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Jan Warner |
janwarner@fsmail.net janet.warner@justice.gsi.gov.uk |
I’ve been a civil servant with the Ministry of Justice (in all it’s forms) for almost 26 years – it seems strange to realise it’s been that long but it sort of creeps up on you! I’ve worked in various officesncluding the County Court, the Crown Court and HR but I currently work in the Corporate Equality Division as the Deputy Network Advisor for our LGB&T staff support network. Like many lesbians I came out late in life so have experience of coming out in the workplace and how stressful it can sometimes be.
I’ve been in the trade union since I started work but it’s only within the last 7 or so years (I forget) that I’ve become active – it all started when a colleague approached me and asked me to ‘do her a favour’ and join our BEC so that there were a few more women! I probably wouldn’t have taken it further but, like most other activists, a colleague was being badly treated – I thought ‘that’s outrageous’ and it was handbags at dawn! Since then I’ve been a member of the Women Organising in Wales (WOW) committee and the PCS MOJ LGBT Advisory Committee. Last year I was elected as Chair of the PCS Wales LGBT Forum and the PCS Wales Committee for 2009/10. I’ve also done training to be a mentor for new women activists in PCS Wales and have also been involved in coaching at work.
Away from work I’m a member of the Cardiff and Vale LGBT Forum which meets monthly. I also read a lot, listen to music and silly stuff like ‘Old Harry’s Game’.
