Civility & Respect Summit Agenda 2024

White Ribbon UK: Positive Culture Change for your Organisation
Anthea Sully, Chief Executive of White Ribbon UK

This session will introduce White Ribbon UK’s Primary Prevention approach to ending violence against women and girls, and how it can support organisations to foster positive culture change. It will consider the reality in the workplace for many women, and how White Ribbon can support meeting the requirements of the Worker Protection Act 2023

The role of the MO, Clerk and Councillors in ensuring civility & respect
Helen Bradley

The session will provide delegates with some practical examples of how the MO, Clerk and Councillors can work together to challenge poor behaviours and promote civility and respect.

Improvement and Development Board (IDB) Civility & Respect and Intervention Taskforces
Hazel Broatch, Civility & Respect Project Manager and Steve Trice, Town Clerk to Haywards Heath Town Council

An introduction to IDB and its Taskforces; update on the tasks set by the IDB; membership of the Taskforces; and the work being done to-date by the IDB’s Civility and Respect Taskforce and Intervention Taskforce

Finding Solutions to Bullying and Intimidation in Our Sector
Sir Julian Lewis, Conservative MP & Derek Biggs

The intention of the session is to gain support nationally for the resolution of the bullying and intimidation issues and to help with National pressure for the meeting requested of the Minister, which could take place as soon as possible to move the matter forward. The more MP’s that support this issue the more likely it will move on to a successful resolution. An independent body is required to enforce the code of conduct.