Equality Updates 26th August 2010
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Equality Act 2010 Consultation
Closing date: 10 November 2010
The Equality Act 2010 received Royal Assent in April 2010. An important part of the Act is the public sector Equality Duty, which has a key role in ensuring that fairness is at the heart of public bodies’ work and that public services meet the needs of different groups. The Act also gives ministers the power to impose specific duties, which are legal requirements designed to help public bodies meet their obligations under the public sector Equality Duty.
This consultation seeks your views on our proposals for draft regulations for the specific duties and the list of public bodies that will be subject to the general and specific duties.
This consultation will be of interest to:
* public bodies;
* those monitoring the performance of public bodies;
* others who perform public functions; and
* organisations that are interested in how public services can eliminate discrimination, advance equality and foster good relations.Comments from other interested parties are also welcome.
Publications from the National Equality Partnership
The National Equality Partnership supports the third sector to challenge inequality and promote equality and human rights. It is a three year project (2008-11) funded by Capacitybuilders under the Improving Support Programme. Our national programme covers the whole of England.
Whilst this is a programme specifically covering England many of the publications on their resource pages will be useful for organisations across the UK.
On the site right now are:
- Keeping it legal: A guide for third sector organisations on public law and equality rights (November 2009)
- Supporting Equality Groups: An overview of support to the diverse third sector in England
- New publication from REAP (Refugees in Effective Partnership)
- No Going Back: Lesbian and Gay People and the Asylum System
- Breaking down the barriers: reaching out to Deaf people and their organisations
- Equality Impact Assessment Audit and Equality Guide
- How To Make Information Accessible: a guide to producing easy read documents
- Olmec Guide to Equality and Diversity in the Third Sector-Updated (2010)
- Scoping for a skills framework for Equalities Specialist Infrastructure Workers
- Equality Bill Briefing
- Women Thinking Equality: The Summing up
- NEP Interviews: Disability LIB
Access all of these on the NEP Publications Page
Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Scotland Business Plan for 2010/11
[from EHRC Scotland]
17th August 2010
Dear Stakeholder
I am delighted to announce the publication of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Scotland Business Plan for 2010/11, which is now available to view and download from our website.
While it is not possible for this plan to provide an exhaustive account of all our activity, I do hope it will give you a real flavour of what the Scotland team will be delivering over the year.
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Mental Health and Ethnicity Special Interest Network
In 2008 NHS Health Scotland, in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation and Glasgow Anti-Racist Alliance, started scoping the interest in establishing a mental health and ethnicity special interest network in Scotland.
It was hoped that the aim of such a network would be to provide a forum for sharing knowledge, research and evidence in the area of mental health, ethnicity and race equality.
On the 7th September the Network will hold their third seminar: Bringing Ethics Into Research: Ethnicity In Mind Seminar 3 at The Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terr, Edinburgh EH1 2JL. This is a FREE seminar for researchers and practitioners in the public and voluntary sector interested in mental health and ethnicity research and practice in Scotland. At the event particpants will: learn about ways of conducting ethical research about mental health with Black and minority ethnic communities; meet other researchers, practitioners, the public and voluntary sector partners; find out how you can work together on collaborative research and apply for funding opportunities.
To register contact Liz McEwan at the Mental Health Foundation (T: 0141 572 0125, E: lmcewan@mhf.org.uk)
The network aims to enhance the links between practice and research and to ensure that there is a good balance between research, practice and service user involvement. As well as regular seminars, the network is involved in a wide range activities including: Research Skills Course for community development workers; JISCMAIL email account and network for information sharing; Information Repository for mental health and ethnicity research and resources.
To find out more about the network contact Neil Quinn at the Mental Health Foundation (T: 0141 572 0125, E: neil.quinn@strath.ac.uk)
Ethnicity in Mind Seminar 2 Report
Ethnicity in Mind Seminar 1 report
