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Diversity in Your Organisation: Policy, Strategy

Here you'll find a group of resources specifically to help with ensuring diversity in your organisation.

Web links

You can search relevant government statistics for your locality/region here: /www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=1080
The EHRC has put together a ‘starter kit’ of how to get to know and understand the Equality Act and its implications. This can be found at: www.equalityhumanrights.com/advice-and-guidance/new-equality-act-guidance/equality-act-starter-kit/
The Citizens Advice Bureau has put together a guide – discrimination and your rights which can be found at: www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/your_rights/discrimination/equality_act_2010_discrimination_and_your_rights.htm

Model Documents - Equality Impact Assessment

doc Bournemouth Borough Council's Equalities Impact Assessment Screening Tool

doc Bournemouth Borough Councils Equality Impact Assessment Tool

doc Bristol City Council Equality Impact Assessment Form

doc Why do we carry out Equality Impact Assessments?

doc Bristol City Council Full Equality Impact Assessment Form

Useful Documents

doc Investing in volunteering status indicators.doc

pdf Top tips for putting diversity plans into action2009.pdf

Case Study 1 - Challenging Disability

The challenge

CS1_garden3_small We felt that people with mental and physical disabilities were significantly under-represented in our volunteer workforce and we wished to address this.

Case Study 4 - 'Count Me In': Youth Ambassadors Project, Devon

The challenge

Devon local authorities were concerned about the low number of young people participating in cultural activities and were looking for ways of reaching this age group in particular.