Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has been successfully shortlisted for a prestigious national award that celebrates organisations that are committed to challenging discrimination and achieving a diverse and inclusive workplace.
The Trust’s Equality and Diversity Team has been shortlisted in the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (enei) Awards’ ‘Team of the Year’ category for their outstanding contribution to delivering change in equality and inclusion, something that has had a positive impact on the Trust.
The team consists of two people, Emma Allen and Joanna Harrison, who are responsible for workplace diversity and inclusion, and supporting over 6,500 employees to provide accessible healthcare services in Lancashire and parts of the surrounding counties.
The team is passionate and enthusiastic about their work, which also includes engaging with local community groups to understand their lived experience or delivering training and raising awareness in the Trust. At present, the team is working on projects relating to workplace race equality, menopause and reasonable adjustments, and supporting staff who work with asylum seekers and refugees.
The team is extremely proud to have enabled the Trust to rise up the Top 50 Inclusive Employers list for the past three years. Having their work recognised by the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion is another accolade that the team is proud of.
Emma Allen, Equality and Diversity Lead at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, said:
“We are thrilled to be shortlisted for the enei Equality and Inclusion Team of the Year award, especially in such excellent company! Jo and I are passionate about increasing diversity in our workforce, driving inclusive behaviours and providing education to support the creation of accessible environments. We know that we have a lot of work still ahead of us but this recognition of the work we do underlines its importance and motivates us to keep going so that all our staff, patients and service users can be themselves and feel safe.”
The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 2 July 2019 at The Law Society in London. For more information about Equality and Diversity at Lancashire Care please visit www.lancashirecare.nhs.uk/ED and for more information about this year’s enei Awards please visit www.enei.org.uk/events/enei-awards-2019.
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