Notice from LGBT+ Staff Support Network

The Trust LGBT+ Staff Support Network wishes to share the following information with the staff. If you’re interested in joining the network or would like to find out more information, please email LGBT@eastamb.nhs.uk.

National Ambulance LGBT+ Network Questionnaire

The National Ambulance LGBT+ Network has launched a very short, but vitally important survey to see into the lives of LGBT+ staff working within the UK ambulance service. The results of which will form part of a presentation at the national conference in June. You can link to the survey here: https://survey.yas.nhs.uk/s/LGBT-Staff-Survey-2023/ (deadline for completion is the end of April).

National Ambulance LGBT+ Annual Conference

The national annual conference is back and dates have now been confirmed as 15^th and 16^th June in Manchester. The network is currently working on who should attend as part of their role here at EEAST before we open up the limited number of tickets to our LGBT+ staff and allies. More information will follow shortly but you can register interest by emailing lgbt@eastamb.nhs.uk more information on the conference can be found here: National Ambulance LGBT+ Network | Conference 2023.

IDAHOBIT Conference

EEAST are currently working with Essex Fire and Rescue and Essex Police to plan a local conference on 10^th May. This conference aims to share best practice, learn from each other through staff and service user stories and celebrate diversity. Please email the network for more information if you are interested in attending or you have a speaker suggestion/idea.

EEAST LGBT+ Survey results meeting

Thank you to all who completed the EEAST LGBT+ Survey. The EDI team would now like to invite you to a meeting on the 25^th April 2023 at 13.30 – 14.00 to give you feedback on the report’s findings and our response to the recommendations. You will also receive a second invitation to a Joint Equality Networks meeting on 25^th April 2023 at 14.40 – 15.10. Tom Abell, Hein Scheffer, Lauren Singleton and Caroline Nwadu will be present at the meeting.

Please save the date and time of both meetings, if you would like the MS Teams invite please email lgbt@eastamb.nh.uk.

2023 Pride events planning group

Pride gives us an exceptional opportunity to meet with our community, link with our partnership organisations and other providers and talk about recruitment, health promotion and service use. We are looking for network members to volunteer to share the workload associated to the Pride 2023 season. The organising of each event canot be under estimated, so please consider this before offering your valuable time. Duties will include being a link to the organisers, assisting with resourcing the event, creating operationl plans including the coordinating of who is doing what, where and when. Please email lgbt@eastamb.nhs.uk if interested.

Pride events in East of England that have been identified are as follows (we have not necessarily confirmed our attendance at these yet)

Cambridge Pride: 17^th June

Essex Pride: 24^th June

Luton Pride: 24^th June

Peterborough Pride: 24^th June

Suffolk Pride (Ipswich): 15^th July

Southend Pride: 15^th July

Norwich Pride: 29^th July

Ely Pride: 6^th August

Hertfordshire Pride (Watford): 19^th August

Basildon Pride: 2^nd September

Online CPD

Please remember, you can access the National Ambulance LGBT+ Network website for monthly 15-minute read CPD, LGBT+ support and information and other learning resources National Ambulance LGBT+ Network | National Ambulance LGBT+ Network.

Published 20th April 2023