DiverSLT_Network

Hello Twitter! We are very excited to share DiverSLT, our uk-based network for speech and language therapy progressionals from ethnic minority backgrounds. Please share and follow for updates. #slt #slta #rcslt

@FatimahBH @SLTBeckett @RCSLT Congratulations! 🥳

Join us on Tuesday 25 July for the launch of our recommendations report into barriers to healthcare faced by people with a learning disability from ethnic minority backgrounds. Online webinar register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-deserve-b…

The newly updated @RCSLT #healthinequalities resources include lots of stuff on using your routine #data along with national / local data to interrogate the equity of your service. ⤵️ #section-3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">rcslt.org/learning/diver… Worth thinking about for HEI clinics too @annacaute @Prof_A_Bateman

📄 The #NHSWorkforcePlan was released on Friday. 💥 This is what some of it means for #AHPs 🪡

We will be studying today's NHS workforce plan in detail and analysing what it means for our members but here is our initial response⬇️⬇️

A very interesting study by @AYPHcharity looking at ethnicity and young people's health inequalities. 👇🏿👇🏾👇🏽👇🏼👇🏻 #slt #slta #speechies #ahp ayph.org.uk/ethnicity-and-…

⭐️ Celebrating our wonderful windrush generation who arrived to the UK 75 years ago! ⭐️ In the midst of racial challenges and injustices, you demonstrated emense strength and resilience. Thank you for your sacrifices, dedication and contribtions! 💜 #Windrush75 #WindrushDay

Thank you for sitting and sharing with me today, @Diverslt. So many wonderful discussions being had with pediatric SLTs! I'm still looking for SLT participants who may have black or brown children on their caseload! Send me a dm!

Just met with the lovely #slt2b @Twisted_Kimmy to support with her dissertation project. It is great to see so many more #diverse dissertation topics in SLT. If you are a paediatric #SLT working in or around the London area, please support. #diversityinslt #changingnarratives

Sending out another appeal for my dissertation. Seeking families of Caribbean Creole heritage living in the UK to discuss the maintainance of Creole languages in families with children with SLCN. #caribbean #SLCN #Creole @WFarahslt @vishinair5 @OfSlts @BLAMCharity

Hi #speechies! Please support and share @Twisted_Kimmy 's dissertation. She is looking for 15 london-based SLTs to interview. #SLT #SLTA #DiversityandInclusion #diversityinSLT 👇🏿👇🏾👇🏽👇🏼👇🏻

Hi #twitter, please support and share another dissertation project. Tasha is looking for Caribbean families in the UK speaking Creole. #slt #speechies #slta #DiversityandInclusion 👇🏿👇🏾👇🏽👇🏼👇🏻

The NHS workforce is more diverse than ever. The NHS equality, diversity and inclusion improvement plan focuses on how the NHS can support and benefit from this workforce – attracting talent, retaining staff and ensuring greater diversity in leadership. england.nhs.uk/long-read/nhs-…

New @RCSLT podcast: Anti-racism in speech and language therapy: part 3. @ChloeNkomo, author of a report on anti-racism in speech & language therapy; Dorett Davis from @OfSlts; & @SeanPert chair of @RCSLT; discuss the report and implications. ▶️soundcloud.com/rcslt/anti-rac…

We need to recognise communities as sources of knowledge production, not spaces of data extraction.

Some more PhD studentships available @CityUniHealth @CityLCS Two protected for applicants from Black or Black British backgrounds Always happy to chat to #SLPeeps thinking about becoming a PhD student Come join us! @ClinAcSLT @OfSlts @SLTeaTime @DiverSLT city.ac.uk/prospective-st…

#ZeroDiscrimination is essential for promoting #HealthForAll. Let's work together to eliminate discrimination in healthcare and create a more equitable world. #ZeroDiscriminationDay

Today is International Mother Language Day! It is a day to celebrate and raise awareness of language, multilingualism and cultural diversity around the world. How do you promote and encourage diversity in language and culture in your work? #slt #slta #slp #diversityandinclusion

Check out our report into diversity, equity, and inclusion in the speech and language therapy profession! Huge thank you to @ChloeNkomo for putting this together! rcslt.org/news/new-insig… This is an important piece of work and part of a longer journey #RCSLT #SLT #SLPeeps

We are going LIVE! Join us on Saturday 21st January at 10:30am on Instagram for our first ever instagram live! Find out more about the DiverSLT team and what inspired us to set up the Network. See you there! 😊 #SLT #SLTA #slpeeps #speechies #DiverSLT #diversity