simpila Wellbeing’s purpose is to help organisations create practical, sustainable mental health strategies that truly support their people.

Their approach is flexible and tailored, ensuring businesses of all sizes can access expert guidance, awareness, training, and structured workplace support systems.

As part of the verification process, the Simpila team will conduct a consultation call to review your current mental health practices, policies, and support mechanisms, offering professional insight and practical advice.

Organisations demonstrating commitment will receive recognition through the Mental Health Star, marking the first step towards building a more supportive and mentally healthy workplace culture.

Talent Mapper is a new kind of HR Consultancy that helps organisations be successful by making them more inclusive.

They provide a unique approach to recruitment & retention, learning & development and deployment that uses diversity and inclusion tactics, and a suite of innovative technologies, to create an agile, high-performing workforce.

Talent Mapper support organisations by improving talent management and making them more inclusive - by removing personal bias, they help companies improve productivity, reduce costs and create a positive culture where everyone is happier at work.

This process will involve a 45-minute consultation with the Talent Mapper Team to review current recruitment and retention processes and provide any guidance necessary to support you.

Outliers Wellbeing will have an initial call to chat about what you're doing in the confusing world of wellbeing, how you're doing it and what your plans are. Just an informal chat between two lovely people.

They will then send a link to an Insights Questionnaire that they will ask you to fill out, not to analyse and judge every facet of your business, but just to gain a further understanding of your wellbeing provision.

A follow-up call will then be booked to run through the insights at which point the Wellbeing Star will be awarded if enough evidence has been gathered on your strategy and provision, or will chat-through next steps if further support is needed.

The HR Agency is a HR consultancy, founded in November 2020 to provide clients a full range of HR solutions. Whether that be fully outsourced HR provision for smaller employers, or project-based work for organisations of large and small, they believe in influencing their clients to be do better, not just for their employees, but also their local communities and our environment.

As a purpose-driven organisation themselves, The HR Agency understands that identifying a desire to do business better is only the start to making a positive difference. What turns these good intentions into meaningful and impactful actions, is good governance and great leadership.

Good governance is the pursuit of purpose. It is a journey requiring constant vigilance and adaptation to external and internal changes. As such it requires ethical, competent and responsible leadership to inspire and engage everyone in bringing it to life. It’s essential for any business with purposeful aspirations to ensure great leadership and good governance is in place.

The HR Agency will conduct a 45-minute call to explore your current approach to leadership and governance. Looking at four pillars – organisational structure; roles & responsibilities; people & culture; and infrastructure – the team will follow-up the call with recommendations on how to further improve your leadership and governance framework ensuring your purpose is translated into action.

Optional but required for Recruitment agencies

During an initial discovery call, their aim is to fully understand your motivations and commitment to making your recruitment services fully accessible and inclusive.

They will also explore the work that you have planned or have completed so far on your Diversity & Inclusion journey, and the immediate and long-term goals and objectives for your D&I activity.

This insight will also help the team understand the support and guidance that you may need, so that they can support your recruitment business as it works to remove the barriers underrepresented and minoritised candidates face when looking for work.