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Praise for supporting internationally educated NHS colleagues

Published on: Monday, December 4, 2023
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HHFT celebrates Black History Month

Published on: 5 October 2020
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Reverse Mentoring: a road to black and minority ethnic staff empowerment

By Ali Raza / 24 October 2019
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Reverse mentoring delivers real value

By Ali Raza and Kiki Onyesoh / 10 June 2019
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“This was so good. It gave me a platform to speak about my experience. It also made me think about situations I have brushed aside before. It was a difficult process, but necessary. It’s a process that can be risky as I found out from other mentors involved. You are opening up and you don't know how it's perceived. You are opening yourself up for judgment."
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentor
"This was an excellent program. I would like all senior leaders to engage with this. There are so many higher-ups that only focus on the targets, that they can lose sight of other important things like the people that deliver those targets.”
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentor
“I appreciate the warmth and welcoming aura of Adriana throughout the training. It felt very much like a safe space to have questions and exchange ideas.”
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentor
“Thanks to everyone at The Reverse Mentoring Practice for such great support throughout the programme!”
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentor
“The instructors were very good at explaining what the programme entails.”
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentor
“It was fantastic to have the network of other mentors as well as the programme facilitators. This network and the discussion we had/ideas we shared was an unexpected bonus that really helped to enrich my experience of participating in the programme.”
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentor
"This was an excellent program. I would like all senior leaders to engage with this. There are so many higher-ups that only focus on the targets, that they can lose sight of other important things like the people that deliver those targets.”
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentor
“The team running the scheme was excellent (especially Adriana - she speaks with such infectious passion and knows what she's talking about). Many resources were available to help on SharePoint, which I used for a few sessions."
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentor
“The preparatory sessions were extremely useful to both myself and my mentor in terms of setting boundaries and context.”
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentor
“It's essential that the widest range of senior managers have the chance to engage in the programme – and this is best handled as a rolling programme over a number of years, allowing new appointees to participate. There certainly seems to be no lack of material to discuss.”​
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentee
“Gives a voice, and provides supporting structure, for staff members who are not otherwise heard or empowered to have influence over leaders. It increased my awareness of the existence of invisible barriers that affect minorities.”
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentee
“It is just humbling. There's so much out there that we all still have to learn about what each of us could do to improve inclusion, equality and diversity in our organisation. And to really, really benefit from that making it work for everyone. ​ I think it is something that just came alive a lot more and inform how we might actually do things differently instead of just: 'Oh, here's a policy for it'."​
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentor
"It was useful to understand in depth the viewpoint of others in the organisation, and to define with them the changes that could / should be made to move the organisation forward.”
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentee
"The programme enabled deep, open, and honest conversations built on trust. It broke down hierarchical barriers and created a safe space for meaningful dialogue, fostering mutual understanding"
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentor
"I think all senior leaders should do this at least once"
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentee
"The whole reverse mentoring is a gift. I'd been waiting for this for the last 18 months. And the fact that I got paired with someone like my reverse mentor was just a godsend"
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentee
“If you're going to have an effective leadership team who will be able to provide a public service, which is a reflection of the population it serves, then you've got to ground your approach in that curiosity and humility. And to actually be open to being representative of a diverse population and a diverse workforce that's required for that"
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reverse Mentee
“The experience provided a safe space – it is one of the best things I’ve done in my experience – where I felt able to ask my partner, ‘Am I racist in my thinking?’ I would never have done that before.”
The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Reciprocal Sponsor
RMP nomination at University of Nottingham awards ceremony
Deepa (Reverse Mentor from University Hospitals Dorset) & Stacy Johnson
Reverse Mentoring Cohort at University of Wolverhampton
Stacy at the European Diversity Awards ceremony
Deepa (Reverse Mentor from University Hospitals Dorset) & Charlotte
Hampshire Hospitals Reverse Mentoring Participants
Stacy at the European Diversity Awards ceremony
Ben, Charlotte, Stacy & Adriana representing RMP at University of Nottingham awards ceremony
Courage (Reverse Mentor) and Alex (Reverse Mentee)
Stacy and Adriana at the European Diversity Awards ceremony
Alicia (Project Lead for one of our reciprocal mentoring programmes) and Charlotte

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Customer Awards

We’re proud to share that our clients who have used the ReMEDI framework, have caught the attention of industry experts and are now gracing award shortlists for their exceptional accomplishments. This recognition fuels our commitment to eliminating discrimination in the workplace-one conversation at a time, unleashing the power of Reverse Mentoring.

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust

HPMA Excellence in People Awards 2024: Mills & Reeve award for leading in equality, diversity and inclusion

Solent NHS Trust

Solent NHS Trust

Staff Wellbeing Initiative of the Year

HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2023
NHS Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS FT

Staff Wellbeing Initiative of the Year

HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2023
NHS Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Improving Health Outcomes for Minority Ethnic Communities

HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2023
NHS England

NHS England – London region and Multicultural Marketing Consultancy

Improving Health Outcomes for Minority Ethnic Communities

HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2023
NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Health, Medical and Social Care Employer of the Year 2023

Staff Wellbeing Initiative of the Year

Improving Health Outcomes for Minority Ethnic Communities

NHS Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Dame Elizabeth Anionwu Award for Inclusivity in Nursing and Midwifery

Nursing Times Awards
NHS Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Winner of the Mills & Reeve Award for leading in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Mills & Reeve
NHS Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

NHS HSJ Workplace Race Equality Awards – Champions of Race Equality

HSJ Awards 2023
NHS Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust

North Staffordshire Combined Health Care NHS Trust

NHS HSJ Workplace Race Equality Awards – Combined Race forward

HSJ Awards 2023
NHS Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust

NHS HSJ Workplace Race Equality Awards – Beyond Boundaries, a Black and Minority Ethnic Staff Development Programme

HSJ Awards 2023
GIG Cymru Bwrdd lechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda (NHS Wales University Health Board)

Hywel Dda Health Board

Wales CIPDD Wales Award – Reverse Mentoring Programme, Best Equality and Diversity Initiative

CIPD
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Testimonials

“It was truly an honour of my life to participate in such an impactful programme and session.”

Charity Gladstone MBE

Matron for Cardiology and Respiratory, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

“Your organisation has provided safe spaces for our mentors to be able to discuss the mentoring, provided insights and understanding, lived experience (- i.e. what is it like to be at the end of racism) and psychological safety.  You have helped improve their understanding of mentoring and increased their confidence.   You pushed the mentors to have uncomfortable conversations and take them to the next level.  We really like that ‘you are the experts by experience’.” 

Kathy McLauchlan (she/her)

Lead Consultant Organisational Development, The City of Edinburgh Council 

“As a result of the programme I’ve changed my practice. The simplest example was our email signatures. We had some feedback from one colleague around using pronouns and what that meant to the LGBT+ colleagues. We introduced the option to include preferred pro-nouns to all our signatures. This is a very simple practical example of what we can do and we’ve just done it. Some of the programmes real power is holding that awareness. It brings more awareness into every agenda item in a meeting and every conversation and interaction. I’ve heard things that I don’t think I would have noticed if it hadn’t been for the programme”

Louise Bainbridge

CEO, Nottingham City Care Partnership

“The programme was transformational. I’ve been wanting to do reverse mentoring probably for two years. It’s been on the list of things that we were going to do as an organisation and for all different reasons. The programme gives you the emotional understanding that classroom training doesn’t. You learn in and outside of the sessions. You start noticing and learning in between the sessions. I would definitely do it again.”

Louise Bainbridge

CEO, Nottingham City Care Partnership

NHS Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
“We are the first organisation to run the International Nurses model and there is huge learning for us. It is about doing the right thing and learning from colleagues.”

Yvonne Simpson

Corporate Head of Nursing, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS FT

NHS England
“Stacy and The Remedi Project have been the foundation to building a powerful inclusive relationship between participants and sponsors on our Midlands Developing Aspirant Nursing and Midwifery Leaders programme. They have consistently gone above and beyond to support the programme success. This has had a powerful impact on equality, diversity, and inclusion across the region.”

Tom Warner

Clinical Workforce Equalities Manager, NHS England – Midlands

NHS England
“This is the most important piece of work I have done in the 30 years I have worked for the NHS.”

Sandra Mellors

NHS Deputy CEO

Solent NHS Trust
“Reverse Mentoring is the key to unlocking cultural conversations and connections in a way not achieved by any other intervention in my experience. Professor Stacy Johnson and team have built a credible and sustainable model that has adapted during and beyond Covid.”

Debbie Robinson

D&I Strategic and Operational Partner for Solent NHS Trust

NHS Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
“The support provided is thoughtful, flexible and tailored to the organisation, and the expertise and knowledge that the team provide ensures a firm foundation for all those involved.”

Vicky Beckwith

EDI Lead for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

AdvanceHE
“The Reverse Mentoring Practice have created a really powerful framework for Liberation-focused supervisions – the themes all resonate and their facilitation style is supportive and empowering. The sessions have re-energised me in my Equality, Diversity and Inclusion work.”

Thahmina Begum

Lead Executive, Race Equality, Advance HE UK

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