We value everyone, irrespective of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation or socio-economic group.  But we know that some of these groups are underrepresented within The Swan and across our audience.  While remaining vigilant across all groups, we have prioritised increasing representation by people from diverse backgrounds in our performers, composers, audience and board; increasing our use of female composers; and making our music more accessible to those from lower socio-economic backgrounds and in communities historically underserved by cultural organisations.  We have also made partnering with local education and local care providers a priority.   

All members of the Board are responsible for delivering our vision. To help, we have appointed an Inclusivity Champion and assigned an Inclusivity Team to spearhead our Inclusivity and Relevance planning and implementation; to ensure it is data-led; to ensure appropriately ambitious targets are set; and to hold all of us at The Swan to account for being inclusive in everything we do.

Inclusivity Champion: 

Altaf Kara (Trustee)

Inclusivity Team: 

Altaf Kara (Trustee)
Marcus Willett (Trustee)
David Le Page (Artistic Director)
Debbie Jagla (Managing Director)
Becky Eldridge (Orchestra Manager)
Roger Wilson (External Consultant, Black Lives in Music)