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https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/shearer-v-south-lanarkshire-council-menopause-reasonable-adjustments/  

Further to Susan's message in the chat about the support groups, I thought I'd start a thread for you to share some best practice and learnings from your support groups. 

Please reply to this thread with any insights that you'd like to share. 

Thanks, 

H 

Thought you'd find this of interest:

https://www.balance-menopause.com/menopause-library/adhd-and-the-perimenopause-and-menopause-booklet/  

An ADDitude survey of nearly 5,000 women with ADHD, 63% of respondents aged 45 and older said ADHD had the greatest impact on their lives during perimenopause and menopause. (In contrast, less than 6% said ADHD had the biggest impact before age 20.)

More than 93% said they noticed a difference in the severity of some ADHD symptoms during perimenopause and/or menopause. More than half of survey respondents said the following symptoms had a “life-altering impact” from ages 40 to 59:

- Feelings of overwhelm (73.67%)

- Brain fog and memory issues (74.32%)

- Procrastination (65.60%)

- Time-management difficulties (64.27%)

- Inattention/distractibility (61.74%)

- Disorganization (60.98%)

- Emotional dysregulation (58.82%)

1. Work through the study material for menstruation along with the additional learning material available in your study/revision area and in your trainer forum, under “Menstruation Friendly Accreditation and Training”.
2. Familiarise yourself with the Glossary of terms for menstruation within the additional learning materials.
3. Complete and submit the online assessment – same format as menopause assessment.
4. Practice your delivery many times focusing on terminology and pronunciation you might not be familiar with.
5. Reach out if you have any questions
6. Go out and deliver!

Marketing Resources:

1. Menstruation Brochure for Promotion of Training to SMEs: this can be found on your trainer portal and here is the link for you to save as well. https://menopausetrainingnetwork.co.uk/media/5jzjkx5b/menstruation-brochure-for-the-promotion-of-training-to-sme.pdf 
2. Menstruation Friendly Business Case: available to download off the portal, contains great data to include in your prospecting emails.
3. Menstruation Friendly Accreditation Information Pack: available to download off the portal.

Marketing Assets:

1. Generic resources for menopause and menstruation available to download from the web portal.
2. Licensed Trainer Badge: there is not a dedicated Licensed Trainer Badge for menstruation, but all the material you deliver, and share will have the Menstruation Friendly logo showing.

Business Development & Sales Support:

1. Network Proposal Template (Vers 4.0 March 24): this updated version is available on the website under Business Development and Sales Support –we have also included links within the document to course details for Menstruation and Menstrual Health training programmes – please delete any old versions you may have.
2. Course Details: Menstruation Training for Colleagues, Menstruation Training for Managers – available to download from your portal and included as links in the proposal document.
3. Matrix of Services (INTERNAL USE ONLY): a detailed overview of all training available through the network and Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace, this is for your information only, please do not distribute, you will see every programme has a course detail link – you are free to share the link for specific programmes or download and attach to an email – this may support any “corporate referral” conversations you are having.

Recording: https://vimeo.com/932365190/cca02e094b?share=copy 

Question 1: Trainer approached by someone who attended a recent colleague session and this lady's daughter commenced her periods at 9 years old and is experiencing symptoms including migraines. Limited support from GP and also from School. Is there any information we can help with?

This is likely going to be a common scenario as you deliver menstruation training, as we know that many young people struggle to get help and support with the early experiences of menstruation. We must continue to be careful to keep to signposting to trusted resources and below you can find some resources you might wish to share:

NHS Guidance

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/periods/starting-periods/ 

Charity - Menstrual Health Project - toolkit for under 18's

https://www.menstrualhealthproject.org.uk/_files/ugd/571191_6f8f8a8c4a9245e3a6de14e481ce2833.pdf 

As with adults we can help by encouraging the tracking of symptoms against the menstruation sequence, this will assist when talking to a medical professional, and hopefully aid in further medical support being provided.

If you are working with an education provider and are asked to deliver training to the student body, please advise that this is not something we can provide and that a medical professional is better placed to support young people in this conversation. At this time we are not aware of any providers specific to student bodies.

Question 2:  Supporting contacts to persuade male dominated environments to accept menopause and menstruation training is important.

The business, legal, demographic and social responsibilty cases are important and you have all the information on this however for some this type information may be not the way forward. You can use anecdotes such as the transport company and train driver, which highlights the impact menopause may have on other's within the office. We would suggest you understand from your contact what normally works when encouraging the board to invest in training to support the wellbeing of personnel, maybe it is facts, figures and statistics or maybe it is more emotional appeal. Is there someone else they can speak to who is a decision maker in the organisation?

We were asked if there was any specific examples from accredited members in the finance sector regarding overcoming male obstruction, whilst nothing absolutely specific to this subject of breaking down such barriers to investment in training, I have included below the key aims for a menopause programme as shared with us by a pensions business, very traditional in it's outlook.

• Dispel the stigma around menopause and create an environment where all employees feel comfortable and able to talk about menopause,
• Make it easy for all employees to access information and support that is relevant to them whether experiencing symptoms or not,
• Create a supportive culture where employees experiencing menopause don’t feel the need to step back from career opportunities or leave work.

To achieve their goals, this client considered their whole workforce and their different needs. They knew it wasn’t sufficient to target only colleagues currently impacted by menopause symptoms if they wanted to achieve their aims.

https://vimeo.com/925063492/7b9b5e819a?share=copy 

Please keep a copy for reference

https://menopausetrainingnetwork.co.uk/media/kpmhurmo/ehrc-guidance-220224.docx 

Support for reaching out to contacts on the back of today's announcement.

https://menopausetrainingnetwork.co.uk/media/kv0boz4v/ehrc-february24-email-template.docx 

www.educationsupport.org.uk/media/iizekema/20-menopause-in-the-workplace.pdf