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Employment Tribunal Case to Protect Single-Sex Facilities at Work

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FayeRC · 06/09/2024 13:39

Dear Mumsnet Members,

I have issued an employment tribunal complaint against NHS England to protect single-sex facilities at work.

A preliminary hearing will be held in early October 2024. I would be very grateful for some urgent gardening support at CrowdJustice. I won't add a link here as it is against Mumsnet rules.

It would be interesting to hear other people's views on legislation around single-sex facilities at WORK. However, I won't be commenting much on this public forum whilst the case is on-going.

Yours faithfully,
Faye Russell-Caldicott / FayeRC

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FayeRC · 20/09/2024 10:05

Hi all,

very pleased to announce that I'll be represented by solicitor Elizabeth McGlone from didlaw and Naomi Cunningham, barrister from Outer Temple. I feel like the case will be in good hands.

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AmaryllisNightAndDay · 19/09/2024 19:42

Good news that the first tranche of money's there. And a real boost to know that Naomi Cunningham is on it! Fingers crossed for anonymity and hopefully we'll be helping you to the next stretch target.

GwenPost · 19/09/2024 18:40

Great to see this type of gardening going on, never thought i'd be joining MN!
I've got a glut of tomatoes so have added them.

Well done and thanks to the OP for taking action.

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FayeRC · 19/09/2024 18:38

We made it! £4,900 carrots, so that covers the costs of a preliminary hearing.

Thank you to all of you who have cultivated this awesome harvest crop.

This takes me to the next stage, which is 70k stretch target for full court costs. If I don't get anonymity at the preliminary hearing, any remaining carrots will go to a similar case which seeks to protect women's single-sex facilities or services.

Thank you 💜

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 19/09/2024 18:28

Brilliant!

thebastardsgotme · 19/09/2024 18:22

Excellent news indeed

AnotherAngryAcademic · 19/09/2024 18:14

Just seen on Twitter/X that Naomi Cunningham will be representing Faye - which is excellent news!

WhatAMessWales · 19/09/2024 18:09

👏 Excellent.

I think this one is really important.

TheEyesOfLucyJordon · 19/09/2024 17:29

£4,800. Made it 😘

Ereshkigalangcleg · 19/09/2024 17:21

Well done 👏

ArabellaScott · 19/09/2024 17:04

Holy wow! Welll done all.

WhatAMessWales · 19/09/2024 16:52

Only £15 short of the initial target.

ThatsNeat · 19/09/2024 14:47

Good luck Faye. Gardening done

HandShoe · 19/09/2024 14:01

planted a bulb 🌷

anyolddinosaur · 19/09/2024 13:33

Almost at 95% now - can anyone find a fiver to make it to 95?

SinnerBoy · 19/09/2024 12:03

I'll try again in a while.

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FayeRC · 19/09/2024 12:02

92%

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anyolddinosaur · 19/09/2024 11:29

When I have trouble it's sometimes my internet service provider. I have cards from 2 places so can try a second one if the first does not work. Trying again a few hours later may work, if not wait a day.

AutumnCrow · 19/09/2024 10:52

SinnerBoy · 19/09/2024 10:48

Is anyone else having trouble paying? It's time out twice for me, waiting for a verification code.

This did happen to me a few days ago, but then it worked ok a couple of days later.

SinnerBoy · 19/09/2024 10:48

Is anyone else having trouble paying? It's time out twice for me, waiting for a verification code.

AmaryllisNightAndDay · 19/09/2024 08:35

My seed trays are planted for the month but I'll be back on the allotment again in a couple of weeks.

I will be delighted if someone can get the NHS bang to rights. NHS is riddled with gender-woo that makes life worse for women, from Annexe B of the guidance on single-sex wards (which totally fucks things up for female patients and makes it impossible for female patients to complain or for staff to protect them) to NHS management's neglect of the needs of their female staff.

The law is a mess on single-sex spaces, women are supposed to have a right to single-sex spaces but there's confusion between sex and gender and the government refuses to clarify the Equality Act to sort it out. But as (Jo Phoenix has pointed out in another thread) gender-critical protected belief discrimination cases have a high success rate so here's hoping!

I massively admire your courage and I wish you strength and all the success you deserve!

(Anyone else wanting to plant, google "Protect Single-Sex Facilities at Work" to find the garden.)

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FayeRC · 19/09/2024 08:15

90% of autumnal harvest lifted and stored now but we could really do with a few mange touts.

'Protect Single-Sex Facilities at Work' at the usual allotment site.

@AgathaMystery Shitting it tbh, taking my current employer to court, who does that, I think to myself in the dark hours of the night! But they did wrong, so here we are.

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AgathaMystery · 18/09/2024 21:44

@FayeRC you are really, really brave. NHSE is a massive beast to take on. I have done some gardening for you.

anyolddinosaur · 18/09/2024 21:41

£4,355 so just a few hundreds to go.

hellsbells99 · 18/09/2024 20:05

Good luck!