Why partner with Building People?
Are you seeking access to diverse talent?
Keen to increase ESG and social value outcomes?
Concerned about the skills crisis?
Want to increase your visibility and influence across the industry?
Frustrated by multiple initiatives and sector fragmentation?
We align fragmented initiatives into a coordinated system to unlock talent and deliver measurable impact.
We give employers direct access to the UK’s most diverse built environment talent pipeline — and position them as leaders driving strategic change.
A network of over 70 organisations representing diversity and under-representation is within your reach.
We are a connector, amplifier and infastructure layer across fragmented initiatives
The Problem
The sector faces skills shortages and persistent under-representation. Existing initiatives are fragmented, limiting their effectiveness and scalability.
Our Solution
We connect organisations, employers and individuals into a unified ecosystem that increases access, collaboration and impact.
Building People is a talent access platform for culture change in the sector.
We are an EDI delivery engine, reducing fragmentation and aligning effort.
Our Focus Is On
- Strategic systems change
- Cross-sector leadership
- Collaboration infrastructure
- Sector-wide leverage
Partner with us to gain visibility, access networks and contribute to strategic change across the sector.
The built environment sector does not lack activity when it comes to culture change; it lacks coordination, shared priorities and collective leverage. Building People responds directly to this gap.
How to Join In and Support our Work
Join the Network of Networks
Does your organisation provide careers support to people from under-represented groups?
Are you keen to reduce fragmentation, work towards a unified voice and be part of a drive towards collective action?
If you want to increase your impact, be part of a larger movement, get involved with leadership conversations, and collaborate with likeminded organisations to create a more inclusive and diverse sector, please get in touch – and membership is free!
Join the Partner Network
Joining the Building People Partner Network gives you talent access, ESG and social value outcomes, and industry influence.
It means that you are part of an inclusive movement for change, working strategically and collaboratively to help create a diverse, welcoming and inclusive built environment, with membership benefits too.
Download information about membership of the Partner Network to find out more, with annual membership accessible to all.
Partner Network
Support Us as an Individual or as a Company
Partner Network enables us to maintain and grow the Network of Networks, providing joined-up opportunities such as the Resources partnership with the Supply Chain Sustainability School, designed to raise the profile of Network members and simplify access to inclusion content for all.
Sponsors enable us to deliver specific projects; for example, our 2026 work to bring together the many gender-focused organisations and initiatives across the sector, with a focus on collective action.
Donations mean that we can do both: amplifying and powering the Network of Networks, and enabling cross-sector leadership on systemic issues that no single body can credibly solve alone.
We are crowdfunding for the Gender MoU project in 2026, with the link below taking you to the donation site for this vital piece of work.