Disclosure Log

Staff Networks - LGBTQ+ (FOI/8243)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 01 August 2026

Dear Requester,
Request FOI/8243
Further to your request received on 8th July 2026, I confirm that the Council has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Questions)
Please provide details of any external speakers, awareness sessions, talks, workshops, webinars, conferences, or events organised, hosted, promoted, or supported by LGBTQ+ staff networks since 2 May 2025.

By details "details” I mean:

  • the date of each session or event.
  • the title or subject.
  • the staff network involved.
  • the name and organisation of any external speaker or provider.
  • the format of the session, such as online or in person.
  • the number of staff who attended, if recorded.
  • any fee, honorarium, expenses, or other payment made to the speaker or provider, if recorded.
  • any slides, agenda, programme, promotional email, Teams invite, or event description held by the Council.
  • any recorded cost to the Council, including fees, expenses, materials, venue costs, or refreshments.
Answers)

The summary of events and communication for Nottinghamshire County Council LGBTQ+ Staff Network is contained in the table attached and below, where you will find the information requested.

Email communication sent:
08-Jul-26Nottinghamshire County Council LGBTQ+ Staff Network – CJ DeBarra Talk:

Nottinghamshire County Council’s LGBTQ+ network will be joined by local Queer Archivist CJ DeBarra for the first half of our July meeting to talk about their work on the Nottingham Queer History Archive and the queer history of Nottingham. If anyone from the System Voice group would like to join at 2.30 on Wednesday 8th July.
 
31-Mar-26Trans Day of Visibility Social Event:

NCC TDOV - 31st March I"ve spoken to S(40)(2) - Data protection from our network who fed back from the System Voice meeting on Friday, and she said you"d offered to share our invitation to a Trans Day of Visibility social meet up. It"d be great to meet in person some of the fantastic people we have in the System Voice"s networks.

 
15-May-26IDAHOBIT Social Event:

Idahobit social event 15th May
For IDAHOBIT day, the Nottinghamshire County Council are meeting up on Friday 15th May at the Lord *****for a catch up and network conversations. We’re hoping to include all our wider colleagues as well so if you could forward the attached flyer to the network (same as we did for the TDOV) that would be great. (n.b. the actual day is Sunday 17th but for social reasons, we thought Friday was better).

We hope you find this information useful.
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