The full Gold action plan was an integral part of the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health’s successful application for a Gold Athena Swan award in 2020. It lays out areas identified for action to be taken between that submission and the next departmental Athena Swan application in 2025, their rationales, their time-frames and how they will be measured. All of these actions aim to improve gender and gender-intersectional equality at the institute for the benefit of all staff and students.

Since the full action plan is long and complex, this summary aims to provide a more accessible quick reference to the main objectives currently being pursued by the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion committee and focus groups. These are outlined on the first two pages, grouped into broad, colour-coded categories. The remaining pages expand on the specific actions proposed in connection with each objective.

This is a collective endeavour and involvement from staff and students is encouraged. Comments and suggestions from members of the institute on the objectives (or ways to achieve them) are always welcome, and can be sent to ICH.EDI@ucl.ac.uk.