Commitment to everyday inclusion, greater diversity and more equitable outcomes

Along with the LTA, Lincolnshire Tennis is fully committed to playing its part in opening tennis up.  We will do this by building a culture of everyday inclusion and operating in a way which enables, encourages and values greater diversity and more equitable outcomes for all, in all aspects of our sport, with the intention that the sport and our Association reflect the diversity of the communities around us.

In order to achieve this, we will:

• Encourage Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in every aspect of our work as an Association, recognising that it brings benefits both to tennis and to the strength of our work as an organisation.
• Create a working environment for all paid staff and volunteers free of bullying, harassment, victimisation and unlawful discrimination, promoting dignity and respect for all, and where individual differences and the contributions of all are recognised and valued.
• Ensure that the Association is run in a positively inclusive way on a day-to-day basis, taking into account that people from different backgrounds and with different personal contexts have different needs to enable them to contribute fully to the organisation.
• Ensure that our recruitment processes and policies enable and encourage people from all backgrounds to become part of the Association and/or its work.  We will make decisions concerning roles within the Association based on merit, including the benefits of maintaining diversity across all individuals engaged in the Association’s work.
• Take seriously complaints of uninclusive and/or discriminatory behaviour of all kinds in relation to any aspect of the Association’s work.  We will deal with all such complaints in line with our published Complaints Process and, where appropriate, in conjunction with the LTA Disciplinary and Inclusion teams centrally

Here is the current Lincolnshire Tennis Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Policy

The ED&I Lead for Lincolnshire is John Copsey, our chairman

The LTA have their own ED&I strategy and to help promote this they produced a video titled ‘Everyday Inclusion – It’s Just Tennis’ 

Much of this video was filmed at Grantham TC and features contributions from our own Lianne Firth & Paul Singleton. Please to have a look as it's only 3 minutes long.  You can see it HERE as well as part of the above LTA link.

The photo shows Alice Dyer, our 2023/24 Junior Disability winner, with Lianne Firth, Head of Sponsorship & Events