Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and so do our people. We aim to reflect and celebrate diversity in our workplace in order to create an inclusive culture that adds real value to our business.

When we talk about diversity, we don’t want to just pay lip service. It's too important. Our journey over the next 5 years is to ensure that everyone here is selected, promoted and considered by their skills to do the job, irrespective of their gender, sexual orientation, race, age, disability, religion & belief. We want to build a culture where everyone counts. We believe that having a diverse range of backgrounds and perspectives makes us stronger and helps us attract and retain talented people and develop them to their full potential.

What does this mean for you? It means nothing should hold you back.

Partnerships and recognition

We're proud to promote equality & inclusion through our partnerships including Business in the Community, Stonewall, Business Disability Forum, MyGwork and Working Families.

We’ve received external recognition for our approach to supporting diversity, receiving the Disability Confident Leader accreditation, The Times Top 50 Employer for Women, Business in the Community Top Employer for Race and featuring in the Top 20 on the Social Mobility Employer Index.

To see a list of our current partners please click here

Family Friendly Policies

If you’re thinking about joining us you may be interested in understanding how we support our employees who have family or caring responsibilities. We are part of a small group of organisations who publish our family friendly policies as we believe that transparency in our offering is paramount to promoting an inclusive culture. Which means you don’t have to worry about asking for the information when applying for a role or coming to an interview. In addition we have a dedicated Employee network (our Parents & Carers Network) that provides easy access to a support community when you start in your role.

Download our Family Friendly policies here

Supporting diverse employees

Our employee-led networks champion and support colleagues through mentoring programmes, workshops and speaker events. Watch this highlights video of a workshop event on the topic of personal branding organised by Ethnicity@Work for their members.

Advocating for Inclusion

Santander is committed to supporting diversity and to creating an inclusive culture for our own employees – but we don’t stop there. We also look for opportunities to share our experience with other organisations. John Collins, our Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer, joined other UK employers to record this video for the Social Mobility Commission – to share their views on how attracting a diverse pool of talent can drive innovation and give businesses that competitive edge.

Mental Wellbeing

We aim to help all our colleagues develop and maintain positive Mental Wellbeing, and are proud to have signed the Mental Health at Work Commitment and Time to Change Pledge. Our colleagues receive free access to the Thrive: Mental Wellbeing app, putting live chat with trained counsellors directly in our pockets. We offer Positive about Mental Health training, and our Mental Wellbeing Network helps empower all colleagues to speak openly about our mental wellbeing at work.

Accelerating women's employment

We support women's professional development through our talent programmes. Recent programmes have included our Accelerating You programme that has had over 400 high potential female leaders supported in their development. The 9 month programme was aimed to help support career development goals, broaden networks and develop personal brand and profile. The content of the programme was designed to create a thriving workplace - Find out more by watching this video.

Equal Lives Research

We’ve partnered with the charity Business in the Community on a ground-breaking research project to develop a more detailed understanding of the barriers to men becoming more involved in caring roles, and the practical steps employers can take to support them. The report makes practical recommendations for employers to support employees balance duties in and out of the workplace – addressing, in particular, how enabling men to share caring responsibilities can catalyse women’s career-progression.

Download the report here

Female Entrepreneurship

We support female entrepreneurs, becoming a signatory for the Investing in Women Code, a commitment to support the advancement of female entrepreneurship in the UK.

Research we undertook in 2019 showed that three-quarters of young people were unable to name one female business owner, so in a bid to support the next generation in considering running a business in the future, we launched a new guide to becoming an entrepreneur, including videos and tips from a range of female business owners. These campaigns reinforce our commitment to championing inclusion and supporting women - both inside and outside the organisation - to thrive.

Women in Finance

In 2016 we signed the HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter to commit to achieving 50% [+/- 10%] women in senior roles by end-2021.

Find out more here

Gender Pay Reports:

All businesses with more than 250 employees are expected to report annually on gender pay and bonus gaps. As part of our commitment to transparency, we provide detail on the figures below, as well as the ways in which we are addressing positive change.

Santander UK Plc:
Download the 2020 report here
Download the 2019 report here
Download the 2018 report here

Santander Operations:
Download the 2020 report here
Download the 2019 report here
Download the 2018 report here

Santander Technology:
Download the 2020 report here
Download the 2019 report here
Download the 2018 report here

Supporting Former Armed Forces members

In 2019 we were awarded the MoD’s Employer Recognition Gold Award, the highest badge of honour available to companies that employ and support those from the Armed Forces community, who serve, or are veterans, and their families. This is in recognition of our long-term commitment since signing the Armed Forces Covenant in 2016, with our support for the military community demonstrated through the provision of additional leave for Reservists to attend training and actively seeking to employ service leavers through the Career Transition Partnership.

Find out more here

Employee Led Networks

Our employee-led networks champion and support colleagues through mentoring programmes, workshops and speaker events.

Is an inclusive community for LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies to share information, personal experiences, hold discussions and provide support.

Watch this video to find out more about the network

Provides colleagues who are either directly or indirectly affected by disability with a platform to share, learn, discuss and support.

Celebrates and embraces cultural differences from race, belief, traditions, heritage and custom.

Encourages positive mental wellbeing and supports colleagues by promoting awareness, openness and understanding.

is a place for ex-military employees, reservists, employees with friends and family in the military and others who support the military to share, discuss and support one another.

Is for fathers, mothers, step-parents, parents through fostering, or adoption or surrogacy, and grandparents as well as those who are caring for someone unable to look after themselves.

Seeks to create a level playing field to enable all colleagues and those in our communities to achieve their full potential regardless of their background or social class.

Encourages a balanced representation of women in Santander and help female colleagues feel more empowered to fulfil their true potential.

Our People Stories

We know it’s our people who make us who we are. We believe that having a diverse range of backgrounds and perspectives makes us stronger and we aim to reflect and celebrate diversity in our workplace by creating a inclusive culture.

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Tasmin's Story

“I've been very fortunate to have had fantastic support and understanding from my management team. The transition has been a pleasant experience which I put down to a lot of planning, working with my management team and support from the business.”

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Daniel & Isabel’s Story

“Over time many people with Asperger’s learn social skills and develop coping mechanisms to help deal with the challenges of daily life.”

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Partnerships and recognition

Our recognition

Family Friendly Policies

Supporting diverse employees

Advocating for Inclusion

Mental Wellbeing

Accelerating women's employment

Equal Lives Research

Female Entrepreneurship

Women in Finance

Gender Pay Reports:

Supporting Former Armed Forces members

Employee Led Networks

Our People Stories

Tasmin's Story

Daniel & Isabel’s Story

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Partnerships and recognition

Our recognition

Family Friendly Policies

Supporting diverse employees

Advocating for Inclusion

Mental Wellbeing

Accelerating women's employment

Equal Lives Research

Female Entrepreneurship

Women in Finance

Gender Pay Reports:

Supporting Former Armed Forces members

Employee Led Networks

Our People Stories

Tasmin's Story

Daniel & Isabel’s Story

Our partners include

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