Someone from the KMPCTH will be on hand at our key events to talk about the initiative and help colleagues understand how they can access and use the tools and resources aimed at helping inform, educate, challenge and encourage us to build our awareness about equality, diversity and inclusion.
Documents
- Deaf Awareness Tips Make a difference when communicating with someone deaf or hard of hearing
- Deaf Awareness - Fingerspelling Alphabet (right-handed)
- Deaf Awareness - Fingerspelling Alphabet (left-handed)
- Deaf Awareness - Greetings A poster by Signs4Life
- Inclusive Language Guidance University of Brighton
- A guide to race and ethnicity terminology and language The Law Society
- How to respect my ethnic name Anpu Sivakumaran
- Dare to Care (Creating an anti-racist environment) University of Essex
- You’ve Been Called Out for a Microaggression. What Do You Do? Harvard Business Review
- Avoiding Microaggressions in Classrooms and Online College Educated Resources
- Racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and health The Lancet (infographics)
- The coin model of privilege and critical allyship: implications for health Stephanie Nixon, 2019
- Bridging The Gap to Leadership Canterbury Christ Church University and University of Brighton
- Health and Wellbeing Resources for the Sikh Community Names and links of charities supporting the Sikh community
Videos
- Racism in the NHS
- Understanding privilege and allyship
- Tips for Effective Allyship
- Inclusion Starts with I This short YouTube video highlights the discrimination that people face, the assumptions people make, microaggressions, the need for a more inclusive working environment and reminds us all of our responsibility to change this.
- It’s not Okay This 3 minute you tube video, created by John Lewis Partnership, reminds everyone what is and is not acceptable when meeting someone from a ethnically diverse background
LGBTQI+ local and national resources
- Be You Project (Kent-wide) For all young people 13-25 (sometimes accept younger people for one-to-one support) - youth groups and one-to-one work, carer/ family support.
- Metro Stand Out (Medway) Youth group for LGBTQ+ people aged between 16 and 25 in Medway.
- Gendered Intelligence Registered charity that exists to increase understandings of gender diversity and improve trans people's quality of life.
- MGSD Centre (Medway Gender Sexual Diversity Centre) Trans & gender variant - youth groups, adult groups, parents/ carers support group, partners group, groups for LGB communities, counselling (have to pay for this).
- Mermaids Helping gender-diverse kids, young people and their families.
- Stonewall For all lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and ace (LGBTQ+) people everywhere.
- Galop Supporting LGBT+ people who have experienced abuse and violence
- Imaan LGBTQ+ Muslims
- Albert Kennedy Trust - Homeless
- Live through This Charity supporting and advocating LGBTQ+ people affected by cancer.
- Pride Month: Lou Toms-Whittle, GP and Fellow in Gender Incongruence shares their experience Video
- Pride Month - Inclusive Practice: Making People Feel Welcome PowerPoint Presentation - Frances Rintoul
- Pride Month - Inclusive Practice: Making People Feel Welcome Presentation Recording - Frances Rintoul
- Pride Month - Inclusive Practice: The practicalities of caring for the LGBTIQ+ community PowerPoint presentation - Dr Lou Toms-Whittle
- LGBTQI+ FAQs for Practice Staff
Health Inequalities Resources
- QNI Homeless and Inclusion Health Programme
- QNI Homeless and Inclusion Health Guides and Reports
- Pathway Healthcare for homeless people
- LNNM E-learning on Inclusion Health
- Mental Health Together Mental Health Together is a new service being developed by Kent and Medway's Community Mental Health Transformation programme to support people with complex mental health needs
Black History Month
- Celebrating Black History Month 2023 in Kent
- Pregnancy - Supporting Patients from Minority Ethnic Backgrounds
- Pregnancy - It's ok to ask the Black and African Community (video)
- "You're Pregnant" Poster A poster for practices' waiting rooms to help guide patients in their pregnancy journey - please request by writing to kmpcth@nhs.net
- Celebrating Black History Month 2022 in Kent and Medway (video)
- Diabetes amongst Black and Asian communities (video)
- Eating for health (video)
Green NHS/Green Practice
- Greener Practice – Greener Practice – UK's primary care sustainability network RCGP net zero hub
- Course: Net Zero Hub (rcgp.org.uk) Helping you get your practice to net-zero
- SEE Sustainability Website with(non-clinical) carbon calculator
