Rachel Meade needs your help!

From Mumsnet, some news on the woman who was targeted by Social Work England for, among other things, sharing this blog

(Another re-post, hope ok. MidCenturyCleg on Mumsnet)

A social worker, Rachel Meade, is in the process of challenging Social Work England - their professional regulatory body - as she believes she may have discriminated against her due to gender critical beliefs.

This is because during the GRA consultation, she shared posts on her private FB page, from FPFW, WPUK & Standing for Women, among others. These were being secretly screenshot by an ex colleague who then sent these to Social Work England, claiming that the posts were from groups who were discriminatory in nature, transphobic and who wanted to remove trans rights.

SWE decided that this was the case and sanctioned her, leading her employer to investigate her for gross misconduct. They placed a public Fitness to practice warning sanction on her record for a year. She has been suspended by her employer as a result of Social Work England's decision and will be facing a disciplinary process which she has been told may end in her dismissal.

She is taking both Social Work England and her employer to a tribunal; this is a really important case as if she wins, it will clarify in law that not only are employers bound to protect gender critical beliefs under EA2010, but Regulatory bodies are bound by it too.

This will mean that all regulatory bodies will have to recognise that the gender critical beliefs of their registrants/members are protected in law. This will cover social work, healthcare & law as well as any other areas covered by regulatory bodies so will have far reaching effects.

I have heard that she may be setting up a crowdfunder but obviously this is not the place to advertise that, but if people wish to donate should be easy to find.

Just saw that the Times have covered this too.

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Graham, here—I actually wrote to Social Work England when they put me in the charges against Rachel.

Here's what I wrote to them.

Dear Sir/Madam,

It has come to my attention that I have been defamed in public-facing documents relating to Case SW77554 against Rachel Meade.

I quote: Sharing a fundraiser on Facebook titled “Thank you to Glinner”. This post appears to refer to Graham Linehan who publicly denounces the rights of transgender people. The case examiners are aware that this individual was issued a police caution and cease and desist order relating to his harassment of a trans woman online. Concerns have also been expressed regarding his views of women which have been described as “misogynistic”.

This is untrue and defamatory. I would like a public apology from Social Work England or I will be passing this matter to my solicitors, who I include on this email.

Yours sincerely,

Graham Linehan

And do you know what they did? They took down the reference, but still targeted Rachel.

You know what to do.