Chatterbox: 07 August 2020

7 AUGUST 2020

£50,000 grant received to address health inequalities SaTH has secured almost £50,000 from NHS Charities Together to support a ‘social inclusion’ project aimed at addressing health inequalities in our diverse population .

The Trust will use the money to address areas of inequality, particularly among members of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities.

SaTH’s social inclusion project has three strands:

 Outreach and engagement with BAME and isolated communities  Creation of multi-faith rooms on both sites  Unconscious bias training to understand the lives and needs of the diverse communities served by SaTH Julia Clarke, Director of Corporate Services at SaTH, said: “The communities we serve, and indeed our own workforce, are incredibly diverse.

In Shropshire and mid Wales, we have an older population with rural isolation being a significant factor, whilst in Telford & Wrekin we have some of the most deprived areas in England.

“Unemployment in Telford & Wrekin has significantly increased since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and BAME communities have been disproportionately affected by this.  Story continues on page 5

 The funding came from NHS Charities Together, for which Colonel Tom Moore raised more than £30 million.

Trefeglwys Young Farmers Club has presented a cheque for more than £430 to the Lingen Davies Cancer Fund.

The money was raised club when they went Carol Singing.

Representatives were due to visit the Lingen Davies offices before lockdown, but finally got the chance to hand over the cheque this week.

Thank you to everyone who sang and donated.

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thank everyone who has supported NHS charities during this incredibly difficult time.”

“The percentage of our workforce from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds is higher  SaTH also has its own charity – SaTH than the national average and higher than the Charity – that people can choose to support population we serve. and make a real difference to the patients, affected friends and family, and members of “We need to ensure our hospitals and the staff at RSH and PRH. For more information services we provide are the best they can be for about SaTH Charity please visit everybody we serve and, equally, that we make www.sath.nhs.uk/about-us/charity provisions for all our workforce. This grant will go a long way to helping us achieve that.”

Some of the money will be used to employ a Social Inclusion Project Officer for 12 months.

Their job would be to build relationships with under-represented communities and provide ways for them to engage with the Trust to help shape services which meet their needs.

Another portion of the money will be used to create more inclusive multi-faith rooms, including at the Shropshire Women and Children’s Centre at PRH. Julia said: “This is a very important project for the Trust and we are delighted to have secured the money from NHS Charities Together to drive it forward. On behalf of the Trust I would like to

Apprenticeships are up and running again!

The Government has launched incentives to help recruit apprentices. To find out about these and more:

Telford College & the SATH Workforce Transformation Team would like to invite you along to a virtual meeting through MS Teams taking place on: Wednesday 19 August at 2pm.

Come along and we will highlight the following:      

Benefits of hiring an apprentice in your department New apprenticeship qualifications and how this has changed recently, e.g. Business Administration level 2 is no longer available, what is on offer as an alternative?

New Government incentives available for employing an Apprentice Talent pool of school and college leavers and 19+ The Apprentice Recruitment process Using Apprenticeship qualifications for upskilling existing staff An opportunity to ask questions.

To join us and reserve your place e-mail: Beckie.Bosworth@telfordcollege.ac.uk An MS Teams invite will then be sent directly to you.

Apprenticeship Programmes offered includes:     

Business & Administration – Level 3, 4 Customer Care – Level 2, 3 Healthcare Support – Level 2, 3 Management – Level 3, 5 Human Resources – Level 3, 5 Plus others….

Are you in the SaTH Charity Lottery?

The July winners for SaTH Charity Lottery are Jessica Greenwood (Cancer Services), Samantha L’Anson (Corporate Education), David Howse (Ward 19) and Maggie Davison (Cellular Pathology).

Congratulations to the four winners—and for everyone else make sure you are in with a chance of winning August by downloading a lottery entry form here.

Alternatively, you can collect/request a form from the SaTH Charity office. Completed forms should be returned to sath.charity@nhs.net or the SaTH Charity Office (Suite 2, Stretton House, RSH).

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1st prize = 20% of the entry money

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2 x 2nd prizes = 10% of the entry money

 2 x 3rd prizes = 5% of the entry money Providing entries are made by the end of a calendar month, deductions will be made from The remaining 50% of the money will go into the the subsequent month’s payroll, and you will be Small Things Makes a Big Difference Fund. entered into the following month’s draw.

There may be a one-off “super draw” every year Tickets cost £1 and a maximum of 5 tickets can with larger cash prizes. This will replace one of be purchased. Payment will be deducted from the monthly draws and will be publicised in your salary (a minimum of £1 per month to a advance of the draw date. maximum of £5 per month). It is the The draw will take place on the second responsibility of each employee to check that Wednesday of each month. The winners will be deductions are accurate. announced in Chatterbox that week.

A prize pool will be created by the monthly contributions to the lottery. The greater the The Staff Lottery is open to all number of players, the bigger the cash prizes staff working at SaTH who have and funds raised for staff benefit.

The prize pool will be split so approximately 50% will go on prizes:

regular contracted hours and are on the Trust’s payroll.