Equal Measures UK Company Profile

About us

Equal Measures is the UK's leading non-profit dedicated to delivering intersectional Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI), from bar to boardroom, in the drinks and hospitality industries. The organisation enriches possibilities for workers from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, as well as those who are queer, genderqueer, neurodivergent, or who have faced systemic barriers to their career progression.

Equal Measures’ Education & Mentorship programme gives beneficiaries the tools, contacts and confidence needed to build and sustain rewarding careers. Through EDI consultancy, it educates the global trade, building awareness of obstacles faced by marginalised groups, improving existing hiring practices, inputting safeguarding policy and procedure, training teams, and working collaboratively to make hospitality a place where everyone can thrive.

Equal Measures sits on Tales of the Cocktails’ Education Committee and the Drinks United Advisory Board. Its expertise in driving positive change in the industry has resulted in it winning Fortnum & Mason’s Impact Award 2025, UnderOne’s DEI Innovation Award 2024 and The Spirits Business Ethical Award 2024. It has also won National Lottery Community Grant 2024 & 2025, and the Tales of the Cocktail Foundations’ Bartender Wellbeing & Welfare Grant 2023.

Our Company's Commitment and Culture

We do our utmost to uphold and champion intersectional inclusion. Every member of our team (and Board) have lived experience of being minoritised and marginalised through ethnicity, gender, disability, neurodivergence, and/or sexuality.

We operate on a largely work-from-home basis (we don’t have an office), with work events throughout the year, which only need to be attended by relevant staff. Our company culture is based in hospitality and comfort. Our style is informed, entirely professional, yet informal. We believe in flexibility and personal drive over rigidity and micro-management. As a micro-organisation with a huge footprint, each of our team members’ is responsible for pushing forward on their own tasks, clear communication, and solid outcomes.

Accessibility Features

We are commited to supporting our employees with disabilities or long term conditions by taking steps to remove barriers that disabled employees may face at work. Some examples of support we can offer include:

Options to be home-based (remote working)
Alteration of working hours / Flexible working
Additional Disability equality training for employees

Accreditations and commitment to inclusion

No accreditations have been added yet.