Creating a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is everyone’s responsibility. It is key to delivering our Trust Values and continuously driving our organisational success and effectiveness. A diverse workforce where colleagues feel valued and enabled to reach their full potential has a positive impact on everyone; in turn improving innovation and decision-making as well as meeting the needs of the diverse population we serve.

This workshop is for all staff and has been organised by the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team. A guest speaker, David Shosanya, will talk about unconscious bias.

An awareness of unconscious bias has significant impact on the way we think about ourselves and each other when we explore issues of equity, equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. This workshop will build on that awareness by drawing on insights as well as examine the way in which race, class, gender, age, disability sexuality, etc overlap and affect individuals and communities - as well as explore what further steps we need to be taking, beyond increasing personal awareness and changing our language, to bring about cultural changes that intentionally create a working environment that is an equal playing field for all.

What to Expect:

• understand the different forms of unconscious bias.

• be aware of your personal biases and recognise how they inform the way you see ‘reality’ and make decisions.

• appreciate that unconscious bias is both individual and institutional in nature.

• be able to recognise that, intended or not, unconscious bias can have a detrimental effect on others both personally and professionally.

• learn strategies to reduce unconscious bias and improve fairness, equality, diversity and inclusion throughout the organisation.

Access Requirements

Please state any specific requirements you might have when booking.

To participate, you simply need a device (computer, laptop, tablet or phone) with internet access which will enable you to hear/listen to presentations, see presenters' slides, submit online questions and engage with presenters during the event.

To join, connect to Microsoft Teams and click on link for video conferencing or a telephone number along with a conference ID number for audio call that will be sent to you.

Please endeavour to dial in 5 minutes before the event is scheduled to start and ensure you are in a suitable place where you would not be disturbed so you can make the most of the session.

Event Contact Details

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team - dchst.equality@nhs.net