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Weekly News Round-Up / 23 Jan

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Your weekly dose of what's up in whistleblowing.  Momentum is building behind allegations against the Police and its regulator. Trisha Napier has exposed how IOPC senior managers interfered in an investigation into police gross misconduct investigation into stop and search of black athlete Bianca Williams stop and search. (BBC, Protect) + Met Police commissioner Sir ... Read more

Standards watchdog restates that ethical values need to be at centre of Whitehall

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Protect welcomes the new report from the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Leadership in Practice, as a helpful reminder that public sector organisations benefit from strong speak-up cultures and will reap the rewards of investing in high standards of behavior. We share the concern that crises in our public services often stem from failure ... Read more

Protect & IOPC whistleblower’s Trisha Napier Statement

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Background This is a statement from Trisha Napier, IOPC whistleblower and Protect, the UK’s leading whistleblowing charity.  Trisha Napier was the lead investigator for the investigation into whether Metropolitan Police officers committed misconduct when they stopped and searched two black Olympic athletes, Bianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos in July 2020.  Trisha in a Newsnight interview, states ... Read more

Speaking up in public services  

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Today we read that the London Fire Brigade has been put into special measures, as a result of a report finding it was misogynist and racist.  Nafir Azal’s Independent Review into the culture at the London Fire Brigade comes hot on the heels of the Casey Review on the Met Police. Both identified serious problems of ... Read more

Protect Non-Executive Directors, Trustee and Governor Whistleblowing Training

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Non-Executive Directors, Trustees and Governors often uncover wrongdoing or malpractice within their organisation as a result of their strategic oversight. As a result of their position at the top of organisations, they are often the persons to whom staff will raise or escalate their concerns. Yet, despite playing a vital role in their organisation’s whistleblowing ... Read more

Protected Disclosures and Whistleblowing

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If you speak up about something concerning you at work, in order to be protected by whistleblowing law, the concern you raise must be a 'protected disclosure'. In this video, we explain what 'protected disclosures' are, why they are important and the legal tests a whistleblower needs to meet in order for their disclosure to ... Read more

43J: A Protection against NDAs

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NDAs are alarmingly being used by organisations to cover up wrongdoing and intimidate whistleblowers into silence. In this video, we explain how section 43J of the Employment Rights Act 1996 may help protect whistleblowers and stop them from being silenced, even if they have signed an NDA. Although 43J is an important protection for whistleblowers, ... Read more

Protect CEO Liz Gardiner on Newsnight

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Recently our CEO Liz Gardiner was on BBC Newsnight speaking about the importance of protecting whistleblowers in the NHS in response to the shocking culture uncovered at University Hospitals Birmingham Trust. You can watch the full programme here

Protect November Newsletter

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Our November Newsletter is now out! Catch up on whistleblowing news and our work in November including the release of the new Anti-SLAPP model law, our response to Baroness Kramer's new whistleblowing bill, reflections from whistleblowers and Protect staff on the wonderful premiere of 'When We Speak', a new film about whistleblowers, and much more. ... Read more

When we Speak, Whistleblowers respond 

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Many whisteblowers attended the premiere of When we Speak. Afterwards we asked some of them what they thought of the film. Here are their responses What chimed with you most in the 'When we Speak' documentary? Why? CP: The universality of the abuse, harassment, and detriment imposed on those who have the rare courage to ... Read more