Equality Updates 4th March
8th March International Women’s Day http://digbig.com/5bbeey
UK Parliament: Equality Bill / Report On Equality And Human Rights Commission
Equality Bill: Lords Report Stage (03/03/10): Clauses 1-214 were discussed on issues covering socio-economic inequalities, civil partnerships, direct and indirect discrimination, the gender pay gap, positive action on recruitment and promotion, and the public sector equality duty. Three votes on amendments (proposals for change) to the Bill took place with a Government defeat on the issue of civil partnerships on religious premises. More at: http://news.parliament.uk/2010/03/equality-bill-lords-report-stage/
Report On Equality And Human Rights Commission Published (04/03/10): Committee of Public Accounts report examines continuing weaknesses in Commission’s controls: http://digbig.com/5bbeed
LGBT issues: Report stage of the Equality Bill
[From LGBT Campigns]
The House of Lords debated several LGBT-related issues during the Report stage of the Equality Bill yesterday (02/03/10): Continue reading ›
ODS Surveys re Glasgow Community Planning Partnership Equality And Diversity Strategy
Women http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WomensSurvey
Transgender People http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TransgenderPeopleSurvey
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual People http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LGBPeopleSurvey
Minority Faith Groups Survey www.surveymonkey.com/s/MinorityFaithGroupsSurvey
Minority Ethnic Groups Survey www.surveymonkey.com/s/MinorityEthnicGroupsSurvey
Please see previous post for further details / background / contact details
West of Scotland LGBT Forum: Consultation Event: Glasgow Community Planning Partnership Equality And Diversity Strategy
23rd of March, 6.30pm to 8pm, Radisson SAS Hotel, Argyle Street, G2 8DL.
ODS Consulting are working with Glasgow Community Planning Partnership to develop an equalities and diversity strategy for the partnership.
The West of Scotland LGBT Forum is working with ODS Consulting to convene a short meeting at which ODS will come along and carry out a swift and interesting one hour consultation process for attendees representing the LGBT community.
The free event will take place at the SAS Raddison Hotel in Argyle Street, close to Central Station.
This event is open to Organisations, Groups or interested individuals and there are places for 30 participants. There will be a tasty, interesting, light, warm buffet with tea, coffee and soft drinks refreshments. Register now at http://events.woslgbt.org.uk
Glasgow Community Planning Partnership Equality and Diversity Strategy - SURVEY
Glasgow Community Planning Partnership is currently developing its Equality and Diversity Strategy. This is a plan to work to meet the needs of all communities in Glasgow. It will be an important way of making sure that people are not disadvantaged because of their personal characteristics.
We, ODS Consulting, are helping with the Equality and Diversity Strategy by finding out about the needs, experiences and strengths of different communities in Glasgow. We have gathered together what we can about people’s needs and experiences, and now we would like your views.
We have developed two very short surveys, exploring your views on the needs and experiences of people from minority faith groups, and from minority ethnic groups:
- Click here to complete the Minority Faith Groups Survey
- Click here to complete the Minority Ethnic Groups Survey
Each survey will really only take about five minutes to complete. We realise that everyone’s individual needs are different, but these surveys are very much about gathering views on any key trends or priority issues. They will help us to supplement the information that we already have.
Completing the survey will definitely help Glasgow Community Planning Partnership to plan its activities around equality. Please complete this survey by 19th March 2010 at the latest.
Please feel free to forward this survey to others. Just get in touch with me if you have any questions or would like to discuss.
Thank you for your help,
Katy
Note: If the hyperlinks above do not work, the full links are - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MinorityFaithGroupsSurvey and http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MinorityEthnicGroupsSurvey. Just copy these and paste them into your browser.
