Black History Month 2018

October 31, 2018

Today marks the last day of our Black History Month Celebration for 2018, and what a month we have had.

We started with our opening of the exhibition from the Windrush Generations. They’ re still on display in the Education Centre at Sandwell Hospital and will be a permanent exhibition.

As the BME Staff Network we took part in events across the Trust and local community including the RCN Black History Month Conference and the African-Caribbean Health Information Conference it has been great to see so many members of colleagues engage with these events.

During October the next set of Stepping Up Leadership Programme for BMEA Staff launched and successfully delivered – look at yesterday’s Comms update for how to apply for the December cohorts.

The network had a really engaging presentation at our meeting on the patient experience of having sickle cell and thalassemia and being treated here at the Trust.

We hope you have enjoyed our celebrations and if you would like to be active in the BME Staff Network why not join us for our December meeting?

We are already planning Black History Month 2019 and would love your ideas and input.

For more information please contact swbh.bme@nhs.net.