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Keeping track of Stonewall
We keep track of Stonewall’s activities when they influence language, law and policy, and try to keep an up-to-date list of Stonewall Champions.

Stonewall Champions
This is based on an archive of the old list on the Stonewall website. We try to keep it up to date by crossing off organisations as we hear of them leaving, and adding new ones. If we have missed any, please email us at [email protected] with a link to any press statement or FOI request.
Government
Audit Scotland
Babraham InstituteCabinet Office
Civil Services Resourcing
The Coal AuthorityCompanies House
Competition and Markets Authority
Creative Scotland
Crown Commercial ServiceCrown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service FOI requestCrown Prosecution ServiceDepartment for Business, Energy & Industrial StrategyDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & SportDepartment for Education Press article
Department for Environment, Food & Rural AffairsDepartment for Exiting the European Union [Department no longer exists]Department for International Development [Department no longer exists]
Department for International TradeDepartment for TransportDepartment for Work and Pensions Press article Press article
Department of Health
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Environment AgencyEquality and Human Rights Commission
Foreign & Commonwealth OfficeGovernment Equalities Office
Government Legal Department
Green Party
Health & Safety Executive
Historic England
Historic Environment Scotland
HM Land RegistryHM Revenue & CustomsHM Treasury
Home OfficeHouse of Commons
House of Lords
Independent Office for Police ConductInsolvency ServiceIntellectual Property Office/Y Swyddfa Eiddo Ddeallusol
Labour Party
Maritime & Coastguard AgencyMinistry for Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentMinistry of Justice
National Assembly for Wales/Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru
National Audit Office
National Crime Agency
Natural England
Natural Resources Wales/Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru
Northern Ireland Assembly
Northern Ireland Civil ServiceNS&I
Office for National Statistics/Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol
Office of the Secretary of State for ScotlandOfsted
Pensions Regulator
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman 2022 report
Public Health England
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Government
Scottish Parliament
Scottish Prison Service
Scottish Qualifications Authority
Serious Fraud Office
Skills Development Scotland
UK Government Investments
UK SBS (Shared Business Service)
Wales Audit Office/Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru
Welsh Government/Llywodraeth Cymru
Local government
Aberdeen City Council
London Borough of Barking and DagenhamLondon Borough of Barnet Response to FOI requestBath & North East Somerset CouncilBelfast City CouncilLondon Borough of Bexley Response to FOI request
Birmingham City Council
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
London Borough of BrentBridgend County Borough CouncilBristol City CouncilLondon Borough of Bromley
Bury Council
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
London Borough of Camden
Cardiff Council/Cyngor Caerdydd
Carmarthenshire County Council
Ceredigion County Council
Cheshire East Council
Cheshire West and Chester Council
City of London Corporation
City of York Council
Conwy County Borough CouncilLondon Borough of CroydonDenbighshire County CouncilDerbyshire County CouncilDorset County Council
Durham County CouncilLondon Borough of Ealing Response to FOI request
London Borough of Enfield
Flintshire County Council/Cyngor Sir y Fflint
Gloucestershire County Council
Greater London Authority (London Assembly)
Royal Borough of GreenwichGwynedd County Council [Says they were not members]
London Borough of HackneyHampshire County CouncilLondon Borough of Hammersmith and FulhamLondon Borough of Harrow Response to FOI request
London Borough of HaringeyLondon Borough of Havering Response to FOI requestLondon Borough of Hillingdon Response to FOI requestLondon Borough of Hounslow
Hull City Council
Isle of Anglesey County Council
London Borough of IslingtonRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Response to FOI request
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
London Borough of Lambeth
Leeds City Council
Leicestershire County CouncilLondon Borough of Lewisham Response to FOI request
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough CouncilLondon Borough of Merton
Midlothian CouncilMonmouthshire County Council Response to FOI requestNeath Port Talbot Council Response to FOI request
Newcastle City CouncilLondon Borough of Newham Response to FOI requestNewport City Council Response to FOI requestNorth Lanarkshire Council
North Lincolnshire CouncilNorthampton Borough Council Response to FOI request
Northumberland County Council
Nottingham City CouncilNottinghamshire County CouncilOxfordshire County Council
Pembrokeshire County CouncilPerth & Kinross Council Response to FOI request Response to FOI request
Powys County Council
London Borough of RedbridgeLondon Borough of Richmond upon Thames Response to FOI request
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
Salford City CouncilSheffield City Council
Slough Borough Council
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
London Borough of Southwark
Sunderland City Council
London Borough of SuttonCity and County of Swansea Response to FOI requestThurrock Council
Torfaen County Borough Council
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Vale of Glamorgan Council/Cyngor Bro MorgannwgLondon Borough of Waltham Forest Response to FOI request
London Borough of WandsworthWarrington Borough Council Response to FOI requestWarwickshire County Council Response to FOI request
Welsh Local Government Association
West Lothian CouncilWest Sussex County CouncilWestminster City CouncilWrexham County Borough Council
NHS and healthcare
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board/Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Abertawe Bro Morgannwg
Action Group
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board/Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Aneurin Bevan
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
ACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy)
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
Barts Health NHS Trust
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board/Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS TrustBristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Care Commissioning Group
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Cardiff & Vale University Health Board/Bwrdd lechyd Prifysgol Caerdydd a’r Fro
Care Quality Commission
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust|
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Creative Support
Croydon Health Services NHS TrustCwm Taf University Health Board
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
East London NHS Foundation TrustEssex Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustGeneral Medical Council
General Pharmaceutical Council
Golden Jubilee Foundation
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust
Health Assured
Health Education England
Health Education and Improvement Wales
Heritage Care
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Huntercombe Group
Hywel Dda University Health Board
The King’s Fund
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMillbrook Healthcare
National Institute For Health and Care Excellence
Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Blood and Transplant
NHS Business Services Authority
NHS Digital
NHS EnglandNHS Highland
NHS Kernow Clinical Care Commissioning Group
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS TrustNorth East Ambulance Service NHS TrustNorth East London Commissioning Support Unit
North East London NHS Foundation Trust
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Nursing & Midwifery Council
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Porthaven Group
Powys Teaching Health Board/Bwrdd lechyd Addysgu Powys
Priory Group
Provide CIC
Public Health Wales/Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru
Regard Group
Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Royal College of General Practitioners
Royal College of MidwivesRoyal College of Paediatrics and Child HealthRoyal College of Psychiatrists Press release
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSocial Work England Press articleSolent NHS Trust
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS TrustSouth Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation TrustSt Andrew’s HealthcareSt Barnabas Hospices
St Anne’s Community Services
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Velindre NHS Trust/Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Prifysgol Felindre
West London Mental Health NHS Trust
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Workplace Options
Universities
Aberystwyth UniversityAston University FOI requestBirkbeck, University of London
Birmingham City University
Bournemouth University
BPP
Brunel University London
Canterbury Christ Church University
Capital City College Group
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Cardiff University/Prifysgol Caerdydd
City of Glasgow College
Coleg Cambria
Coleg y Cymoedd
Coventry University
De Montfort University
Durham University
Edge Hill University
Edinburgh Napier University
Education Authority Northern Ireland
Farnborough College of Technology
Francis Crick Institute
Glyndŵr University/Prifysgol Glyndŵr Wrecsam
Goldsmiths, University of London
Gower College Swansea
Greenwood Academies Trust
Havering College of Further and Higher Education
Imperial College London
Institute of Cancer Research
James Hutton Institute
JTL Training
Keele University
King’s College London
Kingston University
Lancaster University
Leeds City College
Liverpool John Moores University
London Metropolitan University
London South Bank UniversityLondon School of Economics and Political Science Students’ Union press release
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London South East Colleges
Loughborough University
Manchester Metropolitan University
Middlesex University London
Newcastle University
Newham College of Further Education
Newham Sixth Form College
Newtec
Northumbria University
Nottingham Trent University
The Open University
Oxford Brookes University
Pearson
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth University
Qualifications Wales
Queen Mary, University of London
Queen’s University Belfast
Ravensbourne University London
Royal College of ArtRoyal College of Veterinary Surgeons Press article
Royal Holloway, University of London
Sheffield Hallam University
Southampton Solent University
St. George’s, University of London
Staffordshire University
Sunderland College
Swansea University/Prifysgol Abertawe
Teesside University
Ulster University
United Colleges GroupUniversity College London (UCL) UCL statement
University for the Creative Arts
University of Aberdeen
University of Bedfordshire
University of Birmingham
University of Brighton
University of Bristol
University of Cambridge
University of Central Lancashire
University of Chichester
University of Cumbria
University of Derby
University of Dundee
University of East Anglia
University of East London (UEL)
University of Edinburgh
University of Essex
University of Exeter
University of Glasgow
University of Greenwich
University of Huddersfield
University of Hull
University of Kent
University of Leicester
University of Liverpool
University of Manchester
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford
University of PortsmouthUniversity of Reading Announcement
University of Roehampton
University of SalfordUniversity of Sheffield
University of South Wales Group
University of Southampton
University of St Andrews
University of Sunderland
University of Surrey
University of Sussex
University of the Arts London
University of the West of Scotland
University of Warwick
University of West LondonUniversity of Winchester
University of Wolverhampton
University of Worcester
University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) West London College
York St John University
Voluntary sector
Aberlour
Action for Children
Association for Project Management
Barnardo’s
National Lottery Community Fund
BloodwiseCancer Research UK
Change, Grow, Live (CGL)
Citizens Advice
Community Links (Northern Ltd)
Community Links Bromley
Community Links Trust
Girlguiding
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Llamau
Macmillan
Marie Curie
Mind
Oasis Community LearningRoyal National Lifeboat Institution
Prince’s Trust
Royal British Legion
Royal Trinity Hospice
Save the Children
SHP (Single Homeless Project)
SSAFA the Armed Forces Charity
St Christopher’s Hospice
St Mungo’s
Teach First
Touchstone
Victim Support
Wellcome Trust
Which? – Consumer’s Association
Youth Sport Trust
Consumer companies
Adidas
Amazon
Anchor Hanover Group
Arnold Clark
ASOS
B&Q
The Body Shop
Brakes
Brewdog
British American Tobacco
Britvic
Budweiser Brewing
Coca Cola European Partners
Co-op
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Greene King
Holland & Barrett
IKEA
Jardine Motors Group
John Lewis Partnership
Johnson & Johnson
Kellogg’s UK
Kingfisher
Ladbrokes Coral
L’Oreal
Lush Retail Ltd
Marks & Spencer
Mars
Mondelez International
Naked Juice
Nestlé
Next
Ocado
Paddy Power Betfair
Pepsico UK and Ireland
Pernod Ricard UK Limited
Philip MorrisPost OfficePrimark
Procter & Gamble
Royal Mail Group
Sainsbury’s Group
Stanley Black & Decker
Telefónica UK Limited
Tesco
Unilever
Vodafone
Whitbread
Wickes
Defence
The Army
Admiral Group
Atlas Elektronik UK
Atomic Weapons Establishment
BAE Systems
Defence Science & Technology Laboratory
FCO Services
GCHQ
GEOAmey
MI5
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence Police
National Air Traffic Services
Nuclear Decommissioning AuthorityRoke Manor ResearchRoyal Air Force
Royal Navy
Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
Thales Ltd
Energy, utilities, resources and manufacturing
ABB
Air ProductsAnglian Water
Anglo American
BP
Catalent Pharma Solutions
Centrica
Colt Technology Service
Diageo
EDF Energy
The First Mile
Ford Motor Company
HMGCC
Jaguar Land Rover
Maersk
MOO
National Grid
Northumbrian Water Group (NWG)
Npower
Rolls-Royce
Scottish Water
ScottishPower
Severn Trent
Shell
Springfields Fuels Ltd
SSE Energy Services
Thames Water
United Utilities
Veolia
Welsh Water/Dŵr Cymru
Wood Mackenzie Limited
Insurance
Ageas Insurance
AIG
Aviva
AXA UK
Beazley
Charles Taylor Plc
Chartered Insurance Institute
Chubb
Cigna UK
Homeserve
Lloyd’s of London
LV=
Marsh
Motor Insurers’ Bureau
MS Amlin
QBE Insurance
Swiss Re
Travelers Insurance
Unum
Wesleyan
Emergency services
Avon and Somerset Police
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service
Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service
Cheshire Police
City of London PoliceCivil Nuclear Constabulary
Cleveland Fire Brigade
County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue ServiceDerbyshire ConstabularyDerbyshire Fire & Rescue ServiceDorset Police
Durham Constabulary
Dyfed-Powys Police
East Sussex Fire & Rescue ServiceEssex County Fire and Rescue ServiceGreater Manchester Combined AuthorityHampshire ConstabularyHampshire Fire and Rescue Service
Hertfordshire ConstabularyHumberside Police Response to FOI requestKent Fire and Rescue ServiceLancashire Constabulary
Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service
Leicestershire Police
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority
Merseyside Police
Metropolitan Police ServiceNorth Wales Police
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue ServiceNorthumbria Police
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
Nottinghamshire PolicePolice Scotland Press articlePolice Service of Northern Ireland
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
Staffordshire Police
Suffolk Constabulary
Surrey Police
Sussex Police
Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Service
Welsh Ambulance Service
West Midlands Fire Service
West Midlands PoliceWest Yorkshire Police
Wiltshire Police
Financial services
The Co-operative Bank
First Trust Bank
Franklin Templeton Global Investors Limited
HSBC
IG
IHS Markit
Investec
Legal & General Group
Lloyds Banking Group
M&S Bank
Mazars
Metro Bank
Mizuho
Moodys
Motability Operations
Morgan Stanley
Nationwide Building Society
Nucleus Financial
Openwork
Principality Building Society
Prudential
Propel Finance
RBS
RGA UK Services Limited
Royal Bank of Canada
Santander
Silicon Valley Bank
Skipton Building Society
Société Générale
Softbank Investment Advisors
Tesco Bank
Travelex
TSB
Virgin Money
Wesleyan
Yorkshire Building Society
Recruitment
Allegis Group Services
Carmichael UK
Deverell Smith
Empiric
Morson International
PageGroup
Reed Group
The SR Group
Housing
Accent Housing Limited
Broadland Housing Association
Bron Afon Community Housing
Cardiff Community Housing Association
Clarion Housing Group
Coastal Housing Group
Easterhouse Housing and Regeneration Alliance
Equity Housing Group
ExtraCare Charitable Trust
First Choice Homes Oldham
Fortis Living
Gentoo Group Ltd
Gloucester City Homes
Great Places Housing Group
Guinness Partnership
Hanover
Hexagon Housing
Home Group
Homes England
L&Q
Lewisham Homes
Link Group
Metropolitan
Midland Heart
North Star Housing
Nottingham City Homes
Nottingham Community Housing Association
Notting Hill Genesis
Optivo
Origin Housing
Queens Cross Housing Association
Rhondda Housing Association
Riverside Group
Sanctuary Housing
Shepherds Bush Housing Group
Sixtown Housing
Sovereign Housing Association
Sovini Group
Stockport Homes
Swan Housing Association
Wheatley Group
Wolverhampton Homes
Your Homes Newcastle
Finance
Aldermore Bank
Baillie Gifford & Co Edinburgh
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bank of England
Barclays
Bloomberg
Capital One
Charter Court Financial Services
Cinven
Citi
Close Brothers
Coller Capital
Commerzbank
Credit Suisse
CYBG
Deutsche Bank
EQUINITI Group
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
Experian
FactSet Europe Limited
Fidelity International
Financial Conduct Authority
Financial Ombudsman Service
Financial Services Compensation Scheme
FinTru
Goldman Sachs
J.P. Morgan
Janus Henderson Investors
M&G Investments
Mizuho International
Macquarie Group
Nomura
Northern Trust
Rothschild
Schroders
Standard Chartered Bank
T. Rowe Price
UBS Investment Bank
Law
5 Paper Buildings
Addleshaw Goddard
Allen & Overy
Arnold & Porter
Ashurst
Baker & McKenzie
BDB Pitmans (was Bircham Dyson Bell)
Bird & Bird
Blake Morgan
Bristows
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Burges Salmon
Burness Paull
Capsticks
Charles Russell Speechlys
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Clyde & Co
CMS
DAC Beachcroft
Dentons
DLA Piper
DWF
Eversheds Sutherland
Fisher Jones Greenwood Solicitors
Foot Anstey
Freeths
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Garden Court Chambers
Gateley PLC
Gowling WLG
Hardwicke
Hargreaves Lansdown
Herbert Smith Freehills
HFW
Higgs & Sons
Hill Dickinson
Hogan Lovells
Irwin Mitchell Solicitors
Kingsley Napley
Kirkland & Ellis International
Latham & Watkins
The Law Society
Leigh Day
Lester Aldridge
Linklaters
Macfarlanes
Matrix Chambers
Mayer Brown International
Michelmores
Milbank
Mills & ReeveMoon Beever
Mundays
Northridge Law LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Osborne Clarke
Penningtons Manches Cooper
Pinsent Masons
Reed Smith
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
Shearman & Sterling
Shepherd and Wedderburn
Simmons & Simmons
Slater and Gordon Lawyers
Slaughter and May
Solicitors Regulation Authority
Squire Patton Boggs
Stephenson Harwood
Sullivan & Cromwell
Taylor Wessing
Thompsons Solicitors
Thursfields Solicitors
Travers Smith
Trowers & Hamlins
Weightmans
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London)
Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice
White & Case
Wiggin
Withers
Womble Bond Dickinson
Arts
Artsadmin
Arts Council England
Arts Council of Wales/Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru
Association of Independent Music
British Film Institute
English Heritage
Manchester International Festival
McCann
Museum of London
National Museum Wales/Amgueddfa Cymru
National Trust
Royal Opera House
Tate
Victoria and Albert Museum
Travel and transport
Addison Lee
British Airways
Caledonian MacBrayne
Carnival UK
Civil Aviation Authority
Dorchester Collection
Eurostar
Flight Centre
GWR
London North Eastern Railway
Merlin EntertainmentsMTR Crossrail
Network Rail
Skyscanner
Thomas Cook Group plc
Transport for London
TSSA
Uber
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Holidays
Media
adam&eveDDB
Advertising Standards Authority
AMV BBDOBBCChannel 4 Television
Dennis Publishing
Dentsu Aegis Network
Discovery UK
Essence Digital
GroupM
The Guardian
The Guardian Foundation
ITV
ManifestoOfcom
Ogilvy & Mather Group UK
Omnicom
Penguin Random House Ltd
Sky
Sony Pictures
Talk Radio
Telegraph Media Group
Viacom
The Walt Disney Company
The Wireless Group Media (GB) Limited
Wunderman Thompson
Professional services
Accenture
Alix Partners
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
Aon
Baringa Partners
BMT Global
BDO
Capgemini
CH & Co GroupCIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development)
Compass Group UK
Deloitte
EY
Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Frontier Economics
Grant Thornton
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England &Wales
Jacobs
KPMG
LCP
McCann
Mercer
Mitie
Nielsen
OC&C
Oliver Wyman
PA Consulting Group
PwC
RSM UK
RSVP
S&P Global
Serco
Sodexo
Thomson Reuters
Willis Towers Watson
Wilson James
YouGov
Construction and buildings
Airbus UKAmey Consulting
Alstom
Arcadis
Arup
Atkins (SNC-Lavalin Group)
Balfour Beatty
Barratt Developments
BNP Paribas Real Estate
British Land
BW Workplace Experts
CBRE
Costain
Cushman & Wakefield
Farrans Construction
Foster and Partners
Foxtons
Gerald Eve
HS2
JLL
Kier Group
Knight Frank
Laing O’Rourke
Landsec
Mace Group
Mott MacDonald
Murphy
National Composites Centre
Osborne
Ramboll
Savills
St Modwen
The Crown Estate
Tideway
Turley
Unite Students
VolkerWessels UK
WSP
Science and tech
Airwave (a Motorola Solutions Company)
The Alan Turing Institute
Alfa Financial Software
Allstate Northern Ireland
Anaplan
ArmAstraZeneca
Atos
Auto Trader Group
Broadridge Financial Solutions
CGI
Cisco
Collinson
eBay
Equinix
Football Radar
Fujitsu
GlaxoSmithKline
Google
Hewlett Packard Entreprise
IBM
Inmarsat
IPC Systems
John Innes Centre
Johnson Matthey
Just Eat
LifeScan Scotland
Lilly
Mastercard
Microsoft
National Physical Laboratory
NEX
Novartis
NTT Data
Nutmeg
Oracle
Sage
Siemens
Softwire
Teva UK
ThoughtWorks
TSYS | CAYAN
Virgin Media
Visa
Workday
Xero
Scotland and North East
The Action Group
The Army in Scotland
Audit Scotland
Babcock International Group
Baillie Gifford & Co Edinburgh
Burness Paull LLP
Catalent Pharma Solutions
Creative Scotland
Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service
Dell Technologies
Diageo
EY
Golden Jubilee Foundation
GVC Holdings Ladbrokes Coral
Health Assured Ltd
High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd
LifeScan Scotland
MacRoberts LLP
NHS Business Services Authority
North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Northumbrian Water
Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
Police Scotland
Queen’s Cross Housing Association
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
Scottish Government
Scottish Parliament
Scottish Prison Service
Scottish Qualifications Authority
Scottish Water
ScottishPower
Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd
Skills Development Scotland
SSE Energy Services PLC
Veolia
Wood Mackenzie Limited
Your Homes Newcastle
Sport
British Horseracing Authority
England and Wales Cricket Board
England Netball
Football Association
Football Association of Wales
Jockey Club
Leicester City FC
Liverpool FC
Premier League
Sport EnglandSwim England
UK Athletics
Updates
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Stonewall chair speaks (and then recants)
Iain Anderson, chair of trustees for Stonewall, has given an extended interview to Sky News’s Beth Rigby. It is well worth watching the whole thing. In the interview Anderson seemed to be trying to distance the organisation from the extreme position it has taken, saying that he recognises that...
22nd July 2023
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Stonewall is scaremongering: write to your MP
Stonewall has been sending out alarmist emails to MPs which misrepresent the law. On 9th January Kemi Badenoch, the Minister for Women and Equalities, announced that the government would be updating its list of approved overseas countries and territories for gender-recognition certificates. She explained: “There are now some countries and territories...
13th January 2023
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Risks in the final rush to legislate self-ID in Scotland
The Scottish government’s plans to allow anyone from age 16 upwards who is ordinarily resident in Scotland to obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC) without any medical assessment are due to be voted on by the Scottish Parliament tomorrow, 21st December. The vote comes barely a week after the...
20th December 2022
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Mass harassment in HM Prisons and Probation Service
As reported in The Telegraph today, HM Prisons and Probation Service’s Pride in Prison and Probation (PiPP) staff network has circulated documents for Trans Awareness Week telling MoJ staff to recognise a series of words and phrases as “transphobic dogwhistles”. The PiPP is an official staff network, with a...
20th November 2022
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Sex Matters writes to the new Chair of Stonewall
Iain Anderson is Stonewall’s new Chair of Trustees. This morning he made his first public appearance, on the BBC. Laura Kuenssberg asked him about engaging with women who are “gender critical”, saying they are asking questions about the trans rights debate and “feel like they have been shut out...
30th October 2022
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Employers must reconsider their policies and relationship with Stonewall after Allison Bailey’s victory
Allison Bailey has won her claims of direct belief discrimination and victimisation against Garden Court Chambers. The Employment Tribunal unanimously found that Miss Bailey was discriminated against and victimised by her barristers’ chambers on the basis of her gender-critical beliefs. Importantly, the judgment recognises that the whole of Allison Bailey’s...
27th July 2022
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Information Commissioner strikes down secrecy of Stonewall scheme
The Information Commissioner has ordered the University of Oxford to disclose the scores and feedback it received from Stonewall as part of the lobby group’s controversial Workplace Equality Index scheme. Following a Freedom of Information appeal undertaken as part of the “Don’t Submit to Stonewall” campaign initiated by Legal...
1st July 2022
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Is the Attorney General wrong about the law, or is Stonewall?
The Department for Education is developing new guidance for schools on how to accommodate children who identify as transgender. Attorney General Suella Braverman gave an interview which suggests that the guidance will be based on the principle that children who identify as transgender have not changed sex, and therefore...
29th May 2022
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Highlights from Kirrin Medcalf’s evidence
From our live notes of the evidence of the Allison Bailey v Stonewall Equality Limited and Garden Court Chambers Case – cross-examination of Kirrin Medcalf, 10th May 2022 (all screenshots are from documents in the public domain). Background: Kirrin Medcalf had been employed by Stonewall as its head of...
16th May 2022
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What is behind the campaign to ban conversion therapy?
The campaign to ban “conversion therapy” has come out of nowhere, to suddenly dominate the priorities of organisations such as Stonewall, Gendered Intelligence, Mermaids, GIRES and the LGBT Foundation. There have been protests and petitions, and these groups pulled out of a planned international conference on human rights when...
4th May 2022
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What does it take to get into Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index?
Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index (WEI) has had a revamp, with new “gold”, “silver” and “bronze” awards. Are these medals anything to be proud of?
25th February 2022
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Government organisation leaves Stonewall over concerns about impartiality and cost
The government’s Insolvency Service is the latest organisation to leave Stonewall, stating in its internal communications: “Unfortunately, there are concerns around impartiality and upon review, we found that the contract did not represent value for money.” The Insolvency Service joins a growing list of companies and organisations who have...
10th February 2022
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What does case law say about single-sex services?
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is planning to release new guidance on single-sex services imminently. Kishwer Falkner, Chair of the EHRC, agreed when Joanna Cherry QC MP asked her: “Would you agree with me that all guidance issued by EHRC should be grounded in statute and case law,...
3rd February 2022
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Why UCL decided to leave Stonewall
UCL (University College London) has published the documents about its decision not to re-join Stonewall.
1st February 2022
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Sex matters in the City
The Financial Conduct Authority is the regulator for the financial services sector in the UK. They are proposing to set new rules to encourage big companies to have more “female” directors on their boards. The new regulations would cover over 1000 firms, employing tens of millions of people, and...
19th October 2021
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It is time for a public inquiry
The Nolan investigation In an explosive documentary just released by the BBC, journalist Stephen Nolan shines a bright light on the relationship between public bodies and Stonewall. The podcast series focuses on the BBC, the Scottish and Welsh Governments, the NHS and Ofcom. It sets out how Stonewall as...
13th October 2021
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Ofcom bows out of the Stonewall Champions scheme – but read the small print
Sex Matters has recently learnt that Ofcom is leaving the Stonewall Diversity Champions scheme because of concerns that remaining a member “could harm perceptions of Ofcom’s impartiality”. Ofcom, the communications regulator, has been a member of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme since 2007, spending over £12,000 in 2019 and...
25th August 2021
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Employers: consider Stonewall risk
Should I stay or should I go? At least 40 organisations that we know of have left Stonewall including the Cabinet Office, Ministry of Justice, Ofsted and the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Anglian Water Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Care Commissioning Group Cabinet Office Cancer Research UK...
7th July 2021
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Oxford’s submission to Stonewall
We are pleased to announce that Michael Biggs, Associate Professor of Sociology at St Cross College, Oxford University, is joining the Sex Matters Board of Directors. Professor Biggs has written this post, as well as a letter to Professor Louise Richardson, Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, calling...
6th June 2021
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Time to #LeaveStonewall
This is the letter we have sent to the CEOs of the 850 organisations that are members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Scheme. Re: Leaving the Stonewall Diversity Champions Scheme We are writing to call on you to withdraw from the scheme, both for the sake of your own...
29th May 2021
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EHRC Chairwoman writes to Sex Matters: we have left Stonewall
This week we received welcome news in a letter from Baroness Kishwer Falkner. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is no longer part of the controversial Stonewall Diversity Champions Scheme. She said that the Commission seeks to ensure that all staff enjoy “acceptance without exception”. We responded welcoming this...
23rd May 2021
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Stonewalling the Domestic Violence Bill: Why make “misogyny” gender neutral?
A short month ago there was an attempt to rush a bill through parliament that would set a precedent of “gender neutralising” motherhood in law; replacing the words mother or woman with “pregnant person” in the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances (MOMA) Bill. As Baroness Noakes highlighted, this is...
13th March 2021
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Allison Bailey’s case against Stonewall will proceed
Allison Bailey is suing Stonewall Diversity Limited to stop them policing free speech. She is a barrister and helped to set up a new organisation for lesbian, gay and bisexual people, the LGB Alliance, to provide an alternative to Stonewall. In retaliation, Stonewall had her investigated by her chambers....
19th February 2021
Publications
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Freedom of information obligations for Stonewall scheme participants
A briefing to inform public authorities participating in Stonewall (and similar) schemes in order to encourage them to respond promptly and appropriately to future Freedom of Information requests.
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Why ban talking therapy?
How a campaign to criminalise the most effective treatment for gender-distressed children made it from the margins to the mainstream: we look at the history of conversion therapy.
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Understanding the risk of following Stonewall guidance – briefing for employers
The mismatches between current legislation and Stonewall’s guidance on ‘trans inclusion’ that employers need to be aware of.
Other resources
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Legal Feminist responds to FCA consultations
Legal Feminist applauds the intention behind the proposals, and is a strong proponent of data-driven policy-making, but felt that the way in which those intentions were to be reflected in rules and policy rendered the proposals at best ineffective and at worst dangerous.