CHFT’s Pride Month has officially started – and there are lots of ways colleagues can get involved.

Colleague Engagement Advisor, Carys Bentley, left, said: “Officially, LGBTQ+ Pride is always held in June, but we had so many other amazing events happening at CHFT that we decided to move it to August.

“So, Happy Pride! We kicked-off our celebrations at Happy Valley Pride in Hebden Bridge, so if you came along, we hope you enjoyed seeing us in CHFT’s information tent.

"We’ve lots planned across the month – so we all hope to see you at some point."

Carys was joined by Pride Chair, Rachel Newburn plus Michelle Ward, second left, from our Programme Lead for Apprenticeships and Work Experience and Lindsay Short, right from our Sexual Health Team. 

Why not get involved in our events? Prizes on offer.

If you’d like to celebrate Pride in your own teams, why not create a Pride display in your area and send a photo to Pride@cht.nhs.uk? There will be a prize for the best display!

Wednesday, 9th August

Progress Pride flag being raised at both sites:

• 09:30 at CRH with Director of Workforce and Organisational Development, Suzanne Dunkley
• 10:00 Join us at HRI when our Deputy Chief Executive, and executive sponsor for the network, Rob Aitchison will raise the flag

Pride Stall in the main entrance at HRI

Tuesday, 15th August

Pride Stall in the main entrance at CRH

Pride Parade – coming later this month

The network team are currently making plans to close the month with a parade through HRI. More on that in the coming weeks.

Golden Tickets to our CHuFT Awards ceremony

Get involved in our activities and be in with a chance to go into a raffle to win Golden Tickets to our annual CHuFT Awards on Thursday, 2nd November at Dean Clough Mills in Halifax.