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The Equitable Charitable Trust is an education charity. It makes grants totalling up to £1 million each year towards education projects for children and young people under the age of 25 who are from disadvantaged backgrounds or disabled. Grants of up to £30,000 can be applied for, though most are for sums between £5,000 and £20,000 and multi-year grants rarely exceed £7,500 p.a.
Grants are made under three priorities: education projects or services that support the learning and development of disabled children and young people in the UK; formal education projects for disadvantaged children and young people in the UK that support delivery of the National Curriculum (i.e. curriculum enrichment projects in schools) or that deliver accredited vocational learning that will increase employability; and education projects that will help increase participation in, or improve the quality of, education for disadvantaged or disabled children and young people in developing countries. The length of funding can range from one to three years towards project costs, capital expenditure, equipment and/or salary costs of a post. Previously supported projects include a science project for disadvantaged school children, an accredited trade training project for NEET young people, the salary of an education adviser working with disabled young people and a horticulture training programme for young people with disabilities. Applications can be submitted at any time and are considered on a rolling basis by the Trustees. It is important to read the Trust’s guidelines, including the list of what it cannot fund, before making an application.

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Jennie (Grants Officer at ECT)

Statement of the Commission on the Red Tape Challenge

26 July 2011

The Commission understands the goal of the government to strengthen the economic recovery by reducing unnecessary regulatory burden on businesses. The Red Tape Challenge represents an opportunity for an open discussion on the effect of a range of regulations, including the Equality Act 2010.

The Commission is pleased that the government has indicated that as part of the Red Tape Challenge consultation, it remains strongly committed to equality and does not plan to abolish the Equality Act.

The Commission fully supports the retention of the Equality Act 2010 and all its provisions, as well as the implementation of all the provisions that are yet to come into force (eg age discrimination provisions in relation to goods and services).

When considering the future implementation of the Act or any possible changes to it, the Commission suggests that the government considers the following six principles:

read on at http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/news/2011/july/statement-of-the-commission-on-the-red-tape-challenge/

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Help us to protect your rights

We would like your help to save the Equality Act. This is a vital piece of legislation which recently replaced the Disability Discrimination Act. It protects people with disabilities from discrimination in the workplace and when accessing services.

But as part of its Red Tape Challenge, the government is consulting the public on whether the Act should be scrapped. Our Chief Executive Jackie Ballard has written to the Home Secretary Theresa May, urging the government to rethink their decision, and we also urgently need your help to save the Act, by visiting the Red tape challenge website and adding your comments in support of this vital legislation.

Please read The Equality Act 2010 – a summary guide factsheet: http://digbig.com/5bdxjs