The Fellowship is West Yorkshire’s award-winning leadership development programme aimed specifically at colleagues from ethnic minority backgrounds who are working within health and care. It was designed to help achieve our 10 big ambitions as a Partner
ship, as set out in our People Plan.
Cohort 3 of The Fellowship is for 'Aspiring Leaders' and came together for the first time on Monday 25 September. The latest cohort of our award-winning Fellowship programme will help to cultivate talent within West Yorkshire and develop future diverse leadership.
The programme was overwhelmed with enquiries and over 40 applicants applied for cohort 3 and due to the high standard of applications received a decision was made to expand the number of places, so 29 people will now be part of cohort 3. An additional nine places offered and some of these will commence at the later date of May 2024. All unsuccessful applicants will receive a personalised development conversation to point them towards other opportunities where appropriate.
We are pleased to be welcoming colleagues currently working in a variety of roles across the voluntary, third sector, council and health and look forward to seeing the exciting projects they will be part of and help make possible within their programmes of work.
The Partnership’s system leadership development team and the strategic Race Equality Network have been instrumental for this work taking place.
Alumni from cohort 1 were on hand to share their insights and experiences since graduating from the programme at the launch. Rob Webster, CEO for NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and Fatima Khan-Shah, West Yorkshire Inclusivity Champion and Chair of the West Yorkshire Strategic Race Equality Network welcomed the fellows to what is an integral programme for the Partnership.
All the very best to the fellows that began their journey on West Yorkshire's leadership programme for colleagues from ethnically diverse communities in 2023.
About the programme
- To promote the launch of the Fellowship the following was shared
- A short video from CEO Rob Webster
- A leadership blog from Cherill Watterston, System Development lead
- A video from Fatima Khan-Shah
- Video from Sayma Mirza, Associate Director for Children, Young People and Families alumina of cohort 1
About the programme
- Applications for cohort three opened on 24 April and closed on 16 June 2023.
- The programme is split into two distinct parts, the first is a six month developmental period based solely in fellows own organisations, and the second is a 12 month project placement for one day a week.
- Fellows can expect to spend one to two days per month on the development work in the first six months.
- Eligibility the programme is open to colleagues from ethnic minority backgrounds currently working in health and care organisations across West Yorkshire.
- Those eligible for the programme will usually be looking to progress into their first leadership position.
- To apply for the programme the potential candidate will firstly needed a nomination by an executive sponsor in recognition of leadership potential.
For more information visit: The Fellowship Programme :: Workforce Transformation (wypartnership.co.uk)