This section provides some useful links to external websites that can be used for further research, and to signpost people to particular strands of equality and diversity.
Please scroll down for links relating to particular areas of Equality & Diversity:
Age
Disability
Gender
General
Race, Religion or Belief
Sexual Orientation
Age
Business Link
For information on age issues, legislation and useful contacts there are a number of useful websites.
Employers Forum on Age
Network of employers who recognise the need to attract and retain valuable employeer - regardless of their age.
Maturity Works
MaturityWorks was launched to focus exclusively on the needs and interests of mature workers - and the organisations who increasingly need to recruit them.
Disablity
Disability Alliance
Aims to improve the living standards ofthose with disabilities.
Employers' Forum on Disability
The world's leading employers' organisation focused on disability as it affects business. Their mission is to enable companies to become disability confident by making it easier to recruit and retain disabled employees and to serve disabled customers.
Gender
Fawcett Society
Fawcett Society campaigns for equality between women and men in the UK on pay, pensions, poverty, justice and politics.
SET for Women
The UKRC for Women in SET works to significantly improve the participation and position of women in science, engineering and technology occupations in industry, research, academia and public service to benefit the future productivity of the UK and the lifetime earnings and career aspirations of women.
The Government Equalities Office
Self-standing Department, whose mission is to put equality at the heart of Government.
General
Equality and Human Rights Commission
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is working to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human rights and to build good relations, ensuring that everyone has a fair chance to participate in society.
Equality Britain
Aimed at promoting opportunities to people from all sections of the community.
Equality Foundation
Equality Foundation is a management consultancy with over 12 years experience in the field of transformation, change and Equality & Diversity. The foundation is committed to making a difference, creating transformational solutions and turning the essence of Equality and Diversity into a habitual part of how organisations pursue and achieve excellence.
The Fair Play Partnership
The Fair Play Partnership is an independent not for profit making organisation working to promote equality and diversity in the workplace and public and community life through projects, initiatives and programmes.
The National Centre for Diversity
Independent organisation which has a wide range of support.
Race, Religion or Belief
Business in the Community
Race for Opportunity (RFO) is Business in the Community's workplace programme that focuses on race equality.
Equality and Human Rights Commission
For information about the Race Relations Act, racial discrimination and good practice in relation to black and minority ethnic people. This website outlines how the law protects the individual from Racial Discrimination.
Employers Forum on Belief (EFB)
An independent employers' network developed by employers themselves to share good practice on religion, belief and non-belief in order to make the most of their diverse workforces.
Multifaithcentre
The Centre exists to promote mutual understanding between people of different faiths and beliefs and to build respect between people as fellow human beings.
Waterhouse Consulting Group
Multi disciplinary management consultancy that brings together the UK’s leading experts in organisational leadership, management and business development. Contains some useful guidance publications.
Sexual Orientation
Gender Trust
Information and support for all those with gender identity issues
Stonewall
Equality and justice for lesbian and gay men and bisexuals.