Expanding and enhancing data collection is critical to identifying and addressing the needs of LGBTQ+ communities. As the size and diversity of LGBTQ+ populations continue to expand, particularly among young people, the importance of collecting data on these communities only continues to grow.

This session, delivered by our CEO, Heather Paterson, will look at best practices and key considerations when collecting demographic data related to sexual orientation and gender identity.

Are you responsible for the collection of data as part of your role? Do you monitor data for your organisation, or complete monitoring reports for funders and partners? How can you be sure you are collecting the right information for your context, in the best format? What data should you be collecting, how should you ask those questions, and what should you do with that information?

This session is aimed those working in administration, IT, HR and any other roles involving data collection of service users or staff.

We will cover some LGBTQ+ terminology awareness so you can ensure you are using the right language and practical examples of what 'good' forms look like and how you can collect the most usable data for analysis.

We will look at how you can you avoid programming bias and barriers into your system, with examples from practice.

This training will support you to:

Collect the apporpriate data to meet a specific and well-defined goal and clearly state why data is being collected and how it will be used
Ensure data is collected, used, maintained, and shared inline with strong confidentiality, and ethical standards in place to minimize the risk of data disclosure and misuse.
Evaluate trends and identify needs and service gaps, improving the quality of data

This event will take place via Teams - Please ensure you have a Teams account you can access before the event starts.

Counting Queers - Best practices in LGBTQ+ data collection and monitoring

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