This section of the website aims to help you gain a better understanding of equality and diversity issues. We hope to highlight best practice. We intend to signpost you to relevant information, training and web resources. By doing this we hope that you will be able to embed equality and diversity and community development into the heart of your policies and practices.
Latest Policy and Law (courtesy of Regional Equality and Diversity Partnership)
Children's Minister Talks about Next Steps on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Government Launches ‘Spending Challenge’
Consultation Launched into Limiting non-EU Immigration
Supreme Court says Gay People should not have to Conceal their Sexuality
Latest Reports and Publications (courtesy of Regional Equality and Diversity Partnership)
Equality Act 2010: “What Do I Need to Know?” Guides from GEO
Professional Bodies lead the way on Diversity Issues
DWP Review and Impact of Disability Living Allowance at Work
Commission Writes to Police Forces over use of Stop and Search
Asylum Aid Publishes ‘Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum: 2 Years On’ report
Marmot Review Team’s ‘Fair Society, Healthy Lives’ Report
All of the above reposrt can be found in the Resources section of the Regional Equality and Diversity Partnership's website
Training
Equality and diversity: carrying out equality impact assessments seminar - 23 November 2010, Peterborough. The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has designed a series of seminars to explore how to effectively carry out equality impact assessments (EIAs). These are timely, given that the new inspection framework places greater emphasis on equal opportunities, and EIAs are a key tool to help embed and improve equality and diversity throughout the organisation.
Equality and diversity - prepared for inspection? - This one-day programme is designed to help participants understand what the Common Inspection Framework will evaluate under the rubric of equality and diversity, how equality and diversity is inspected and how to be fully prepared for inspection of equal opportunities.
Introduction to leadership - Introduction to leadership is one of the programmes in our positive-action suite, and has been designed for BME staff who wish to develop the confidence and skills required to progress into their first leadership and management role.
Leading Organisational Performance through Coaching, Mentoring and Equalities - Achieve a Level 7 Certificate in Leadership Coaching and Mentoring plus a Level 6 Award in Equality and Diversity
Useful Links
Equality Act 2010
Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) Events section
Regional Equality and Diversity Partnership
More details will appear in this section soon including: Example of a good equality and diversity policies