1. Liz Reay Chief Executive
Equality North East
Liz Reay Chief Executive

2. Equality North East
To remove the barriers to equality facing minority and disadvantaged groups

3. Equality North East If I Can You Can ConNEcting for Change
E&D Training and Consultancy
The North East Equality Awards
The Equality Standard
The Equality North East website

4. Equality and Diversity
Equality – valuing all individuals and offering them an equal opportunity to reach their potential in employment, or to access a service.
Diversity – difference; recognising that individuals do have differences and seeing the value in those differences.

5. The Six Stages Of Stereotyping
Form First Impression
This is often based on how a person looks, but it could be just on hearing their name, what paper they are reading, what they are doing when you see them etc.
Categorise
This is where you put people into groups and label them.
Attribute Characteristics
Once you have labelled a person you attribute characteristics, you decide what sort of person they are, their strengths and weaknesses.

6. The Six Stages Of Stereotyping
Predict Behaviour
Having decided on a person’s characteristics you start to predict how they will behave, what sort of job they might have etc.
Reacts Accordingly
This is where the person acts just as you predicted. They might have the job that you thought they had, or react as you predicted to a certain situation, which .....
Confirms Stereotype
We knew that anyway – didn’t we?

7. Iceberg
Discrimination
Prejudice

8. The Equality Act 2010 The Act consolidates existing legislation
The aim is to harmonise different types of discrimination legislation
Unified approach to all protected characteristics

9. The “Protected Characteristics”
Age
Disability
Gender reassignment
Marriage and civil partnership
Pregnancy and maternity
Race
Religion or belief
Sex
Sexual orientation

10. Legislative Jargon Direct Discrimination Indirect Discrimination
Discrimination by Association
Discrimination by Perception
Discrimination ‘Arising from’
Reasonable Adjustment
Positive Action
Harassment
Victimisation
Vicarious Liability
Genuine Occupational Requirement

11. Equality North East
Help providers understand the processes and commitment concerning equality required from them, together with the support available from Equality North East to help you achieve these requirements.

12. Equality North East Your Commitment
Signing up to an ‘Equality Charter’
A commitment to working towards an action plan (compliance level Equality Standard)
Completion of a self assessment

13. Equality North East Sign and Display the Equality Charter
Complete the assessment and return it within one month of today’s date
Complete a further self assessment at the end of the project

14. Equality North East Our Commitment
Analyse your self assessment and provide you with an action plan within two weeks of receipt of your self assessment
Provide you with on-going and telephone support
A guidance booklet and example policies

15. Free membership to the Equality North East networks ‘ConNEcting for Change’ which includes ongoing support through the Equality North East website
any organisation wishing to continue to achieve the Equality Standard will be able to do so for a discounted cost.