Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Bath NHS House Combe Park Bath BA1 3QE

29 July 2021

Freedom of Information/RFI-2339

Thank you for your request for information from Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership, NHS Trust. Please find below our response to your questions.

Section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) entitles you to be provided with any information ‘held’ by a public authority. The Trust is not obligated to create information to respond to a request, only to provide information that is already held, unless an appropriate exemption applies. We have dealt with your request in accordance with your ‘right to know’ and are pleased to respond.

You requested: Please provide any information that you hold answering to any of the following descriptions:

1. Any application you made in 2019 or 2020 to be a " Diversity Champion" or to be included on Stonewall's "Workplace Equality Index," including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please redact personal details if necessary.  No contact / communication was made during 2019.  An application was made in 2020 to be a member of Stonewall’s Diversity Champions Program at a cost of £2,500 + VAT.

2. Any feedback you received in 2019 or 2020 from Stonewall in relation to either application or programme.  During 2020 an application for membership of Stonewall’s Diversity Champions Program was signed on the 29/02/2020 which outlined the proposal of the membership. This application was accepted by Stonewall. (See attached)

3. Any other communication you have received from Stonewall in 2019 or 2020 unless privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure (but if you claim privilege or exemption in relation to any material, please say in broad terms what the material is and the basis on which you claim to be entitled to withhold it).  During 2020, AWP received the following communication from Stonewall: o Stonewall attended AWP’s LBGTQ+ Staff Group to discuss Diversity Champions Programme/ Action Plan on these dates: 15th April 2020, 19th August 2020. o AWP - Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership Action Plan (See attached)

o Upon AWP’s request, received comments and suggestions from Stonewall regarding (a) Maternity, Adoption and Parental Policy; See link (b) Prevention of Bullying and Harassment Policy; See link (c) Special Leave Policy See link

All other communication with Stonewall has been through telephone calls.

Chair Trust Headquarters Chief Executive Charlotte Hitchings Bath NHS House, Newbridge Hill, Bath BA1 3QE Dominic Hardisty

4. Full details of any equality impact assessment you carried out connected with any of these applications (including any equality impact assessment carried out prior to an earlier application of the same kind, if no further assessment was done).  No Equality Impact Assessment carried out.

5. Details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall (i) in 2019; (ii) in 2020, whether or not as payment for goods or services.  The Trust did not make any payments to Stonewall in the calendar year 2019.  The Trust made a payment of £3,000 to Stonewall in the calendar year 2020.

6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme in the future, and if so which.  During the financial year 2020/21, the Trust paid in advance for a Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership which covers the period 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022.

Any contact details provided in this response are for the purposes of complying with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the provision of these details should not be taken as consent for their use in marketing or business communications.

We hope the information is of use to you. If you feel your request has not been dealt with appropriately, you are entitled to request an internal review. To request an internal review, please email: [email protected] within 40 days of this response, quoting the reference number above.

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Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team

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Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust - Year 1 Membership Objectives:

Objective Supporting Resources Action

Policy reviews  Stonewall Inclusive Policy Toolkit  Stonewall to direct AWP to toolkits – all the toolkits are in a downloadable PDF  Stonewall Trans Inclusion Toolkit format on your memberships portal here and here  AWP to send Stonewall policies for review - family policies and bullying, harassment & discrimination, trans-specific policies – develop a transitioning at work policy

Diverse recruitment  Proud Employers  AWP to use their 5 free ads on Proud Employers – you can log in here or email  Stonewall Diversity Champions logo – available [email protected] (copy me in) to advertise jobs here on the portal  AWP to use the Stonewall logo on job pages / public facing website alongside  When using our logo on your website / job ads I the suggested copy recommend also using some copy similar to this:  AWP to update the Chief Executive statement on public facing website, listing ‘Stonewall is the largest , , Bi and all protected characteristics and highlighting commitment to diversity and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’ inclusion

LGBT Staff Network  Stonewall Staff Network resources  Stonewall to review and provide feedback on AWP LGBTQ+ Staff Network  Our LGBT Workplace Stories – profiling a wide Terms of Reference range of LGBT voices  Stonewall to direct AWP to our Staff Network resources - they are in a downloadable PDF format on your memberships portal here and here  AWP Staff Network to use the LGBT Workplace Stories to show a diverse range of voices internally and encourage other to come forward as role models

Monitoring  Stonewall Monitoring best practice resource  AWP to review the questions that are currently asked on sexual orientation and to start to monitor in line with best practice questions – perhaps using staff satisfaction survey for this