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Nottinghamshire Healthcare
NHS Trust tops Stonewall 100
Stonewall has recently published its Top 100
Employers 2015, showcasing Britain’s best
employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is
named as 2015’s top gay-friendly employer;
in second place is Tower Hamlets Homes and
Lloyds Banking Group is third. This year is the
fifteenth anniversary of the repeal of the ban
on lesbian, gay and bisexual people serving
in the military, and fittingly, all three of the
armed forces appear on the list for the first
time. On 12 January 2000, the ban on lesbian,
gay and bisexual people serving in the military
was lifted. In 2015 The Army, Royal Navy and
Royal Air Force secure positions at 46, 56 and
91 respectively. MI5 also takes seventh place.
Pride UK at American Express wins the award
for Network Group of the Year. Alison Lowe,
Touchstone’s Chief Executive is named Senior
Champion of the Year. Tamoor Ali, Senior
Commercial Analyst at BP is Role Model of
the Year. Ally of the Year is awarded to EDF
Energy’s Chief Nuclear Officer Mark Gorry.
Accenture, Barclays, BP, Citi, Freshfields
Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills,
HSBC, IBM, RBS and the Royal Air Force
are named as Top Global Employers, based on
their support for their lesbian, gay and bisexual
staff worldwide.
Ruth Hunt, Stonewall Chief Executive said:
Ruth Hawkins, Chief Executive,
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust,
said: ‘I am absolutely delighted to lead
Stonewall’s Employer of the Year for 2015.
The Trust has an outstanding reputation for
its proactive approach to all strands of equality
and diversity. Having appeared in the Top
100 list for a number of years it is especially
rewarding to see that our continued efforts to
tackle discrimination and create an inclusive
workplace have been recognised.’
The Top 100 list is based on the results of
Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2015,
the eleventh published by the charity. The
Index is based on a range of key indicators
which include a confidential questionnaire
of lesbian, gay and bisexual staff, with over
9,700 participants. This consistently revealed
that employees from organisations ranked in
Stonewall’s Top 100 exhibited higher levels of
staff satisfaction and loyalty.
“
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and every employer featured in
the 2015 Top 100 have performed remarkably. Not only was this the most
competitive year to date, we’re delighted to see that in just fifteen years
our armed forces are making real progress in supporting and developing
their lesbian, gay and bisexual staff.
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