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Tony ensures that all staff at the Foundation are trained in cultural diversity and the Equalities Act and, as the largest patient led service for ADHD in Europe, they have a proactive policy to recruit from minority population groups including LGBT+. Having experienced illegal discrimination when working in a school as a psychologist, where he insisted on being out as gay man, he is passionate about workplace equality and actively promotes their service as LGBT+ friendly and participates in LGBT+ community activities. Externally, Tony has regularly been invited to speak on diversity at conferences and addressed the UN in Geneva on Equality and Diversity. He led and raised the funding for 14 groups of young adults on visits to Auschwitz in Poland to educate them about diversity, racism and LGBT+ rights. He also worked as a consultant for Merseyside Police on recruitment of LGBT+ police officers, and actively supports Sahir House – the Liverpool based HIV Charity – and has been associated with them for over 20 years.

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