Humber Disability Network

The Trust vision is to maximise the impact and the involvement of all disabled colleagues, ensuring all feel valued and thrive within an inclusive and compassionate workplace.

The Humber Disability Network will work with the organisation to tackle any issues regarding:

Inequalities, discrimination, and social justice.
Disproportionate representation of non-disabled colleagues across all grades particularly in senior grades
Health inequalities in terms of care, outcomes, health and wellbeing outcomes, experience, monitoring and the impact of Covid-19 on disabled staff and communities,
The need to make this “everybody’s business.”

How the Humber Disability Network will support its members.

Offering a space where concerns can be raised, escalated, and addressed as appropriate, with the intent of improving disabled staff work/life experience, in turn, helping to improve the wellbeing of the wider disabled community, by ensuring more holistic and inclusive decision making.
Empowering its members to hold the organisation to account, in line with its stated vision, aims and intentions, in accordance with the ‘Being Humber’ behavioural framework.

Who can be a member?

The Network is for all staff that define themselves as disabled.

It is important, as part of our commitment, all line managers should support disabled staff to attend.

What is an ally, and who can be an ally?

Anyone has the potential to be an ally if you wish to contribute in anyway or just simply offer your support.

It is important issues around inequality are made to be ‘everybody’s business’, to understand the impact of discrimination, raise awareness that discrimination of any kind has no place in society nor our Trust and to get involved with positive outcomes that ensure all our colleagues feel valued and thrive within an inclusive and compassionate workplace.

Being an ally doesn’t necessarily mean you fully understand the issues, but it does mean you.

Take on issues of equality as your own.
Amplify voices of others before your own.
Acknowledge that the conversation is not about your own experiences but is about others in that group.
Stand up for others.
Own your own mistakes.
Take ownership of informing and educating yourself on the issues

How do I get involved as a member or ally?

If you identify as disabled and want to get involved and give voice & visibility, or you wish to be an ally, get in touch with John Duncan, john.duncan6@nhs.net, Workforce & Equality Diversity and Inclusion Partner.

Network meetings – Three per month

Network meetings will be split, scheduled to last for 30-90 mins. There will be two ‘Safe Space’ meetings offered providing space for everyone.

These 2 informal meetings are for staff who identify themselves as disabled only! The meetings will offer social support and work up areas to discuss, with a strict rule of confidentiality.

There will also be a formal monthly meeting. This lasts approx. 30-60 minutes and is open for both disabled & non-disabled staff and active allies to join. This part of the meeting has more focus on actions, addressing points raised and positive outcomes.

Upcoming Events: -

Wednesday 4 September (Formal Meeting) 11:30am
Saturday 14 September (Safe Space Meeting) 10:30am – 12pm
Tuesday 24 September (Safe Space Meeting) 18:00pm – 19:30pm
Wednesday 2 October (Formal Meeting) 11:30am
Saturday 12 October (Safe Space Meeting) 10:30am – 12pm
Tuesday 29 October (Safe Space Meeting) 18:00pm – 19:30pm
Wednesday 6 November (Formal Meeting) 11:30am
Saturday 16 November (Safe Space Meeting) 10:30am – 12pm
Tuesday 26 November (Safe Space Meeting) 18:00pm – 19:30pm

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