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As a registered charity, Luton Carnival Arts Development Trust, known as UK Centre for Carnival Arts (UKCCA) is committed to working with individuals, schools, businesses, partner organisations, stakeholders and the diverse communities across Luton to build an inclusive and accessible carnival community that will help to support and deliver the Luton 2040 priorities.

• We will continue to deliver the free and accessible annual Luton International Carnival as a child-focused family-friendly event that is inclusive and welcomes all the communities in Luton, reinforcing our carnival ethos that all of us together are one community.
• We will continue to deliver a green and sustainable Luton International Carnival, continuing our commitment to exploring and using sustainable technology and materials in the development and during the event, and reusing and recycling materials and costumes to be used in the costume parade.
• We will deliver workshops and arts activities with schools and colleges in Luton to provide opportunities and placements for children and young people to be included in the carnival arts and arts administration.
• We will deliver workshops and arts activities with community groups across Luton to provide opportunities for Luton’s communities to participate and engage in our inclusive carnival arts programme.
• We will continue to support the artistic and business skills development of carnival artists help them to assist to grow the vibrant creative industry in Luton.
• We will continue to work with event organisers across Luton to add carnival elements to events, showing our commitment to partnership and exhibiting the inclusion and diversity of carnival, attracting people from across Luton and further afield to enjoy the carnival experience on their terms.
• We will promote fairness through our charity by supporting local suppliers.
• We will continue to pay the Real Living Wage which will support our staff to earn enough to have a decent standard of living.

Full House Theatre is committed to working with partners and residents to deliver on the Luton 2040 and its five priorities and specifically: Becoming a child friendly town, where our children grow up happy, healthy and secure, with a voice that matters and the opportunities they need to thrive. We will contribute to this by:

• Providing more opportunities for our children and young people to develop, play and socialise: Deliver a high quality and affordable annual children’s theatre festival ‘Feb Fest’ with opportunities for young people to engage with and experience arts and culture with plenty of low and no cost ways to take part. Work in partnership with The Culture Trust to provide opportunities to watch high quality theatre and for young people to be able to engage in a wide range of arts activity as part of their experience. For some of Luton's most marginalised families we will provide free tickets to watch shows.
• Facilitating excellent education: We will engage with and support local schools to access high quality arts and culture in the curriculum, including affordable theatre visits and school workshops.
• • All of our children and young people will have a meaningful voice that is heard and that matters: We are currently working with Luton schools to co create and collaborate on a project at Wardown House which will reimagine how young people can engage with heritage in their community.
• • Greater and more equal opportunities for children and young people with SEND (special educational needs and disabilities): When planning and programming our activities we will ensure that events and activities are inclusive. At Feb Fest this includes programming inclusive shows, creating SEND friendly Imagination Station sessions and providing access support to families that need it.

The Lord-Lieutenant and the Bedfordshire Lieutenancy are wholly committed to supporting ‘The Luton 2040 Pledge’. We will continue to foster cohesion and celebrate Luton‘s culture, diversity and heritage. Bedfordshire Lieutenancy will support and shine a light on those individuals and groups that commit themselves to delivering a stronger community; one that is happier, healthier and more environmentally friendly. Further, we will:

• Serve our communities by encouraging engagement, championing voluntary service and highlighting achievement and opportunities across all groups and sectors
• Bring greater knowledge of the award system to Luton to enable individuals and businesses to be recognised for their achievements
• Encourage a culture of civic pride within the town

At TUI, our commitment to delivering Excellence in Leisure Experiences is driven by the dedication of our amazing colleagues, including over 2,600 people employed in Luton who help bring customer travel experiences to life. Building on this foundation, we are focused on fostering a more inclusive economy, creating a sustainable town, and promoting wellbeing, fairness, and equitable opportunities for all. Together, we will work to support the Luton 2040 vision by:

• Inclusive Economy: Ensuring fair hours and employment and that our colleagues are paid a fair wage, with remuneration packages that are in line with the real living wage
• Inclusive Economy: Supporting more flexible working and increasing access to work for families and those with caring responsibilities
• Inclusive Economy: Delivering employment and skills progression opportunities for employees at all levels
• Wellbeing: Ensuring all colleagues feel supported and cared for, with access to resources designed to boost wellbeing and Live Happy
• Wellbeing: Supporting employees by providing a suite of workplace benefits to support Physical, Mind, Social and Financial wellbeing
• Empowered Community – built on fairness: Providing workplace policies to promote diversity, equity and inclusion, including reporting and monitoring on pay gaps
• Empowered Community – built on fairness: Delivering an accessibility for all approach, being a disability confident employer and supporting the aspiration of Luton becoming a disability friendly town
• Empowered Community – built on fairness: Providing targeted skills and employment opportunities for disadvantaged and under-represented groups
• Empowered Community – built on fairness: Providing volunteering opportunities
• Empowered Community – built on fairness: Treating all staff, customers and suppliers fairly and always acting with integrity
• Child Friendly Town: Supporting employment and skills for young people through schemes like apprenticeships and work experience
• Net Zero: Achieve net-zero emissions across our operations and supply chain by 2050 at the latest

Reactiv8 is committed to delivering a more inclusive economy and a more sustainable town. We will work with partners and residents to deliver on the Luton 2040 vision by:

• Delivering services that support quality homes, education, health and wellbeing or community safety
• Implementing workplace health and wellbeing plans and employing mental health first aiders
• Support the development of skills to assist with the delivery of Net Zero plans
• Delivering services that keep young people safe and secure
• Providing mentoring, work experience and targeted support for looked after children, children with disabilities, care leavers and disadvantaged children and young people
• Promoting aspiration and achievement for children and young people
• Supporting the work of Luton’s Fairness Taskforce to tackle inequalities in Luton
• Providing targeted skills and employment opportunities for disadvantaged and under-represented groups
• Treating all customers, staff and suppliers fairly and acting with integrity at all times, including fairness in payments for services and taxation

Luton Creative community is committed to delivering a more inclusive economy and a more sustainable town. We will work with partners and residents to deliver on the Luton 2040 vision by Signing up to Lutons good business charter and where and when appropriate paying all our workers the Real Living wage Increasing our local procurement spend to ensure more money remains within Luton Reducing our carbon emissions to become a net-zero organisation by 2040 Reducing waste and recycling more through our organisation and our supply chains

• Signing up to the Good Business Charter
• Increasing local spend as well as generating social value and ensuring ethical and sustainable sourcing through procurement and supply chains
• Increase awareness of the towns new place brand Step Forward Luton
• Increasing social connectedness in workplaces and communities
• Improving efficiency of buildings and equipment, reducing energy consumption and transfer to renewable energy
• Implementing waste reduction plans
• Delivering an accessibility for all approach and being a disability confident employer

As elected young people representing our peers, as a youth council, we pledge to ensure that young people are part of all conversations around the 2040 vision. We engage with other organisations to promote key aspects of the 2040 vision, as well as promoting Luton becoming a UNICEF Child Friendly Town.

• Supporting more flexible working and increasing access to work for families and those with caring responsibilities
• Implementing healthy food plans and practices
• Support the development of skills to assist with the delivery of Net Zero plans
• Providing leadership and education on the climate agenda in schools, workplaces and communities
• Delivering services that keep young people safe and secure
• Providing mentoring, work experience and targeted support for looked after children, children with disabilities, care leavers and disadvantaged children and young people
• Promoting aspiration and achievement for children and young people
• Giving children and young people a voice in shaping services, opportunities and the future of the town
• Supporting the work of Lutons Fairness Taskforce to tackle inequalities in Luton
• Taking pride in the community, improving perceptions of Luton and being an ambassador for the town
• Support the aspiration of Luton becoming a disability friendly town town

As a people's movement, we pledge to support the 2040 vision

• Increasing local spend as well as generating social value and ensuring ethical and sustainable sourcing through procurement and supply chains
• Increase awareness of the towns new place brand Step Forward Luton
• Increasing social connectedness in workplaces and communities
• Creating active workplaces and developing policies and initiatives for active commuting
• Providing leadership and education on the climate agenda in schools, workplaces and communities
• Greening the town or workplaces, tree planting and actions to improve air quality
• Implementing waste reduction plans
• Increasing opportunities for volunteering and participation
• Taking pride in the community, improving perceptions of Luton and being an ambassador for the town
• Giving all residents/employees/customers a voice in shaping services, opportunities and the future of the town
• Developing links with the voluntary and community sector to promote volunteering and provide funding or in-kind support to the VCS, such as discounts for venue hire, legal and financial services and mentoring
• Supporting the work of Lutons Fairness Taskforce to tackle inequalities in Luton

Our vision - A transparent caring world in which people have equity of access to a good home, health care, social support, and employment. Our mission is to empower people by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.

• Delivering the highest standards of care and support to the residents of Luton who access our services
• We will work in ambitious, empowering, inclusive, creative and solutions focused ways to improve population wellbeing
• We will support Systems Change to stop the inequity of access for people in health, social care, employment, and housing, by building partnerships and influencing policymakers to break down barriers and bridge gaps in provision
• Decrease carbon footprint and increase environmental positive impact
• Increase involvement of those needing our services, including carers, volunteers and peer mentors

The Wildlife Trust BCN were awarded funding to raise awareness of the beautiful landscape in North Luton in 2021. We have worked to provide educational opportunities for communities, schools and partners around this landscape and nature in general. Our work has developed to reach more people across other parts of the town and we hope that engaging people with such beautiful green spaces will encourage them to help look after them, to take pride in their town and also to improve well-being.

• Supporting more flexible working and increasing access to work for families and those with caring responsibilities
• Delivering services that support quality homes, education, health and wellbeing or community safety
• Increasing social connectedness in workplaces and communities
• Greening the town or workplaces, tree planting and actions to improve air quality
• Supporting employment and skills for young people through schemes like Passport to Employment, apprenticeships and work experience
• Promoting aspiration and achievement for children and young people
• Providing targeted skills and employment opportunities for disadvantaged and under-represented groups
• Developing links with the voluntary and community sector to promote volunteering and provide funding or in-kind support to the VCS, such as discounts for venue hire, legal and financial services and mentoring
• Taking pride in the community, improving perceptions of Luton and being an ambassador for the town
• Increasing opportunities for volunteering and participation
• To raise awareness of the rare and beautiful landscapes found in and around Luton and to foster more pride in the town
• To provide green space engagement activities that provide training opportunities and new skills for different audiences
• To deliver nature based activities that help to improve well-being

We are committed to creating spaces where teenagers from different faiths and cultures can meet and engage positively with one another.

• Increasing social connectedness in workplaces and communities
• Delivering services that keep young people safe and secure
• Promoting aspiration and achievement for children and young people
• Giving children and young people a voice in shaping services, opportunities and the future of the town
• Implementing workplace policies to promote diversity and inclusion, including reporting and monitoring on pay gaps
• Taking pride in the community, improving perceptions of Luton and being an ambassador for the town
• We commit to continue to work towards a community that appreciates each other, despite differences; that lives well with each other despite differences; and that is prepared to work together for the good of our town, despite our differences

We pledge to continue supporting families and individuals facing food poverty. We will continue to provide vital information and advice to our clients, empowering them to overcome their crisis situations. Additionally, we will deliver workshops with partners for the community, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to navigate challenging circumstances. We are dedicated to working with young people, teaching essential life skills to help them thrive in today's ever-changing world. Together, we will make a difference and create a stronger, more resilient community.

• Signing up to the Good Business Charter
• Becoming a real living wage employer and ensuring fair hours and employment
• Supporting more flexible working and increasing access to work for families and those with caring responsibilities
• Delivering employment and skills progression opportunities for employees at all levels and formally signing up to the commitments within the Luton Employment and Skills Strategy
• Increasing local spend as well as generating social value and ensuring ethical and sustainable sourcing through procurement and supply chains
• Increase awareness of the towns new place brand Step Forward Luton
• Delivering services that keep young people safe and secure
• Promoting aspiration and achievement for children and young people
• Giving children and young people a voice in shaping services, opportunities and the future of the town
• Luton Foodbank will ensure * NO ONE GOES HUNGRY IN OUR TOWN *