Equality and Diversity

Equality and Diversity • Race Awareness Staff Group • Key Equality and Diversity Documents • Community Organisations • Useful Website Links • Contacts for Further Information

Equality and Diversity

The Trust is committed to:

to delivering services equally and recognise the different and diverse needs of the community it serves
to build a workforce that is valued and whose diversity reflects the communities it serves, enabling the health community to deliver the best possible healthcare services.

The way it goes about putting these into practice is four fold:

to be clear of its goals and how it will achieve these through the agreement of the Trust's Diversity and Equality Strategy and Action plan ( November 2004)
to publish its Race Equalities Scheme ( updated in May 2006)
to establish a Diversity Steering Group to oversee and steer the Trust's work
to support a Race Awareness Staff Group who will provide a support network and contribute to a culture that promotes and values diversity.

The Trust's current priorities are:

embedding the new age legislation into employment practices - developing a disability equality scheme
developing an action plan to address the requirements of the Equality Act.
undertake equalities impact assessments on all its polices and procedures.

Race Awareness Staff Group

The Race Awareness Staff Group was established in 2002, and was formed in order that adequate time and resources could be made available to ensure that the Trust as a significant employer in the community is both fulfilling its obligations and aspirations on the equality and diversity premise.

The group is run by its staff along the lines of a Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) support network. It aims to provide a support for all staff of an ethnic background on related issues as well as providing a useful consultation forum for the Trust.

If you require any further information on the group or you would like to participate as a member you can do so by contacting any of the following:

Sean Ceres
Deputy Director of Finance (Chair to the Group) - Tel: 01452 891155

Firoza Shaikh
Human Resources Manager - Tel: 01452 891081

Key Equality and Diversity Documents

Equalities Annual Report 2004 - 2006

Community Organisations

Cheltenham Hindu Community Centre and Temple
01242 584250

Gloucestershire Afro-Caribbean Association
01452 387754

Gloucestershire Chinese Community Group
01452 503094

Gloucestershire Chinese Women's Group
01452 332088

Gloucestershire Inter-Faith Action Gloucester
01452 530337

Gloucestershire Islamic Trust
01452 506870

Hindu Cultural Association
01452 618753

The Gloucester Muslim Welfare Association Ltd
01452 416830

Useful Website Links

Contact for Further Information

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact:

Lizzie Abderrahim - Non Executive Lead for Diversity
Kay Harrison - Director of HR
Hazel Watson - Director of Nursing, Social Care and Therapies
Carol Sparks - Deputy Director of HR

All are based at Trust Headquarters, Rikenel on 01452 891000.

Equality and Diversity