Joining the Trailblazers

The NHS Race and Health Observatory has launched a public survey about the language we use to talk and write about race and ethnicity.

The Emergency Planning Manager for SaTH, Emma-Jane Beattie (right) has convened and been appointed as the chair of the Emergency Planning Apprenticeship Trailblazer Group.

The group was established with a view to recognising Emergency Planning as an occupation, to facilitate some succession planning and the aspiration for Emergency Planning Resilience and Response to be one of the careers of choice for young people.

The development of an Apprenticeship in the field is timelier than ever, with the response to the pandemic and other concurrent incidents over the past months, the

The group has co-opted a fantastic and enthusiastic range of subject matter experts from the Emergency Planning Field with representatives from the Local Authorities, Fire and Rescue Services, the NHS, Nuclear Sector, Environment Agency, The Police and also a number of Higher Education Institutes and the Emergency Planning Society.

The group will be utilising the Emergency Planning Societies Core Competencies Framework, developed by Eve Coles, who taught and mentored hundreds of Emergency Planners during her academic career and sadly passed away earlier this year, as a basis for the apprenticeship standards.

Reaching New Heights!

Louise Jones, a Cleanliness Technician who has worked at the Trust for 12 months, has leaped over 10,000 feet at Tilstock airfield to raise money for a cause close to her heart. Louise has manage to raise over £500 to Shropshire Mental Health (Mind) support.

Louise said “I am really petrified of heights. But it didn’t matter how difficult it was. The most important thing was to raise lots of money. I’m really proud of myself in challenging one of my biggest fears. The jump was absolutely incredible and I would do it again".

Shropshire Mental Health Support (Mind)

Shropshire MHS was established in 1974 and provides a diverse range of quality services, Across the country for one in four people and their families acknowledged to be affected by mental emotional distress. They help to bridge the gap between illness and full independence for service users. Some people need support in many areas of their lives, others in just a few, some for long periods of time, others for only a short while.

Respect for users, with justice and equality of access to services are part of their vision that everyone has the right to live equally with others and to enjoy a good quality of life. They work in partnership with clients to ensure their right to make choices is preserved. They are striving to reduce the debilitating, alienation, stigma and social isolation experienced by

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