Inclusive Strategy Development

Crystal Clear Strategies to Make EDI an Essential Part of Your Culture. We turn vision into strategy. And strategy into culture.

Know About US

You're Not Alone — And You Don't Have to Figure This Out On Your Own

Many organisations feel stuck when it comes to EDI. You may recognise the importance of inclusion, but struggle to connect the dots between intention and action. Perhaps you’ve asked yourself:

At Bakare Barley, we specialise in helping you navigate the uncertainty. Our strategy development services meet you at your starting point—whether you’re laying the first bricks or scaling existing initiatives—and support you in building a strong, actionable, and sustainable EDI roadmap that reflects your organisation’s values and goals.

We’re here to make the complex feel manageable. And to ensure your strategy leads to lasting, meaningful change.

Why We do

What We Do & Why It Matters

We believe that true inclusion starts with intentional leadership. Our purpose is to guide organizations toward building equitable, people-centered workplaces through customized strategies that align with their values and vision.

We Clarify Your Starting Point

To create change, you first need to understand where you are. We help assess your current environment and uncover hidden barriers to inclusion.

We Customize Your Path

Every organization is different. We build equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) strategies tailored to your unique people, culture, and challenges.

We Build leadership confidence

Inclusive leadership requires self-awareness and clarity. We equip you with the tools and mindset to lead with purpose and confidence.

We cultivate courageous leadership

Real change takes courage. We help leaders have the bold, sometimes uncomfortable conversations necessary to drive equity forward.

We align values with action

Strategy without alignment doesn’t stick. We ensure your EDI efforts genuinely reflect your organization’s core values, culture, and mission.

We create lasting impact

Our ultimate goal is sustainable transformation. We guide you to become a catalyst for inclusion so change continues long after we’re gone.

What We Offer

A Strategy That’s As Practical As It Is Purposeful

At Bakare Barley, we help you focus your resources, engage your team, and take confident, coordinated steps toward equity and inclusion. Our approach is hands-on, customised, and built for impact—ensuring your EDI strategy is both meaningful and measurable.

Organisational Audits

We conduct comprehensive audits and employee surveys to uncover the current EDI climate within your organisation.

Vision & Goal Setting

We guide your team through collaborative workshops to define your EDI vision and create goals aligned with your values.

Strategic Roadmaps

Receive detailed plans with clear timelines, responsibilities, and KPIs—so progress is tracked and purposeful.

Policy & Practice Alignment

We help you revise policies and practices to align with EDI values across leadership, recruitment, and culture.

Implementation
Support

We provide ongoing guidance, progress reviews, and fine-tuning to ensure your strategy evolves effectively.

Customised Training & Resources

Get access to training sessions, frameworks, and tools tailored to your specific sector, team, and EDI maturity level.

HOW IT WORKS

From Diagnosis to Impact Here’s How We Work

We simplify your journey through a clear, three-stage approach that saves time, money, and confusion—while maximising impact.

Discover Your Baseline

We begin with a full EDI audit—gathering data, employee insights, and reviewing policies—to understand your current culture and identify key areas for improvement.

Define the Strategy

Next, we build a tailored roadmap based on your goals. We highlight what’s working, what needs to change, and map out actionable steps aligned with your capacity.

Implement & Activate

We help you bring your strategy to life—guiding leadership, aligning teams, and embedding equity into everyday practices through hands-on support.

Measure & Evolve

With KPIs and feedback loops in place, we assess progress, refine your approach, and ensure your EDI efforts deliver lasting, visible cultural shifts.

Our Experience

Trusted by Leaders
Across Sectors

We’ve helped a wide range of organisations—from grassroots community groups to global institutions—develop inclusive strategies that are clear, actionable, and deeply human.

Whether you’re in education, the arts, health, tech, local government, or the private sector, we meet you with curiosity and rigour—bringing years of experience in helping teams unlock their full potential through equity. Our approach is not just about compliance. It’s about co-creating cultures where people thrive.

Testimonial

Client Feedback & Reviews

Discover how our clients are creating lasting change and what they’re saying about the experience.

Feedback from colleagues was extremely positive and they very much liked the delivery style. Quite a few were anxious prior the session as their previous experience of EDI learning has not been positive, but they felt rejuvenated and ready to return to their work places with a clear understanding of the differences between equality and equity and feel more confident in challenging some of the practices within their establishments.

Francis N’Jie Service Manager, Adel Beck Secure Children’s Home

We recently had the pleasure of Ayo Barley delivering an insightful guest speaker session for employees at Siemens Healthineers. Ayo’s engaging and thought-provoking presentation on cultural humility made the session both enjoyable and educational. Those who attended walked away with a deeper understanding of our cultural lenses and how to foster greater cultural inclusivity both professionally and personally. Thank you, Ayo!

Grania Heal Country Head, Ireland, Siemens Healthineers

It’s a pleasure to work with Ayo. A strategic thinker with an inspiring leadership style that creates transformational change. Ayo supported the design, delivery and evaluation of our leadership and career development programme for minoritised ethnic colleagues. The impact has been life changing for all those involved, and Ayo’s contributions were invaluable to the programme success. On top of that, she also keeps you super organised! Needless to say, we’ve hooked up with Ayo again to run the programme again!

Harriet Tyler People Engagement Partner, People Team, University of Central Lancashire

Ayo worked with us to deliver training for our members on how they might increase the diversity of people they involve. She was a real pleasure to work with – she responded to our brief and made changes to her plans following discussions with us. The training she delivered was great and really hit the spot. And it was delivered in a clear, authoritative and non-threatening way. I would definitely look to work with Ayo again

Bec Hanley (she/her) For the Shared Learning Group on Involvement

Ayo is one of the most insightful and knowledgeable professionals I have had the privilege of working with. Would absolutely go as far as to say her insights on community, race equality and networking are essential listening.

Karishma Asher Race Equality Officer, University of Liverpool

Let's Start

Let’s Build a Strategy That Changes Lives—Not Just Policies

Tired of guessing your way through equity and inclusion? With Bakare Barley as your partner, you don’t have to navigate it alone. We bring clarity, care, and commitment to every step—so your team moves forward with purpose and unity.
Let’s make inclusion more than a statement. Let’s make it your standard.