Information about your dealings with Stonewall [Extraneous material removed]

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Dear Coleg y Cymoedd,

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Please provide any information that you hold answering to any of the following descriptions:

1. Any application you made in 2019 or 2020 to be a “Stonewall Diversity Champion” or to be included on Stonewall’s “Workplace Equality Index,” including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please redact personal details if necessary.

2. Any feedback you received in 2019 or 2020 from Stonewall in relation to either application or programme.

3. Any other communication you have received from Stonewall in 2019 or 2020 unless privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure (but if you claim privilege or exemption in relation to any material, please say in broad terms what the material is and the basis on which you claim to be entitled to withhold it).

4. Full details of any equality impact assessment you carried out connected with any of these applications (including any equality impact assessment carried out prior to an earlier application of the same kind, if no further assessment was done).

5. Details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall (i) in 2019; (ii) in 2020, whether or not as payment for goods or services.

6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme in the future, and if so which.

Yours faithfully,

H Rowlands

Clair Mapp, Coleg y Cymoedd

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Regards

 

Clair Mapp

Ysgrifennydd Gweithredol / Executive Secretary

Rhif Uniongyrchol / Direct Line: 01443 663152

Ebost / Email : [1][email address]

 

[2]Coleg y Cymoedd logo with mission statement (2)

 

Coleg y Cymoedd

Campws Nantgarw, Heol y Coleg, Parc Nantgarw, Caerdydd, CF15 7QY

Coleg y Cymoedd

Nantgarw Campus, Heol y Coleg, Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff, CF15 7QY

 

 

Croesawn ohebiaeth yn Gymraeg ac ni fydd hyn yn arwain at oedi. Rhowch
wybod inni a hoffech ohebiaeth Gymraeg/Saesneg/dwyieithog yn y dyfodol.

 

We welcome correspondence in Welsh and this will not result in a delay.
Please let us know if you would like Welsh/English/bilingual
correspondence in the future.

 

 

 

 

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Dear Coleg y Cymoedd,

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Please
provide any information that you hold answering to any of the following
descriptions:

1. Any application you made in 2019 or 2020 to be a “Stonewall Diversity
Champion” or to be included on Stonewall’s “Workplace Equality Index,”
including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please
redact personal details if necessary.

2. Any feedback you received in 2019 or 2020 from Stonewall in relation to
either application or programme.

3. Any other communication you have received from Stonewall in 2019 or
2020 unless privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure (but if you
claim privilege or exemption in relation to any material, please say in
broad terms what the material is and the basis on which you claim to be
entitled to withhold it).

4. Full details of any equality impact assessment you carried out
connected with any of these applications (including any equality impact
assessment carried out prior to an earlier application of the same kind,
if no further assessment was done).

5. Details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall (i) in 2019;
(ii) in 2020, whether or not as payment for goods or services.

6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme
in the future, and if so which.

Yours faithfully,

H Rowlands

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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol
a chânt eu diogelu gan hawlfraint ac maent at sylw'r sawl sy'n derbyn yr
e-bost yn unig. Efallai y bydd yr e-bost hwn yn freintiedig. Os ydych wedi
derbyn yr e-bost hwn mewn camgymeriad, rhowch wybod inni a dilëwch y neges
- ni chewch gopïo'r neges hon na datgelu ei chynnwys i unrhyw un. Mae
unrhyw farn a fynegir yn yr e-bost hwn yn eiddo i'r awdur yn unig ac nid
yw o reidrwydd yn cynrychioli barn Coleg y Cymoedd a sefydliadau
cysylltiedig ("Y Coleg"). Nid yw cyfathrebiadau dros y rhyngrwyd yn
ddiogel ac felly nid yw'r Coleg yn derbyn cyfrifoldeb nac atebolrwydd
cyfreithiol dros gynnwys y neges hon, boed yn faleisus neu fel arall.

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Clair Mapp, Coleg y Cymoedd

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Dear H Rowlands

 

Following your Freedom of Information request, please note below and
attached Coleg y Cymoedd response.

 

 

1. Any application you made in 2019 or 2020 to be a “Stonewall Diversity
Champion” or to be included on Stonewall’s “Workplace Equality Index,”
including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please
redact personal details if necessary.

 

Renewal of membership to Stonewall Diversity Champion in 2019 and 2020 (no
application needed).

 

Submission to Workplace Equality Index in 2019. Submission is made via an
on-line portal. Attachments to the submission include: 

-relevant policies and resources (e.g. family friendly policies) 

-communications to staff regarding any activities or events relating to
the submission (e.g emails and intranet posts promoting national awareness
campaigns, highlighting any training or equality related events).

-communications from the Senior Leadership Team supporting Equality &
Diversity (e.g. emails, twitter posts, attendance at events)

-communications and activities from LGBT Staff network and LGBT Allies
Staff network

2. Any feedback you received in 2019 or 2020 from Stonewall in relation to
either application or programme.

 

Feedback received in 2020 for the Workplace Equality Index submission made
in 2019 indicated that Coleg y Cymoedd was ranked in the Top 100 Employers
list, and provided a summary of the College's performance in each section
of the submission.

3. Any other communication you have received from Stonewall in 2019 or
2020 unless privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure (but if you
claim privilege or exemption in relation to any material, please say in
broad terms what the material is and the basis on which you claim to be
entitled to withhold it).

 

Invitations to conferences or learning and development activities.

Newsletters as part of the Stonewall Diversity Champion membership.

4. Full details of any equality impact assessment you carried out
connected with any of these applications (including any equality impact
assessment carried out prior to an earlier application of the same kind,
if no further assessment was done).

All college policies are subject to an Equality Impact Assessment being
undertaken.

5. Details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall (i) in 2019;
(ii) in 2020, whether or not as payment for goods or services.

 

2019: £3,594.00

2020: £3,930.00

6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme
in the future, and if so which.

 

Undecided as yet.

 

 

Regards

 

Clair Mapp

Ysgrifennydd Gweithredol / Executive Secretary

Rhif Uniongyrchol / Direct Line: 01443 663152

Ebost / Email : [1][email address]

 

[2]Coleg y Cymoedd logo with mission statement (2)

 

Coleg y Cymoedd

Campws Nantgarw, Heol y Coleg, Parc Nantgarw, Caerdydd, CF15 7QY

Coleg y Cymoedd

Nantgarw Campus, Heol y Coleg, Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff, CF15 7QY

 

 

Croesawn ohebiaeth yn Gymraeg ac ni fydd hyn yn arwain at oedi. Rhowch
wybod inni a hoffech ohebiaeth Gymraeg/Saesneg/dwyieithog yn y dyfodol.

 

We welcome correspondence in Welsh and this will not result in a delay.
Please let us know if you would like Welsh/English/bilingual
correspondence in the future.

 

 

 

 

Croesawn ohebiaeth yn Gymraeg ac ni fydd hyn yn arwain at oedi. Rhowch
wybod inni a hoffech ohebiaeth Gymraeg/Saesneg/dwyieithog yn y dyfodol.

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We welcome correspondence in Welsh and this will not result in a delay.
Please let us know if you would like Welsh/English/bilingual
correspondence in the future.

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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol
a chânt eu diogelu gan hawlfraint ac maent at sylw'r sawl sy'n derbyn yr
e-bost yn unig. Efallai y bydd yr e-bost hwn yn freintiedig. Os ydych wedi
derbyn yr e-bost hwn mewn camgymeriad, rhowch wybod inni a dilëwch y neges
- ni chewch gopïo'r neges hon na datgelu ei chynnwys i unrhyw un. Mae
unrhyw farn a fynegir yn yr e-bost hwn yn eiddo i'r awdur yn unig ac nid
yw o reidrwydd yn cynrychioli barn Coleg y Cymoedd a sefydliadau
cysylltiedig ("Y Coleg"). Nid yw cyfathrebiadau dros y rhyngrwyd yn
ddiogel ac felly nid yw'r Coleg yn derbyn cyfrifoldeb nac atebolrwydd
cyfreithiol dros gynnwys y neges hon, boed yn faleisus neu fel arall.

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