Dear C. Williamson,

Thank-you for your request, received by the Royal Conservatoire of
Scotland. Please find our response as follows:

1. How many staff were furloughed in 2020? (total number)

121

2. What percentage of total employees were put on furlough?

9.68%

3. Has your organisation offered any additional paid time off for
employees, and if so, how much?

No

4. Has your organisation offered any additional financial support to
employees, and if so, how much?

No

5. Has your organisation offered any further wellbeing initiatives for
staff?

Our wellbeing initiatives have been moved on to an online portal which
includes blogs, tips and tricks for working from home.  Further to this,
our online zoom yoga classes continue and more recently an interactive
forum has been created as a platform for the sharing of wellbeing ideas
and initiatives.  In addition to this, our trained Mental Health First
Aiders are now available online for staff and are being further trained to
allow them to provide additional support to staff should they need it.

I do hope this response satisfies your request in full, but please do let
me know if we can offer any further assistance.

Yours sincerely,

Caroline Cochrane
Head of Information Services 
[email address]

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Please continue to keep our community safe and be Covid considerate. You
can [2]read more about how we’re supporting our students and staff at this
time.

There’s never been a more challenging time for the performing arts. You
can support the artists of the future by donating to the [3]RCS
Scholarship Fund.

If you are not satisfied with the way in which your request has been dealt
with, you are entitled, in the first instance, to request a review of the
decision made by Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Should you wish to
request such a review, please write to me within 40 working days of
receiving this response. If, after having been informed of the review
panel’s decision, you are still not satisfied, you are then entitled to
appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner. Contact details are:
Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle,
Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS, telephone 01334 464 610.
Direct appeals can be made on the Commissioner online appeals service at:
[4]www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal

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