Speak up 

• Having the courage to say something, not doing anything is not an option. 
• Making time for difficult conversation could save time in the long run. 
• Challenge challenging behaviours in the moment when they are not compassionate to others.
• Communicating with everyone e in a compassionate way. 

Educate myself

• Read books and articles and talk about what you have learnt.
• Have more conversations and get to know my colleagues.
• Find opportunities to share career journeys and experiences.

Be humble

• It is ok to get it wrong but ensure your intent was good and clear.
• Treat people in line with the CARE values and how you would like to be treated.
• Be prepared to work through some discomfort.

Focus on equality, diversity and inclusion  

• More promotion of the champions groups. 
• Asking for people’s lived experiences (not assuming its known) involve informing actions, so needs can be met.
• Share reverse mentoring journeys more widely.

Training and support 

• More robust ED and I training for anyone with leadership or line management responsibilities. 
• Promote and encourage more people to access cultural allyship / awareness training.
• Support staff with changes in language and terminology and clearly communciate when there are changes. 

Recruitment and Retention

• Be clear about what support is available for those who experience hate crime and how to report it.
• Try and remove any information which may cause bias in shortlisting.
• Focus on what is truly essential to make opportunities more available for all.

Being courageous and live HHFT CARE values 

• Lead by example and be a role model. 
• Challenge behaviours not the individual. 
• Be couragous to be innovative and try new initiatives at a local level. 

Creating the time and space to connect with all team members 

• Create space and time to talk with team members and to listen. 
• Time is a compassionate act and means a lot. 
• Acknowledging the individual and seeing staff as individuals. 
• Encourage staff to be included in Trust wide events like BHM.

We heard you share your worries around using the right terminology, the importance of learning from lived experience and requests to hear more about the reverse mentor partnerships. 

• We regularly celebrate our identities and organise events to share the experiences of our communities including South Asian Heritage Month and Black History Month. We would love you to get involved, please contact culturechange@hhft.nhs.uk if you are interested. 
• Our skill booster videos are coming soon to Green Brain. The short films, micro-courses and longer courses provide key learning points for topics and are a great resource for compassionate leadership. Topics include how to give feedback, difficult conversations on body odour and guidance on how to challenge. You can visit Trust Net to see a full list of videos that will be coming soon. 

• To support the inclusivity network, we have LGBT+, BAME, Disability and International Workforce champions groups. Champions groups have an executive sponsor who they meet across the year. Find out more about joining the groups here. 

• Look out for cohort 3 reverse mentoring journeys being documented by comms. 

You said you would like information on where and how you could bring ED and I into all forums. 

• Access our updated level 2 equality, diversity and inclusion training here. 

• Each Thursday, staff are encouraged to say thank you to other HHFT staff members, both in person and online via the HHFT internal Facebook page – this is a great way to recognise colleagues and be recognised. 
• Our executive team would love to come and visit your team or area through Back to the Floor Fridays – contact their PA to arrange a visit and show case your innovative inclusive ideas. 
• Ensure ED and I is on all meeting agendas. 
• Ensure diverse represenation on all interview panels. 

You had lots of suggestions of ways we could all individually take some ownership for actions to move towards being an anti-racist organisation. 

• Join HHFTs culture club where a new book, podcast or documentary is chosen every 4-6 weeks to give everyone an opportunity to engage with it, then culture clubbers meet in person or virtually to have a chat and a beverage. 

• Support your colleagues to attend Trust events like Black History Month talks and Taste Series in the canteens. 

• Make a display that celebrates the diversity of your department.

• Join a Champions group and be an ally.