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The Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership’s (OMHP) joint statement of our commitment to race equality.

Achieving true equality is hard work and requires us to be honest with ourselves and each other; it requires us to meaningfully engage and connect; to reach out and listen; and to be prepared to hear uncomfortable truths.

We need to work with all members of our diverse communities to better understand how to deliver, and co-deliver, services to everyone. Currently we are failing them, because we are not getting it right. Whether deliberately or subconsciously we have furthered feelings of exclusion and otherness and this must stop. There is so much more we need to do. We need to dig deeper, think more widely, harness the skills and experience of those around us. Be inquisitive. Ask questions and play our part in finding solutions.  Help people to create the world they want to live in. Our actions should speak far louder than our words.

We ask you to join us on this journey where we admit we still have so much to learn. We want you to tell us where and how we can improve as a service provider and employer.

We truly want everyone who comes into contact with the Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership to experience real equality and inclusion, and we will only be able to achieve this vision and mission with your support.

Watch the chair of the OMHP, Lesley Dewhurst, read our commitment to race equality here: