Overcoming discrimination: RCN Northern Region Black History Month conference
23 Oct 2025, 09:30 - 16:00
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Save the date and celebrate #BHM25 with the RCN Northern Region by attending this conference which will be packed with interesting presentations and discussions.
The programme will be finalised shortly, but in the meantime all the topics are outlined below so do mark the date firmly in your calendars, and book a place if you'd like to attend.
Programme so far
| 9:30 am | Arrival and refreshments | |
| 10:00 am | Opening Address |
Sarah Dodsworth, Regional Director, RCN Northern and Yorkshire & the Humber regions |
| 10:05 am | Addressing workplace incivility | Bruno Daniel, Inclusion Programme Lead, RCN Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Programme |
| 10:50 am | Recent changes to immigration law (provisional title) | Sophia Barrett - Senior Immigration Adviser and Solicitor, RCN Member Support Services |
| 11:30 am | Break | |
| 11:45 am | Resilience (tbc) | |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:15 pm | Developments in employment law and an update on recent cases |
Emma Greenbank, Senior Legal Officer, Royal College of Nursing |
| 2:15 pm | Break | |
| 2:30 pm | RCN Library and Museum |
Joseph Dempster, Customer Services Information Specialist |
| 3:15 pm | Closing remarks |
Booking
You can book online, or call our Events Registration Team on 02920 546460 or email eventsreg@rcn.org.uk quoting event number 5342. There are only 25 spaces so don't delay - book today.
Spread the word
Tell your friends and colleagues - tell everyone who you think may be interested in this event. It would really help if you could find a place to display this event poster on a noticeboard in your workplace.
For more information please send an email FAO Gail Hodgson to
the northern regional office
northern.region@rcn.org.uk
The Bannatyne Hotel
Southend Avenue
Darlington
DL37HZ.
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Page last updated - 17/09/2025
