Nottinghamshire Healthcare will be showing its support for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) History Month by flying a rainbow flag at its headquarters throughout February.
Mike Cooke, Trust Chief Executive will be hoisting the flag at Duncan Macmillan House, Porchester Road on Monday 1 February at 11.45am.
The Trust is also celebrating being named the most improved employer in Stonewall’s 2010 workplace equality index which features the best employers in Britain for lesbian, gay and bisexual people. The mental health and learning disability service provider was ranked as the best performing employer in the healthcare sector, coming top of the 54 health organisations in the list and 19th in the overall index, scoring 171 points out of a possible 200.
Catherine Conchar, Head of Equality and Diversity, said: “We are really proud to support LGBT History Month. We cover a large geographical area with a diverse population and employ thousands of staff across the Trust’s many sites. We want to embrace, respect and celebrate the diversity of our service users, carers and staff, and supporting LGBT History Month is one way to achieve this.”
LGBT History Month takes place every year in February across the UK. It celebrates the lives and achievements of the LGBT community and encourages people to recognise the positivity of diversity and cultural pluralism.
