 by BAME colleagues working in roles throughout our Trust and we are proud that these events were also nominated for the Health Equalities Parliamentary Award.
Looking forward to tonight’s BAME listening event @NorthBristolNHS we are hosting for colleagues to share their experiences during the #COVID19 pandemic, what’s been positive & what has been challenging, so that we can make a positive difference @adamalih @PandTNBT @NBTWellbeing pic.twitter.com/KtxJqB4Lki— Seema Srivastava (@Mountain_medica) June 17, 2020
Red Card to Racism campaign
We launched our Red Card to Racism campaign on 04 November 2019 to empower staff to report and challenge racism and discrimination and to demonstrate our zero tolerance policy to abuse. Our campaign received coverage across the BCC and ran as top story during its launch on BBC Points West. In October 2020, our Red Card to Racismn campaign won the Partnership Award in the Healthcare People Management Association (HPMA) awards.
Cultural Ambassadors
The Cultural Ambassador's role is a voluntary role within the Trust. They will provide independent advise and guidance to investigating teams and disciplinary or grievance panels when they are investigating or considering allegations for or against a Black and Ethnic Minority member of staff. The project has the full support of the executive team and is endorsed by the Trust's Equality Panel.
The aim of the Cultural Ambassador is to help ensure fairness in the manner in which the BME member of staff is treated during the formal process of the investigation, grievance or disciplinary. The Cultural Ambassador will support and advise the investigating team or disciplinary panel on equality, diversity and cultural bias issues, particularly where unfair bias (conscious or unconscious), less favourable treatment or discrimination, should this be identified.
BAME Staff Network - Key Contacts
Annette Hughes - BAME Staff Network Chair
Sanjay Gandhi - Trust BAME Champion
To find out more about joining the BAME Staff Network, please contact inclusion@nbt.nhs.uk.
LGBTQ+ Staff Network
LGBTQ+ Staff Network
NHS Virtual Pride 2020
This year, we celebrated the first NHS Virtual Pride which took place on 26 June 2020. During this event, staff from roles across the Trust share their reasons for wearing our rainbow lanyards and badges to show their support for LGBTQ+ staff, patients and visitors.
We are #NBTProud that over 3000 of our staff have made the commitment to wear the rainbow lanyard.— North Bristol NHS (@NorthBristolNHS) June 26, 2020
Annette, a nurse, tells us why she wears it.@VirtualNHSPride #NHSVirtualPride #PrideMonth #Pride2020 pic.twitter.com/XxVEpktABY
We are #NBTProud that over 3000 of our staff have made the commitment to wear the Rainbow Lanyard.
— North Bristol NHS (@NorthBristolNHS) June 27, 2020— North Bristol NHS (@NorthBristolNHS) June 27, 2020
Elitzandro, a healthcare assistant, tells us what the lanyard symbolises to him.@VirtualNHSPride #NHSVirtualPride #PrideMonth #Pride2020 pic.twitter.com/7bVb0JgnVH
We are #NBTProud that over 3000 of our staff have made the commitment to wear the Rainbow Lanyard.
— North Bristol NHS (@NorthBristolNHS) June 25, 2020— North Bristol NHS (@NorthBristolNHS) June 25, 2020
Tara, a clinical matron, tells us why she wears it.@VirtualNHSPride #NHSVirtualPride #PrideMonth #Pride2020 pic.twitter.com/OrUVQNQgkl
Bristol Pride 2020
We represented our Trust at Bristol Pride 2019 showing our support for the LGBTQ+ community in Bristol. Bristol Pride was listed in the top 4 UK Pride events and in the top 50 in the world in the Global Top50 Pride events. This year, Bristol Pride 2020 was held online in September and included a virtual parade and performances from previous events.
LGBTQ+ History Month 2020
To mark LGBTQ+ History Month in March 2020, we heal an exhibition in the Atrium, entitled 'Revealing Stories'.
Key Contacts
Dr Nigel Jones - LGBTQ+ Staff Network Chair and the Trust LGBTQ+ Champion
To find out more about joining the LGBTQ+ Staff Network, please contact inclusion@nbt.nhs.uk.
Disabled Staff Network
Disabled Staff Network
Disability History Month - 2020
Plans our underway for our 2020 celebration of Disability History month which takes place between 18 November and 20 December. Keep an eye on our social media platforms for further updates about this event.
Adjustment Passport
Supporting staff with a disability is important for our organisation and one way we do this is with our adjustment passports.
An adjustment passport is a way of keeping one record of all adjustments that have been agreed and is a live record of adjustments that have been agreed between a staff member and their line manager to support them at work.
This passport belongs to the member of staff and can be shared with anyone they feel needs to know about their condition and the adjustments that have been agreed.
The adjustment passport can help with:
- Specific learning difficulties (SpLDs) - these include, but are not limited to dyslexia, dyspraxia, or attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder (AD(H)D).
- Mental health difficulties- these include, but are not limited to depression, anxiety, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), bipolar affective disorder, personality disorders, or psychosis.
- Autism spectrum conditions (ASCs)- this includes Asperger syndrome (AS) and high-functioning autism (HFA).
- Sensory impairments- these include, but are not limited to visual or hearing impairment, blindness, or deafness (with or without British Sign Language as a first of preferred language).
- Mobility difficulties- these include, but are not limited to paralysis, scoliosis, chronic pain, difficulty walking, or using a wheelchair.
Please note, this list doesn't include all disabilities or health conditions and we would encourage staff to speak to their line manager if they feel the Adjustment Passport would be right for them.
Key Contacts
Angela Micciche - Disabled Staff Network Chair
Simon Wood - Trust Disability Champion
To find out more about joining the Disabled Staff Network, please contact inclusion@nbt.nhs.uk.
Celebrating 10 years of the Equality Act
"Here at North Bristol we are really committed to change and to change quickly to ensure that we really are inclusive and diverse in everything that we do"
Jacqui Marshall - Director of People and Transformation
Have you heard of the Bristol Equality Charter?
Everybody counts- a pledge for equality across Bristol - Bristol Equality Charter
In 2018, North Bristol NHS Trust played a pivotal role in the city wide launch of the Bristol Equality Charter. This Charter is to mark the commitment of key players across Bristol in working towards acheiving race equality across the city, with everyone having the opportunity to succeed and thrive. Drawn up in partnership with public bodies, private companies and the voluntary sector, this is unique to Bristol and is already offering valuable collaborations with other signatories.
For more information, please visit the Bristol Equality Charter page on the Bristol Council website available here.
Through partnership with 11 other organisations across Bristol and its surrounding areas we are taking a look at the 'bigger picture' for equality through a Strategic leaders group. This group has been responsible for setting up the Bristol "Stepping Up" programme. This group was awarded the 2018 'Transparency Award' at the Global Equality and Diversity Awards for their work in researching and presenting the race diversity statistics of all the public sector organisations in Bristol. Further information can be found on the Bristol Council website atThis Chinese tech company, founded in 2012 by Yiming Zhang, is probably the world’s most anonymous multi-billion dollar company. However, ByteDance will not stay a secret for long. It’s ready to make a bid for success on a global scale.
Since its founding in 2012, ByteDance has built up a portfolio of successful tech brands, household names in China.
Its flagship product is Toutiao, a news aggregator that pulls together stories from Chinese news services, serving them to users based on their interests. It claims to have 120 million daily users.
Perhaps the boldest statement of ByteDance’s ambition for global reach came when it acquired Musical.ly in a deal worth between $800 million and $1 billion.
At the time of acquisition, Musical.ly had 60 million active users, mostly in the US. However, it had very little traction in China and the Far East. ByteDance aims to change that. It wants to grow this music-based social networking app, popular with teenagers, into a truly global player.
Tech giants in the West regularly talk about their mission and corporate philosophy. However, we know very little about the philosophies that drive ByteDance and other Chinese tech companies. From what we can tell, ByteDance appears to be a forward-looking organisation, with values to match their technical expertise.
ByteDance aims to empower women in technology. In 2017, ByteDance struck a global partnership with QUALS, a joint initiative of UN Women and ITU, the leading United Nations tech agency. ByteDance works with EQUALS on programmes in China to empower women and girls by boosting access to the opportunities of the digital economy