East of England Ambulance Service
#WeAreEEAST LGBT+
Chairperson
Co-Chairs:
Graham Clark (he/him)
Business Support Manager
Graham.Clark@eastamb.nhs.uk
Dominic Gaffney (he/him)
Duty Tactical Commander
Dominic.Gaffney@eastamb.nhs.uk
Deputy Chairperson
Shane Finnegan (he/him)
Paramedic
Shane.Finnegan@eastamb.nhs.uk
Network Treasurer
Melanie Bartlett (She/her)
Ambulance Care Assistant
Melanie.Bartlett@eastamb.nhs.uk
Trust Support Provider
Please contact the committee for more information.
Staff Network
The EEAST LGBT+ Staff support network was established in 2018 to promote and support the needs for LGBT+ staff, our community and our service users. We have strong support from our executive and non-executive leadership teams and at present we have virtually delivered meetings every quarter. As a key part of the Equality and Diversity team and recognising intersectionality we sit alongside five other staff networks to ensure no matter who you are or how you identify - in EEAST, we value you.
We attend at least one Pride event in each of the six counties across the East of England. This enables us to engage with the community, our service users and other members of public addressing matters such as health promotion, health service usage and recruitment, as well as building relationships with partnership organisations and charities. Pride is also a fabulous way in which we connect and unite our staff, share experiences, learn from each other and offer peer-to-peer support when needed.
Additional Support
For more information on the network please email lgbt@eastamb.nhs.uk. More information about all of EEAST’s equality networks and other Diversity, Equity and Belonging matters within the Trust can be obtained by contacting: edi@eastamb.nhs.uk.