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Speak Up Month 2021 is here!
October is Speak Up Month

Throughout October, Freedom to Speak Up Guardians and their organisations will be raising awareness of Freedom to Speak Up and the work which is being done to make speaking up business as usual.

This year the National Guardian’s Office is encouraging everyone to play their part to Speak Up, Listen Up and Follow Up.

We are encouraging everyone – wherever they work – to complete the Freedom to Speak Up Elearning and make a Speak Up Pledge.

We’ll be sharing blogs and case studies to illustrate the part we all play in fostering a culture where people can speak up and be confident they will be listened to and that action will follow for learning and improvement.

We’re also holding a series of virtual events. Details of how to register are below. Spaces are limited, but we will be recording the events so they can be shared via our YouTube channel.

Have you completed the training and made your Speak Up Pledge?

Share with us on Twitter or LinkedIn, we’ll be using the hashtag #SpeakUpListenUpFollowUp and sharing pledges using #SpeakUpPledge

Check the NGO website for the latest blogs and articles.
 
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Speak Up: What happens when you contact a Freedom to Speak Up Guardian?

Date: Thursday 7 October 12PM–1PM

Our first event looks at Speak Up. What happens when you contact a Freedom to Speak Up Guardian?

Sara Gorton, National Secretary for Health at Unison and Staff Side Chair at the Social Partnership Forum will be in conversation with Freedom to Speak Up Guardians, to ask them about speaking up and what to expect when you speak up to a Freedom to Speak Up Guardian.

We are delighted that Celina Mfuko, Joyful Chigiga and Helen Turner will join us talk about what to expect when you contact a Freedom to Speak Up Guardian.
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Listen Up: Listening up and the role of managers.

Date: Monday 11 October 12PM-1PM

For our second event we’re focussing on Listen Up

Jon Restell, Chief Executive of Managers in Partnership will discuss listening up and the role of managers with Megan Reitz, author of Speak Up: Say what needs to be said and and David Cain, Senior Consultant Advisor to the Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Freedom to Speak Up Guardian.
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Follow Up: The role of leadership in fostering a culture where people can speak up.

Date: Thursday 14 October at 3-4PM

Our third event – Follow Up – is chaired by Jacqueline Davies, NHS Director of Leadership and Livelong Learning with a panel of leaders who will discuss the role of leadership in fostering a culture where people can speak up and be confident they will listened to and the action will follow for learning and improvement.

Jacqueline will be in conversation with Elizabeth Nyawade, Chief of People and Culture at Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and Angie Smithson, Chief Executive of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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A final event in association with the Institute of Business Ethics will be announced in the next bulletin.

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