Equality, Diverse Communities & Human Rights

The world of equality, diversity and human rights is a complex and at times conflicting one.  In the last ten years we have witnessed legal changes which a generation ago would have been unimaginable.  Yet in spite of a legal framework which has been in place for over 35 years the UK still has significant areas of persistent inequalities and discrimination.   

Here at ECOTEC we have significant experience of working with a range of clients in helping them to make sense of the complexities of equalities and its ever changing legal framework.   

We recognize from the onset the difficult and challenging political, social and legal contexts in which our clients operate within and our aim with each of our assignments is to support our clients on their own individual equalities journey. 

Above all else we see the equalities, diversity and Human Rights agenda as a positive one.  If in the past the approach to equalities focused significantly on preventing discrimination we recognize that in the future it will focus more on enabling all individuals to realize his or her potential.  

ECOTEC can help you: 

• Comply with legal and policy requirements, and diversify your service users;
• Develop your equality policy and an action plan;
• Carry out equality reviews across the organisation, tell you how you are doing, and where change needs to take place;
• Monitor and analyse to benchmark your performance against local and national targets;
• Produce practical guidance materials;
• Improve the delivery of services to diverse clients;
• Developing community cohesion strategies;
• Develop community engagement strategies.

Service Portfolio: Implementation of the LSC Race Equality in Employment Standard

ECOTEC was commissioned by the LSC West Midlands to manage and deliver the launch and dissemination of its Race Equality Employment Standard (REES) across it's five local LSC areas - Birmingham and Solihull, The Black Country, Coventry and Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, Shropshire and Staffordshire. The REES was developed by the Commission for Black Staff in Further Education in the West Midlands as a practical support tool for learning providers to improve race equality practice in recruitment.

 
Our work involved a web survey to benchmark current practice among providers, two launch events and support workshops - one in Birmingham and another in Wolverhampton - to support providers in understanding how the Standard should be implemented. We also developed a handbook and training material to allow for follow up support.

Our work supported West Midlands learning providers to understand the issues concerning race equality and employment and to think through practical examples of how they could make race equality a reality in their organisation. 

sajda.khan@ecotec.com
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