A Collective of small & medium sized businesses championing Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion.


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Our Mission is to collaborate with like-minded SMEs to build knowledge & accessible resources to help transform our organisations.

Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), with up to 250 employees, make up a staggering 99.9% of UK businesses, creating 51% of UK Turnover & 60% of our employment. That’s a whole lot of potential that we think is being under-utilised to bring about a more Just, Equitable, Diverse and Inclusive society.

The nature of SMEs can make work in the JEDI space harder – we tend to have less people, less budget, less resource, less connections, less scale, less efficiency.  But that’s if we operate on our own.  If we work together, as a JEDI Collective, we can collaborate for greater efficiency, effectiveness, impact & change, regardless of our individual size.

“ When we listen and celebrate what is both common and different, we become wiser, more inclusive, and better as an organisation. ”

Pat Wadors (Chief Talent Officer at Procore Technologies)

Our Founders

Our Collaborators

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Having founded the Collective at the end of 2023, we are starting Year One with what we believe is a realistic and focused plan of action to get us started, prove the Collective concept and sow the seeds of change.

Launching to the 4 Founding organisations on 19th Feb 2024, following Random Acts of Kindness Day, the Collective is organising a series of JEDI events throughout the year for participating organisations.

 

FAQ’s

Are you open to more members? 

We don’t plan to grow beyond our 8 members at the moment to keep things manageable as a cohort. However, if you’re an SME and share similar JEDI ambitions, we are keen to try to connect you with other like minds. There is already one sister JEDI collective forming & we hope there will be more. Please reach out to: Ali@PlansWithPurpose.co.uk. and we’ll try to connect you.

Why did you choose the name JEDI MATTERS? 

JEDI stands for Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion. Three of our Founding members are B Corp certified and all four Founding members are supportive of the B Corp movement so we felt it made sense to use the B Lab JEDI framework as a common language and approach.  You may also be used to hearing it referred to as Diversity & Inclusion, EDI or DEI or multiple other acronyms.  Whichever acronym or label you prefer, we hope JEDI MATTERS will be a safe space for SMEs to take action together for positive change.

Are JEDI Events open to non-members? 

Most of our events are currently closed & for member employees only – mainly to manage numbers, as we already represent a community of over 350 employees. We run an annual LGBTQIA+ event in September which is always in person and open to the community. Any opportunities to attend are shared on LinkedIn so give us a follow if you’re interested: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jedi-matters-collective