Doing Equality Impact Assessments
Legislation Covered:
Equality Impact Assessments
Race Equality Impact Assessments (REIA's)
Suitable For:
Public Sector
Duration:
About 1 hour
Cost:
£15 per participant before discounts
Overview:
The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 requires public authorities with Race Equality Schemes to assess policies for their impact on race equality.
This course helps public authority managers to do effective race equality impact assessments, and to extend them across other strands of diversity: gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and age.
By the end of this course, participants should understand the following:
- How to do an effective equality impact assessment.
- When to do an equality impact assessment.
- How equality impact assessments help with responsibilities to deliver an organisation's Race Equality Scheme.
- How to extend the duty to promote race equality across all strands of diversity.
- Where to find more information on conducting equality impact assessments.
