ABOUT US

Commonwealth Games England leads and manages the participation of the English team at the Commonwealth Games and Youth Games working closely with each sport's National Governing Body, our funding partner Sport England, the Games’ Organising Committee and sponsors.

We work across a 4-year cycle for each Commonwealth Games, with the next Games to be held in Glasgow in 2026. The size of the organisation changes during this cycle, especially in the year before and the year after a Games, which will increase significantly for Games time to support our team of around 400 athletes. 

ED&I ACTION PLAN

We firmly believe that true excellence within the sporting industry can only be achieved by embracing all backgrounds, talents, and perspectives and being truly representative of our community. 

Our data from the Birmingham 2022 Games shows that recruitment of the team was proportionate to the national census across gender and ethnicity but we under-indexed in disability representation. Therefore, amongst other things, this Action Plan, seeks to address barriers to inclusion across recruitment, development, retention and progression and specifically focuses on maintaining ethnicity and gender representation, and improving disability representation across the organisation.

In developing this plan, we have collaborated closely with our main stakeholders, including the Commonwealth Sport, Sport England and our National Governing Bodies in order to increase the impact of its delivery. 

Our EDI Action Plan aligns closely with our strategic purpose, ‘Representing England at its Sporting Best’ and EDI has been integrated across the four pillars of our strategy. We will be meticulously executing this action plan with the involvement of our Executive team, overseen by the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the dedicated EDI Board sub-committee, taking strategic guidance from our Board through attention at every Board meeting.

The plan is divided into short, medium, and long-term goals, each a stepping stone on the path to a more inclusive Commonwealth Games England. We commit to regular reporting on our progress to our EDI Board Sub-Committee and publishing key delivery in our annual report.

Read the full plan here:

CGE Equality, Diversity & Inclusion plan 2023-2030