INFLUENCE

• To shape the environment members operate as they strive to integrate equality, diversity and inclusion.
• To support the environment in which our members operate ensuring equality, diversity and inclusion is at the centre of our thinking – with a specific focus on national fire strategy and reform, supporting national resilience and fire programmers, fire safety, equality, diversity, inclusion, workforce, community, quality, governance, regulation, devolution, transformation, integration and system working.

REPRESENT

• To be the voice of the fire service working with partners to highlight the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
• To be the collective voice of the fire service, championing its interests in the media, government, the fire service and wider in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion. We will look to work closely with the Home Office, Local Government Association (LGA), National Fire Chief Council (NFCC), Fire Brigades Union (FBU), Women in the fire service and others.

SUPPORT

• To provide the latest research and good practice in equality, diversity and inclusion.
• To help our members drive improvement and innovation through effective, shared development, support and learning.

GROWING ORGANISATION

• To increase the membership base and income.
• We will look to add to the corporate membership base and deliver on behalf of AFSA members cost effective development interventions.