// Joining the MotherBoard Charter

The MotherBoard Charter is a collection of business signatories who are proud to demonstrate their commitment to creating and advancing a more gender-balanced industry.

The benefits of joining the MotherBoard Charter are plentiful. We produce ever-evolving toolkits, bi-monthly signatory roundtables that directly support your organisations strategy, through to supporting your employer brand and employee value proposition to help attract and retain more women to your business, amongst much, much more.

Signing up to the Charter is a simple three stage process. We encourage participation from start ups, SMEs through to corporate brands.

Want to know more about the Charter before signing up?
Send us an email at hello@motherboardcharter.co.uk

Stage 1

Minimum Standards

Charter members demonstrate existing standards of commitment to advancing gender equality within the workplace. To start the process of becoming a signatory, we’d like to know more about your organisation and where you are on your journey.

For each of our signatories, we require them to have implemented a minimum of three of the following:

Enhanced parental leave policies
Pay gap analysis & commitment to equal pay
Fair & transparent promotions policy
Truly flexible working policies

Return to work policy (after maternity, paternity or adoption leave)
Reproductive health policy (periods, menopause, fertility)
Flexible wellbeing benefits
Family insurance policies
Fertility related benefits

Childcare support
Ongoing DEI training
Breastfeeding/well-being rooms
Mentoring & upskilling programmes
Talent acquisition DEI targets

If you don't have 3 of the above in place yet don't be discouraged, our mission is all about supporting businesses to create change. Reach out to us on hello@motherboardcharter.co.uk

Stage 2

Commitment, participation & advancement

Our bi-monthly online roundtable / power hours bring together Charter members to discuss and share the advancement of gender equality within the workplace, best practice, initiatives, policy advancements etc. We ask Charter signatories to have representation at a minimum of three meetings annually.

Each Charter signatory commits to maintaining minimum Charter standards, with a working target of at least 5 areas implemented at their first anniversary.   

Stage 3

Accountability

Signatories receive a 6 month check to ensure advancements are on track. We offer recommendations and additional support should it be required.    

// Charter Pricing

Business turnover < £2.5 Million
£500 + VAT annually

Business turnover £2.5 - £10 Million
£750 + VAT annually

Business turnover > £10 million
£1,000 + VAT annually

The Charter is a non-profit making initiative. Our annual fees go straight back into the Charter to provide our signatories with ever-evolving toolkits, bi-monthly signatory roundtables, community newsletters, charter management and more.

Signatories automatically re-subscribe annually to continue on the journey on the basis that the organisation is meeting its Charter obligations and commitments to meeting the standards of the Charter to improve Gender equality.