Thread by @BAMEOTUK

@DrCConnell @sarah_bodell @LecturerMish @anita_atwal 1/ Good question @sarah_bodell
Love that idea @DrCConnell , we could even go to say that positive action is taken & there is always a seat specifically for election for each of those #Diversity groups
Thank you for both your engagement

Another draft idea... (cont.) #BAME

@DrCConnell @sarah_bodell @LecturerMish @anita_atwal 2/ If there is ever an #Equality #Diversity #inclusion (#EDI) officer in the college, then attached to this are @BAMEOTUK network, officially in @theRCOT contributing to the EDI agenda (cont.)

#campaign @BAMEOTUK network officially part of @theRCOT

@DrCConnell @sarah_bodell @LecturerMish @anita_atwal @theRCOT 3/ The aim would be to influence & impact @theRCOT activities & raise the agenda at board level regarding the issues of paying #BAME members across the profession & ...(cont.)

#campaign @BAMEOTUK network officially part of @theRCOT

@DrCConnell @sarah_bodell @LecturerMish @anita_atwal @theRCOT 4/ ... challenge organisational factors locally & wider that limit the career potential & progression of #BAME #OccupationalTherapy students therapists & educators, & (cont.)
#campaign @BAMEOTUK network officially part of @theRCOT

@DrCConnell @sarah_bodell @LecturerMish @anita_atwal @theRCOT 5/ ..., & negatively impact occupational therapy care for #BAME public

Also the group will be an accessible 'critical friends' with lived experience that can shape the agenda not only due to negative issues but ...(cont.)

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@DrCConnell @sarah_bodell @LecturerMish @anita_atwal @theRCOT 6/ ...also raise awareness of good practice

This works successfully regarding the #Diversity networks within the @thecsp e.g. @cspbame & .... (cont.)

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@DrCConnell @sarah_bodell @LecturerMish @anita_atwal @theRCOT @thecsp @cspbame 7/ ..& @NHSEngland's AHP chief officer @SuzanneRastrick is setting up the #BAME strategic forum members from are BAME & #Ally #AHPs (cont.)

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@DrCConnell @sarah_bodell @LecturerMish @anita_atwal @theRCOT @thecsp @cspbame @NHSEngland @SuzanneRastrick 8/..
So why doesn't the @theRCOT innovate & have an appointed #EDI officer who is supported & works with officially recognised #Diversity groups, e.g. @BAMEOTUK Network (cont.)

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@DrCConnell @sarah_bodell @LecturerMish @anita_atwal @theRCOT @thecsp @cspbame @NHSEngland @SuzanneRastrick 9/ ..
Only thing stopping RCOT engaging with networks i.e. @BAMEOTUK Network as outlined in the thread, is willingness to change innovatively & boldly & show they care at all what their #BAME paying members are saying
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@DrCConnell @sarah_bodell @LecturerMish @anita_atwal @theRCOT @thecsp @cspbame @NHSEngland @SuzanneRastrick 10/ This is only a draft idea
Enable RCOT to align with #BAME paying members, but also help RCOT acknowledge & act to change its institutionally racist polices, practices & premises because this benefits all members #Ubuntu
#campaign @BAMEOTUK network officially part of @theRCOT