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EEAST CEO Tom Abell (centre) signs the Dyslexia Friendly
Workplace Pledge, alongside Justin Honey-Jones (left),
specialist lecturer practitioner (wellbeing and inclusion) and
Dyslexia champion, and Dr Hein Scheffer, Director of Strategy,
Culture and Education
EEAST becomes first
ambulance trust
to receive award
for commitment to
dyslexia-friendly
workplace
East of England Ambulance
Service NHS Trust (EEAST) has
been awarded the prestigious
bronze level Dyslexia Friendly
Quality Mark by the British
Dyslexia Association.
The award is only issued to
schools or organisations which
demonstrate they provide highquality
education and/or practice
for dyslexic individuals.
EEAST is the first ambulance
trust to achieve this award and
is actively working towards
the silver award as part of its
Inclusivity Plan.
To celebrate the achievement
alongside Dyslexia Awareness
Week, which ran from 2-8
October, the Trust has also
signed the British Dyslexia
Association Workplace Pledge,
reaffirming its commitment to
learning more about Dyslexia
and challenging stigma,
discrimination, and prejudice.
Justin Honey-Jones, specialist
lecturer practitioner (wellbeing
and inclusion) and Dyslexia
champion, said:
“Dyslexia is not a barrier to
achieving ambition in our Trust
and we are committed to
inclusion and supporting our
people to achieve their potential.
“The award also shows we are
dyslexia friendly and encourage
potential applicants to ask for
reasonable adjustments in all our
roles open for recruitment.
“This award compliments our
commitment as a disability
confident employer.”
To achieve the award, EEAST
has raised awareness of
dyslexia with its lecturer
practitioners, managers and
students, screened students
for dyslexia and other specific
learning difficulties and applied
adjustments to assessments and
during the recruitment process,
to name just a few.
Ambulance service
holds wreath laying
ceremony for
Remembrance Day
East of England Ambulance
Service NHS Trust (EEAST)
honoured the courage and
commitment of the armed
forces community at a wreath
laying ceremony ahead of
Remembrance Day.
On Friday, 10 November,
colleagues gathered at the Trust’s
headquarters in Melbourn and
took two minutes to silently pay
their respects to the millions
of heroes who served for and
protected their country.
EEAST has also re-signed the
Armed Forces Covenant and
has again been awarded the
Gold Award with the Defence
Employer Recognition Scheme
for a further five years. The
Gold Award recognises
those organisations that have
proactively demonstrated their
Forces’ friendly credentials
during their recruitment and
selection processes.
Terry Hicks, armed forces
champion, said: “As a trust we
are immensely proud of the
support we show veterans and
their families.
“We are also a Veterans Covenant
Healthcare Alliance accredited
trust, which drives us to offer
support to our patients and staff
who are part of the armed forces
community.”
The Trust has also installed
unknown Tommy statues at
ambulance stations across
Cambridgeshire thanks to
funding from the East of England
Ambulance Service Charity.
Terry commented: “The choice
of the Tommy statues was based
on the links we have with many
of our staff who are service
veterans. The statue remembers
the sacrifices, not only of the
First World War, but symbolises
reflection from armed conflicts
and suffering in the many years
since and we will continue, once
again, to proudly display poppies
on our ambulance fleet.”
Airfield team’s
training saved a
life when medical
emergency struck
In addition to saving lives at
accidents and emergencies,
East of England Ambulance
Service NHS Trust (EEAST)
helps to ensure everyone can
save a life in those minutes and
seconds while our crews are
on their way.
Our training wing, TrainEEAST,
delivers emergency pre-hospital
care to over 5,200 people a year,
training NHS units, military/bluelight
partners and businesses
such as Center Parcs. Over the
years we have also delivered
life-saving training to schools,
hospitals, police firearms units
and even fish and chip shops.
One of our longest standing
partnerships is with North Weald
Airfield (part of Epping Forest
District Council). We regularly
train their Fire and Rescue team
in First Response Emergency
Care courses and regular first aid
CPR courses. Earlier this year
two of the airfield team we trained
responded to a cardiac arrest
and saved the patient’s life.
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