Staff Networks Funding & FTE, last 3 financial years

Reference: 24-25335

Date response sent: 19/11/2024

Details of enquiry

Please include the following information for 2020/22, 2022/23, 2023/24:

1. A list of all the staff networks at the trust
2. Whether each network receives funding from the trust and, if so, how much (please express annually for the last three financial years)
3. How much FTE equivalent staff time each network is entitled to. For example, a staff network may have a chair who’s entitled to spend 10% of their working hours devoted to the network (please express annually for the last three financial years)
4. A list of events that each network has held in this financial year so far (April to the present day), including the title of the event, information on any guest speakers and the time of the event

Response sent

1. A list of all the staff networks at the trust
2. LGBTQI+ Staff Network,
3. Purple Circle Staff Network,
4. Race Equality Network
5. Whether each network receives funding from the trust and, if so, how much (please express annually for the last three financial years)

Each staff network is allocated £3,000 per year

3. How much FTE equivalent staff time each network is entitled to. For example, a staff network may have a chair who’s entitled to spend 10% of their working hours devoted to the network (please express annually for the last three financial years)

For the last 3 years, each staff network chair has been and continues to be entitled to 10% of a full-time working week.

4. A list of events that each network has held in this financial year so far (April to the present day), including the title of the event, information on any guest speakers and the time of the event

The requested data involves the identity of guests invited to staff network meetings.  We have withheld their names, as exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act, Personal Information about third parties, where complying with the request would contravene the  UK General Protection Regulation or the Data Protection Act 2018.  This is an absolute exemption that does not require the authority to carry out the public interest test.

The listing of Network Events and the designations of invited guests follows below: